Article date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Roppongi Art Night Returns for 2022 Edition with Takashi Murakami Headlining the Art Festival
Roppongi Art Night is a festival of the arts unfolding from the stage of Roppongi City. Held continuosly since its inaugural edition in 2009, it has become established as a premier urban art festival.
Article date: Monday, June 27, 2022
International Artists Commissioned for AlUla’s Wadi AlFann
A clutch of artists have been announced as the first to embark on ambitious projects in AlUla’s new Wadi AlFann valley dedicated to large-scale installations.’
Article date: Monday, June 27, 2022
Sam Gilliam, Renowned American Drape Artist, Dies at 88
Sam Gilliam passed away on Saturday, June 25 at age 88.
Article date: Saturday, June 25, 2022
First Official Joint Portrait of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
The first official portrait of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, by award-winning British artist Jamie Coreth, has gone on public display at the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Article date: Friday, June 24, 2022
British Council and Ukrainian Institute Launch Season to Support Ukrainian Arts Sector
The British Council and the Ukrainian Institute recently launched the UK/Ukraine Season of Culture – a new programme of cultural activity to support the Ukrainian arts sector.
Article date: Thursday, June 23, 2022
Statement by Dr. Sabine Schormann on the Deinstallment of the Banner “People’s Justice” by Taring Padi
Together with ruangrupa, the Artistic Team and the participating artists, we have assured that there will be no anti-Semitic content at documenta fifteen. Otherwise we would intervene immediately. Unfortunately, we did not keep this promise. This should not have happened...
Article date: Thursday, June 23, 2022
Eight People Convicted for Stealing Banksy Painting from Bataclan Site
A French court has convicted eight men for the theft and handling of a Banksy painting paying homage to the victims of the 2015 attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris.
Article date: Thursday, June 23, 2022
Marble Head of Hercules Recovered from 2,000-Year-Old Antikythera Shipwreck
The second period (May 23-June 15, 2022) of the underwater archaeological research on the Antikythera shipwreck, within the five-year program 2021-2025, was successfully completed, linking the contemporary research to the iconic diving operations of 1900-1901.
Article date: Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Artes Mundi 10 Shortlists Seven International Artist for its Contemporary Art Prize
A UK biennial exhibition and international contemporary art prize, Artes Mundi 10 with presenting partner Bagri Foundation, have announced the shortlist of seven international contemporary visual artists and five nationwide venue partners for its tenth anniversary edition.
Article date: Wednesday, June 22, 2022
National Windrush Monument Unveiled at London Waterloo Station
Members of the Windrush generation joined HRH Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at London Waterloo Station today (22 June 2022) to witness the unveiling of the National Windrush Monument.
Article date: Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Documenta Conceals an Artwork Depicting Antisemitic Stereotypes
Due to a depiction of a figure in the work People’s Justice (2002) by the collective Taring Padi, which triggers anti-Semitic readings, the collective, together with the management of documenta and the Artistic Direction of documenta fifteen, has decided to cover up the work in question at Friedrichsplatz and to install an explanation next to the work.
Article date: Saturday, June 4, 2022
3400-Year-Old Iraqi City Submerged in Tigris River Has Resurfaced Due To Climate Change
The remains of what is believed to be the ancient city of Zakhiku an important center in the Mittani Empire have resurfaced in the Tigris River after the water level of the Mosul Dam in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq dropped because of drought.
Article date: Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Egypt Unveils Discovery Of 250 Coffins, 150 Statues in Saqqara
Egyptian authorities unveiled on a major new archaeological find of 250 sealed coffins containing mummies, 150 bronze statues of ancient gods and goddesses, and other antiquities at the Saqqara necropolis, south of the capital Cairo.
Article date: Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Louvre Launches Civil Action as Part of Art Trafficking Case with Former Director Jean-Luc Martinez
Due to recent legal proceedings regarding the purchase of Egyptian antiquities by Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Musée du Louvre has decided to bring a civil action before the jurisdiction in charge.
Article date: Monday, May 30, 2022
Iconic Mona Lisa Painting by Leonardo Da Vinci, Vandalised at Louvre Museum
The world’s most famous painting, Leonardo Da Vinci’s painting La Gioconda, also called the Mona Lisa, suffered what appears to be a cake attack on Sunday by a visitor to the Louvre Museum.
Article date: Thursday, May 26, 2022
Jean-Luc Martinez: Former Louvre President Charged Over Alleged Antiquities Trafficking
The former president and director of the Louvre Museum in Paris, Jean-Luc Martinez, was indicted on Wednesday and placed under judicial supervision after an investigation into antiquities trafficking from the Near and Middle East.
Article date: Monday, May 23, 2022
Focus Ukraine: ALEXANDER CHEKMENEV ∙ SERGEY MELNITCHENKO ∙ VIKTORIA SOROCHINSKI at Kunstsammlungen & Museen Augsburg
In cooperation with the foundation 'Peace for Art', Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus presents three positions of current artistic photography from Ukraine.
Article date: Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Antisemitism Accusations Against Documenta: A Scandal About a Rumor
e-flux wrote of this letter:
"This is a letter from ruangrupa, the artistic team of documenta fifteen, and the curators of the recently canceled forum We need to Talk! Art — Freedom — Solidarity reflecting an ongoing debate in Germany around the upcoming edition of documenta".
Article date: Saturday, May 7, 2022
Kharkiv Region: Russians Destroy Skovoroda Museum with Missile Strike, One Injured
Russian invaders have destroyed the Hryhorii Skovoroda National Museum in the Kharkiv region.
Article date: Friday, May 6, 2022
Artists' Letters from the Anne-Marie Springer Collection at Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
For the first time in Spain, the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum is presenting a selection of letters and postcards written by painters such as Delacroix, Manet, Degas, Monet, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, Juan Gris, Frida Kahlo and Lucian Freud, loaned from the Anne-Marie Springer collection.
