Article date: Thursday, October 7, 2021
'The Potato Eaters. Mistake or Masterpiece?' at Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
The exhibition The Potato Eaters. Mistake or Masterpiece? opens at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam on October 8, 2021.
Article date: Monday, October 4, 2021
Infrared Scans Reveal Author of Hidden Graffiti on Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’
Following years of speculation, curators at the National Museum of Norway have confirmed that a small and barely visible sentence on Edvard Munch’s The Scream was penned by the artist himself.
Article date: Friday, October 1, 2021
Presumed Lost Drawing by Rubens Returns Home after Four Centuries
The Flemish Community has acquired a drawing by Peter Paul Rubens that was believed to be lost for 307,400 euros.
Article date: Friday, October 1, 2021
Katharina Grosse Elected as Chair of the Board of KUNST-WERKE BERLIN e. V.
KUNST-WERKE BERLIN e. V., the support association of both KW Institute for Contemporary Art and of the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, has announced the internationally acclaimed artist Katharina Grosse as chairwoman of the board.
Article date: Thursday, September 30, 2021
Bronze Statue of Scantily-Clad Woman Sparks Rage in Italy
A bronze statue of a scantily-clad woman to honour a 19th Century poem has sparked a sexism row in Italy, with politicians demanding its removal.
Article date: Thursday, September 30, 2021
Symbolism of the Sea Shell in Botticelli’s 'The Birth of Venus'
Kitty Jackson takes art lovers and curious minds through the symbolism and meaning of the sea shells used by Sandro Botticelli in his work, 'The Birth of Venus'.
Article date: Wednesday, September 29, 2021
The Ambitious Expansion of Prado Museum Receives 36 Million Outside the Budget
The expansion and remodeling of the Prado Museum comes six years late, but it does. It will last until 2024 and will cost 36 million euros to the State divided into annual items.
Article date: Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Magnum Announces New Nominees, Associate and Member at its 74th AGM in Paris
At its 74th Annual General Meeting (AGM), Magnum Photos welcomed two new nominees who will join the collective immediately. This year’s nominees are William Keo (France) and Myriam Boulos, (Lebanon).
Article date: Monday, September 27, 2021
Rubens Masterpiece is a Fake, According to Artificial Intelligence Study
Research on artificial intelligence presented a painting by Rubens at the National Gallery in London Samson and Delilah be a fake.
Article date: Monday, September 27, 2021
Lubaina Himid CBE has been Awarded the Robson Orr TenTen Award for 2021
This year, Lubaina Himid CBE has been awarded the Robson Orr TenTen Award 2021 for her work, ‘Old Boat, New Weather’.
Article date: Thursday, September 23, 2021
Kerry James Marshall, Elizabeth Alexander to Reimagine Confederate Windows at Washington National Cathedral
Washington National Cathedral has announced that it will replace its former stained-glass windows featuring Confederate iconography, removed in 2017, with racial-justice themed windows created by world-renowned artist Kerry James Marshall.
Article date: Monday, September 20, 2021
Sculptor Dr Gindi: The Idiosyncratic Fictionist
Sculptor Dr Gindi is best known for combining high craftsmanship with a subtlety of purpose to create three-dimensional masterpieces. Originally educated as medical doctor, she ponders now as an artist on the finality of decay whilst striving to depict the potential infinity of human existence.
Article date: Friday, September 17, 2021
Bohomazov in Finland: Hints of Color and Distinct Charms of the North
Nataliya Teramae writes a profile that captures the art and journey of Oleksandr Bohomazov (1880-1930) by focusing on his Finnish trip and how this came to play out in the artist's 'Finnish series'.
Article date: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Nadine Dorries Becomes Third Culture Secretary Under Boris Johnson
Nadine Dorries has been announced as the new culture secretary under Boris Johnson’s government.
Article date: Saturday, September 11, 2021
Italy Seizes 500 Fake Francis Bacon Works
Italian authorities on Friday said they had seized 500 works of art suspected of being Francis Bacon counterfeits, along with cash and other valuables worth around three million euros.
Article date: Thursday, September 9, 2021
Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Says Credit Suisse Is Closing Foundation’s Account
Leading Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei has said he was told by Credit Suisse that his foundation's bank account in Switzerland would be closed over his "criminal record" in China.
Article date: Monday, September 6, 2021
Johannes Vermeer’s ‘On Reflection’ at Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany
On September 10, 2021, Johannes Vermeer's “Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window” one of the world's most famous works from the 'Golden Age' of Dutch painting will be on view at an exhibition at Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden.
Article date: Sunday, September 5, 2021
Brussels Doctors Hand Out Prescriptions for Museum Visits
The Brussels-City councillor in charge of culture and tourism is working with a Brussels hospital to launch a programme that would see museum visits prescribed by doctors.
Article date: Sunday, September 5, 2021
Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s ‘Dirty Evidence’ at Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Showing at Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm until November 7, 2021, is one of the most expansive exhibitions by Lawrence Abu Hamdan to date, which includes a new series of work alongside pieces by Abu Hamdan that allow for an interrogation of witnessing and testimony.
Article date: Friday, September 3, 2021
MOCA Los Angeles Appoints Johanna Burton as Executive Director to Lead the Museum Alongside Klaus Biesenbach
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles has announced the appointment of Johanna Burton as Executive Director to lead the museum in partnership with Klaus Biesenbach, the Maurice Marciano Artistic Director.
