Article date: Monday, February 28, 2022
Photos by Mikhail Palinchak from Kyiv: Stand with Ukraine, Support Ukraine, Pray for Ukraine!
Mikhail Palinchak (born 1985 in Uzhgorod, Ukraine) shares recent documentary of the ongoing war on Ukaraine by Russia. To accompany these photos, is an embedded 2018 interview with Palinchak, where he speaks on his practice.
Article date: Thursday, February 24, 2022
Archaeologists Discover 9,000-Year-Old Shrine in Jordanian Desert
A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists says it found a nearly 9,000-year-old shrine at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert.
Article date: Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Chile Museum to Return Easter Island 'Head'
Chile's National Museum of Natural History said Monday it will return to Easter Island an enormous stone statue taken from the Rapa Nui people and brought to the mainland 150 years ago.
Article date: Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Belgium Provides DR Congo with Inventory of Looted Artefacts
Belgium on Thursday gave the DR Congo an inventory of tens of thousands of art objects from the former Belgian Congo held in its colonial era museum, the latest step in the restitution of looted artefacts.
Article date: Sunday, February 20, 2022
Conceptual Artist, Dan Graham Passes Away at 79
Marian Goodman Gallery, Lisson Gallery, 303 Gallery and Regen Projects and a global art scene mourn a great artist, Dan Graham, who sadly died this weekend in New York.
Article date: Friday, February 18, 2022
Victor Ehikhamenor’s Installation Work ‘Still Standing’ at St Paul’s Cathedral in London
St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, recently unveiled the bold new artwork Still Standing by Nigerian-born artist, Victor Ehikhamenor, on display in the crypt from 17 February to 14 May 2022.
Article date: Friday, February 11, 2022
Restitution of Looted Painting and Opening of Two Thematic Rooms at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts
This is the first time in Belgium that a work of art stolen from a Jewish family has been restituted by a museum.
Article date: Thursday, February 10, 2022
$1 Million Painting Vandalised After ‘Bored’ Security Guard Draws Eyes On Faceless Figures
The 'Three Figures' painting by Anna Leporskaya was defaced at the Yeltsin Centre, located in the city of Yekaterinburg in the Sverdlovsk Oblast region in west-central Russia on 7 December 2021, by a 'bored' 60-year-old security guard.
Article date: Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Figurative Expressions by Artists on the Rise on the Nigerian Contemporary Art Scene
A concise look at quickly emerging contemporary artists exploring figurative art in unique and remarkable ways from the Nigerian art scene.
Article date: Monday, February 7, 2022
Picasso’s Iconic ‘Guernica’ Tapestry Back at the United Nations
The iconic tapestry of Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica,” which is considered by numerous art critics as perhaps the most powerful anti-war painting in history, returned to its place of honor at the United Nations.
Article date: Saturday, February 5, 2022
Bored Ape Creator in Funding Talks with Andreessen Horowitz at $5B Valuation
Yuga Labs, the startup behind the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection, is in financing talks with Andreessen Horowitz, according to the Financial Times.
Article date: Monday, January 31, 2022
NFTs of “The Kiss“ by Gustav Klimt Now Available for Valentine’s Day on Belverdere
In collaboration with artèQ, the Belvedere is launching a NFT drop of a historical masterpiece.
Article date: Wednesday, January 26, 2022
MFA Boston Announces Return of Salomon van Ruysdael Painting to the Heirs of Ferenc Chorin
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has reached an agreement to return View of Beverwijk (1646) by Salomon van Ruysdael, which had been looted during World War II, to the heirs of Ferenc Chorin (1879–1964).
Article date: Tuesday, January 25, 2022
In Conversation with Pom Harrington on One Hundred Seconds to Midnight
Etienne Verbist interviews Pom Harrington on an exhibition at Frieze Masters titled One Hundred Seconds to Midnight presenting a collection of original works charting the history of climate change by the world’s greatest scientists, writers, and activists.
Article date: Monday, January 24, 2022
Netherland Senate Approves Purchase of Rembrandt’s The Standard Bearer
After the House of Representatives, the Senate has also approved the purchase of the painting The Standard Bearer by Rembrandt.
Article date: Monday, January 24, 2022
Art Basel’s Parent Company, MCH Group to Become Minority Owner of ART SG in Singapore
MCH Group (Basel/Switzerland), the parent company of Art Basel, has announced that it is taking a 15% stake in Art Events Singapore, the organizer of ART SG, the new art fair for Southeast Asia.
Article date: Friday, January 21, 2022
Beautiful Still Life Worth More Than £6 Million at Risk of Leaving the UK
Banquet Still Life by Jan Davidsz. de Heem, which is valued at £6,109,200, is at risk of leaving the country unless a UK buyer can be found.
Article date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022
1-54 Marrakech Fourth Edition is Postponed
The organisers of 1-54 Contemporary African Art fair have announced the difficult decision to postpone this year’s edition of 1-54 Marrakech.
Article date: Tuesday, January 18, 2022
The Fantastical Creatures of the Belgian Artist Koen Vanmechelen at the Uffizi
An exhibition by Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen, presented in the Gallery of Statues and Paintings, from 18 January to 20 March, 2022.
Article date: Friday, January 14, 2022
Dutch King Refuses Use of Royal Carriage Criticized for a Colonial Image
The Dutch king ruled out Thursday using, for now at least, the royal family's "Golden Carriage," one side of which bears a painting that critics say glorifies the Netherlands' colonial past, including its role in the global slave trade.
