Article date: Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Jim Carrey's Collection Offered at Bonhams Los Angeles
Jim Carrey, acclaimed actor, artist and writer, will present a selection of his eclectic and captivating art and design collection at Bonhams Los Angeles on July 25 as part of the Modern Design | Art sale.
Article date: Wednesday, July 10, 2024
The East Wing of Buckingham Palace will be open to Visitors for the First Time
The East Wing encompasses the front façade of the historic building and features the famous central balcony, where the Monarch and members of the Royal Family have gathered for public appearances during special occasions or historic moments since 1851.
Article date: Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Marion Ackermann becomes the First Woman to head Berlin’s State Museums
Marion Ackermann has been appointed president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz or SPK), the organization that manages Berlin’s state museums. She is now the first woman to hold the executive position.
Article date: Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Serpentine Galleries Unveil 19-Foot-Tall Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
Pumpkin (2024) marks a return to Serpentine for Kusama which was the location of her first retrospective exhibition in Britain in 2000. This major survey included paintings, collages, watercolours, sculptures, documentation of performances and films, all of which explored Kusama’s obsessions with dots, nets, food and sex.
Article date: Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Austrian Museum Prize goes to Graz Museum
The Austrian Ministry of Culture awards a yearly prize worth 20,000 euros for outstanding achievements in the field of museum work. This year it goes to the GrazMuseum.
Article date: Monday, July 8, 2024
Bulgarian Archaeologists discover Marble God Statue in Ancient Roman Sewer
This week, the two-meter statue of Hermes, discovered in Heraclea Sintica, will be moved to the museum in Petrich, as reported by the head of the excavations, Prof. Ludmil Vagalinski, writes the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).
Article date: Monday, July 8, 2024
Sculpture of the "birthing Mary" in Austrian Cathedral destroyed
The figure of the Virgin Mary giving birth with her legs spread apart was supposed to open up a new perspective on the incarnation of God – in St Mary's Cathedral in Linz. The sculpture was beheaded one week ago.
Article date: Thursday, July 4, 2024
Selma Selman wins 12th edition of ABN AMRO Art Award
Selma Selman has won the 12th edition of the ABN AMRO Art Award.
Article date: Thursday, July 4, 2024
Discovered Cave Painting in Indonesia is the Oldest known ‘Picture Story’
A team of scientists co-led by researchers from Australia’s Griffith University, the Indonesian National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) and Southern Cross University has discovered and dated a cave painting on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi that may be the oldest known evidence of storytelling in art, with the findings published in the journal Nature.
Article date: Thursday, July 4, 2024
Los Angeles Museum accused of exhibiting Fake Paintings
Paintings by artists Lee Jung-seop and Park Soo-keun that were exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) are likely to be counterfeit, according to experts.
Article date: Wednesday, July 3, 2024
British Museum reopens Reading Room
The British Museum reopened its Reading Room for general visitors on 1 July. British Museum chair George Osborne made a commitment to reopen the Reading Room, which had been closed since 2013, in November 2022.
Article date: Wednesday, July 3, 2024
New Finding Committee of documenta 16 appointed
Six outstanding international contemporary art experts have been appointed to documenta 16's new Finding Committee, unanimously approved by the Supervisory Board upon recommendation of the Managing Director. The Committee brings together Yilmaz Dziewior, Sergio Edelsztein, N'Goné Fall, Gridthiya Gaweewong, Mami Kataoka, and Yasmil Raymond.
Article date: Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Jewish Museum London has appointed Sally Angel its new Chief Executive
Sally Angel is an Emmy, BAFTA, RTS and Peabody award-winning TV and film producer. She is Creative Director of Angelica Films. She has made films and TV for Channel 4, BBC and international broadcasters and streamers including HBO and for cinema.
Article date: Tuesday, July 2, 2024
The Museo del Prado is publishing the First Two Titles in its “Writing the Prado” Collection
These publications are the result of the first two writers' residencies organised by the Museo Nacional del Prado with the sponsorship of Fundación Loewe and the collaboration of the magazine Granta in Spanish. Among the aims of the residencies is the creation of a short story inspired by the time the authors spent in the museum.
Article date: Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Dutch Artist Jacqueline de Jong dies at 85
Dutch artist Jacqueline de Jong died on Saturday at the age of 85. She was active in her career right up until she was admitted to the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital in Amsterdam a week ago, said gallery owner Jaring Dürst Britt, who confirmed a report in the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
Article date: Monday, July 1, 2024
Taylor Swift Clothes to be displayed at V&A show in London
Costume and accessories on loan from Taylor’s personal archive will be on display, from customised cowboy boots worn during her breakout success as a country singer in 2007, to the jet-black ruffled shoulder dress worn in the most recent music video for her single Fortnight (2024).
Article date: Friday, June 28, 2024
Expert criticizes Provenance Research of the Bührle Collection
The Emil G. Bührle art collection has been the subject of intense debate in Zurich for several years. The conflict is much older than the new building extension to the Kunsthaus Zürich, but it has become particularly heated with its opening in October 2021, when the collection was presented to the public.
Article date: Friday, June 28, 2024
Renovation of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, saved by gift of 80 Million Euros
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Mecanoo architects, and the Municipality of Rotterdam support the 'Ambition' scenario, which provides the best, most future-proof renovation for the museums so it can benefit to all involved parties.
Article date: Friday, June 28, 2024
Visual Arts Organisations in the UK unite to call Next Government to action
Organisations across the visual arts have come together to provide key policy recommendations for the next UK government to enact to help sustain and support the UK’s visual arts and artists.
Article date: Thursday, June 27, 2024
The Finest Stegosaurus Specimen Ever to appear at Auction
Enormous 150-million-year-old fossil
is the most complete and best preserved
Stegosaurus specimen of its size ever discovered.
