Article date: Saturday, March 24, 2018
Art of the Year - 1965
The 1960’s was one of the most important decades in 20th-century art. In One and Three Chairs, Joseph Kosuth offers an example of conceptual art: the piece consists of a chair, a photograph of the chair and an enlarged dictionary definition of the word "chair."
Article date: Monday, March 19, 2018
Judicial Investigation into the Authenticity of Exhibited Works of Art in the MSK Ghent
There is a judicial investigation of the authenticity of documents that were recently the object of an exhibition at the MSK in Ghent.
Article date: Monday, March 19, 2018
Rare Portrait by Rubens
Unseen on the market for over 60 years, Portrait of a Venetian Nobleman is imbued with the painter’s own personality and fascination for Italy
Article date: Friday, March 16, 2018
Exoneration for the Alleged Mastermind of a Russian Avant-Garde Forgery Ring
Israeli art dealer Ithak Zarug was acquitted on March 15, 2018. Zarug has been detained in Germany for more than 3 years amidst allegations that he was the mastermind behind the sale of 18 fake Russian works of avant-garde art.
Article date: Friday, March 16, 2018
Art of the Year - 1964
The 1960’s was one of the most important decades in 20th-century art. Styles and movements that arose during this time include Pop Art, Op Art, Minimalism, Conceptual Art, Performance Art and Arte Povera among countless other styles and movements.
Article date: Friday, March 16, 2018
"Ecce Homo" Attributed to Murillo
In 2018, we celebrate the Year of the Spanish Baroque painter Murillo, who is born in Seville 400 years ago this year.
Article date: Thursday, March 15, 2018
Haegue Yang Receives Wolfgang Hahn Prize
In 2018, the Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst am Museum Ludwig will recognize Haegue Yang for her extraordinary body of work with the Wolfgang Hahn Prize.
Article date: Monday, March 12, 2018
Malevich as a Professor of the Kiev Bauhaus
We all know Kazimir Malevich as an artist, art theorist and philosopher. But we don’t know so much about him as a teacher or even professor. Yet, surprisingly, this was his main activity for at least 12 years. In the numerous research articles and papers on Malevich, you’re unlikely to find one on his pedagogical oeuvre.
Article date: Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Catherine de Zegher, Director of MSK Ghent, has
ArtDependence has learned that Catherine de Zegher, Director of MSK Ghent, has been fired/resigned.
Article date: Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Symbolism in Art: Malevich’s Black Cross
A Russian painter and Philosopher, Malevich is credited as the founder of the Suprematist movement, an avant-garde movement that has had a significant and lasting impact on modern art.
Article date: Sunday, March 4, 2018
Is the Mona Lisa Set to Start Travelling?
After 500 years in Paris, the Mona Lisa may be set to leave the city on a rare tour.
Article date: Saturday, March 3, 2018
The Art of Ideas: An Interview with Mel Bochner
A leading figure in the development of Conceptual Art, since the 1960’s Mel Bochner has pioneered the presence of ideas, language and philosophy in the visual landscape. From artistic convention to unspoken and coded ideologies, Bochner has questioned the relationships between art, color, words and space to realize how they profoundly affect our worldviews.
Article date: Saturday, March 3, 2018
Jan Vercruysse Dies at Age 69
With a career that spanned over four decades, Jan Vercruysse was considered one of Europe’s most influential conceptual artists.
Article date: Thursday, March 1, 2018
A Question in Trivial Pursuit: Which Artist Created a Portrait of Queen Elisabeth II Using 1,000 Teabags? Answer: Andy Brown
In reading about little-known facts in art, ArtDependence Magazine came across a very interesting artist: Andy Brown. Brown found notoriety when he created a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by stitching together 1,000 used tea bags. ArtDependence reached out to Andy Brown with questions about this particular work, which Brown was more than happy to answer.
Article date: Tuesday, February 27, 2018
New In-depth Research into Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring Starts with Macro-XRF Scan at the Mauritshuis
Over the next few days, Vermeer’s painting Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665) will be scanned millimetre by millimetre.
Article date: Saturday, February 24, 2018
High Cultural Ambitions in Antwerp: M HKA Will Relocate to New 65,000,000 € Museum
The M HKA director Bart de Baere announced that the museum will relocate to a new place approximately 200 meters from its present location in Antwerp.
Article date: Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Andy Warhol, Birth of Venus (After Botticelli)
Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction takes place from 20 February to 7 March 2018.
Article date: Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Two Groundbreaking Reports Reinforce the Value of Museums
The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, released two groundbreaking reports revealing indisputable evidence that museums contribute more to the United States economy than previously thought and have widespread public support that transcends political affiliations and geographic locations.
Article date: Sunday, February 18, 2018
“The Architect’s Home in the Ravine” by Peter Doig
Peter Doig’s landmark returns to auction on 7 March.
Article date: Saturday, February 17, 2018
Prominent Figures of the Art World Launch Ad in Dutch Paper Het Parool: Call Ruf Back
Prominent figures of the international art world launched a page-long ad in the Dutch paper, willing Beatrix Ruf back to the Stedelijk Museum.
