Article date: Friday, September 21, 2018
Renovated Royal Opera House Opens In London’s Covent Garden
This week, London welcomes a new visitor destination to the heart of iconic Covent Garden. The world-renowned Royal Opera House, a Grade 1 listed building, has undergone a transformative £50.7m renovation and for the first time in its history will be open every day from 10am.
Article date: Thursday, September 20, 2018
Restoration of Dulle Griet from Museum Mayer Van Den Bergh Reveals Unseen Wealth of Colour
Peter Bruegel the Elder’s Dulle Griet (Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp) has regained its spectacular original appearance with the rediscovery during restoration of a blue-green sky.
Article date: Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The creation of Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples (1558-1562), a painting in the collection of the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Rome, has been attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Article date: Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Freud's Muse Susan Tilley Tells About Her Years With The Artist
"He could be kind, be horrible, be generous, be mean, be funny, be grumpy, be childish, be old. But mainly he just loved to work. He really was a fascinating man. He enjoyed thinking he could manipulate me, but I could see through him and just laughed at his shenanigans".
Article date: Monday, September 17, 2018
Erwin Wurm : I View the World Through the Eyes of a Sculpture.
«My work is not about humour. For me sculpture is all about gaining and losing weight. Through my art I have the possibility to alter form. I see the world from a sculptural point of view».
Article date: Sunday, September 16, 2018
Journey To The New: Property from The Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson
Viewing now open: highlights from the remarkable collection of Harry ‘Hunk’ and Margaret ‘Moo’ Anderson are on display at Christie's Los Angeles gallery until 22 September.
Article date: Tuesday, September 4, 2018
New Vision of Contemporary Collections in Centre Pompidou
The contemporary collections have been newly rehung. Rooms devoted to individual artists or distinctive themes offer insight into the key moments in the contemporary art of the last forty years.
Article date: Monday, September 3, 2018
Unveiling of Leonardo Da Vinci's Salvator Mundi postponed
A short announcement on twitter the Departement of Culture and Tourism of Abu Dhabi stated that the exhibition of Salvator Mundi by Leonardo Da Vinci has been postponed to a new date, yet to be announced. The painting was sold for $450m at an auction at Christies in november 2017.
Article date: Monday, September 3, 2018
Rio’s 200-Year-Old National Museum Destroyed in Massive Fire
In a sad and shocking scene late Sunday (September 2nd), the National Museum of Brazil, one of the largest natural history and anthropological museums in the Americas, was destroyed in a massive fire that consumed the entire 200-year-old structure located inside Quinta da Boa Vista park in Rio de Janeiro.
Article date: Sunday, September 2, 2018
Deadly Attack in the Communal Museum of Canneto sull’Oglio
A deadly stabbing attack took place in the Italian city of Canneto sull'Oglio on Saturday, La Gazzetta di Mantova reported.
Article date: Wednesday, August 29, 2018
ArtDependence Swipes Right with Artist Marie Hyld to Discover the Match between Her Process and the Result
Danish photographer Marie Hyld takes pictures of herself with people she meets on Tinder. Young and attractive men and women around her age.
Article date: Wednesday, August 29, 2018
United States Mint Announces Call for Artists, Judged by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Son of Art Dealer R. Mnuchin
The United States Mint (Mint) is pleased to announce a call for artists to participate in its Artistic Infusion Program (AIP).
Article date: Tuesday, August 28, 2018
How to Get the Attention of Your Museum
In an article in the dutch newspaper Leidsch Dagblad, Christiaan Vogelaar - curator of aged master paintings - told the Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden had discovered a painting by Rembrandt van Rijn.
Article date: Monday, August 27, 2018
News of Rembrandt Discovery Premature
In today’s news there have been reports of a possible newly discovered work by Rembrandt. Unfortunately, these reports are somewhat premature. Museum De Lakenhal explains the matter.
Article date: Wednesday, August 22, 2018
The Aestheticized Interview with Johan Thom (South Africa)
Johan Thom: "I am mainly interested in how the body, the world and the artwork are all brought together in a perfomative material relationship through which they all become singularly meaningful entities."
Article date: Monday, August 20, 2018
‘’Goncharova and Malevich: In Three Dimensions’’
The World’s First Fully Immersive Virtual-Reality-Enhanced Exhibition at the Tretyakov Gallery
Article date: Friday, August 10, 2018
Sam Francis' Untitled
Painted in 1963, the present lot expands the horizons of Francis’s infamous Blue Balls series.
Article date: Tuesday, August 7, 2018
B12-Contemporary Dance & Performance Art Festival-Berlin: Asteroids & Invited Artists
B12 - the new festival for contemporary dance and performance art in Berlin brings on stage Invited Artists, a series of choreographies created by heterogeneous choreographers within the compelling festival.
Article date: Tuesday, August 7, 2018
The Trick Brain at Aïshti Foundation
The exhibition The Trick Brain assembles the work of over 60 artists and more than 240 pieces from the Tony and Elham Salamé Collection.
Article date: Thursday, August 2, 2018
80 Years’ War. The Birth of the Netherlands
This year is the 450th anniversary of the outbreak of the Eighty Years’ War, and to mark the event the Rijksmuseum is holding an exhibition entitled '80 Years’ War. The Birth of the Netherlands'.
