Articles

Da Vinci's Salvator Mundi Will Be Exhibited from September
Article date: Friday, July 20, 2018

Da Vinci's Salvator Mundi Will Be Exhibited from September

Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci will be unveiled to the public at Louvre Abu Dhabi on September 18, 2018.

Trump-Putin TIME Magazine Cover
Article date: Friday, July 20, 2018

Trump-Putin TIME Magazine Cover

The artist behind the cover, Nancy Burson, said she hopes it causes readers to reflect on the similarities between the two leaders.

Fascinated Abandoned Locations - Philippe van Wolputte
Article date: Friday, July 13, 2018

Fascinated Abandoned Locations - Philippe van Wolputte

Philippe van Wolputte’s installations, interventions and collages show or suggest possibilities for abandoned, neglected locations which have an important function in the memory and the social landscape of a city, and in a way possess a beauty of their own.

An interview with rainmakers: RANDOM INTERNATIONAL
Article date: Wednesday, July 11, 2018

An interview with rainmakers: RANDOM INTERNATIONAL

RANDOM INTERNATIONAL was founded in 2005 by Hannes Koch and Florian Ortkrass. They invite their public to engage and participate with highly technological and experimental artworks. The studio today consists of a wider team of more than 20 based in London and Berlin.

Art of the Year - 1979
Article date: Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Art of the Year - 1979

The Dinner Party, Judy Chicago, Mixed media, 1979 - Art of the Year.

´69 Positions´ by Mette Ingvartsen
Article date: Monday, July 9, 2018

´69 Positions´ by Mette Ingvartsen

Starting from quotations of relevant art historians and choreographers of the ’60 in the USA, Mette Ingvartsen arrives to the present days reconsidering the importance of interactive, collaborative, participatory choreographies.

Monuments Marking the Geographical Centres of the Earth’s Continents
Article date: Sunday, July 8, 2018

Monuments Marking the Geographical Centres of the Earth’s Continents

The holiday season has begun and we’d like to share with you these images of monuments erected at the geographical centre points of each continent.

Preparing for Darkness, Dystopian Realities and Desolations: Interview with Berlin-based Curator Uwe Goldenstein
Article date: Sunday, July 8, 2018

Preparing for Darkness, Dystopian Realities and Desolations: Interview with Berlin-based Curator Uwe Goldenstein

Uwe Goldenstein, curator and founder of the Berlin-based gallery and network SELECTED ARTISTS: “Probably there was a lack of melancholy in museums and that’s the reason for the success.”

Met Museum Sets New Attendance Record with More Than 7.35 Million Visitors
Article date: Friday, July 6, 2018

Met Museum Sets New Attendance Record with More Than 7.35 Million Visitors

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it welcomed more than 7.35 million visitors to its three locations—The Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Cloisters, and The Met Breuer—in the fiscal year that ended on June 30 (FY18).

A Voice from the Border
Article date: Thursday, July 5, 2018

A Voice from the Border

Brazilian artist Jota Mombaça –who identifies as gender fluid- uses their writings and performances to describe how the art world is a space they run across because their “body” is not authorized to inhabit it.

The Aestheticized Interview with Video Artist Tom Skipp
Article date: Monday, July 2, 2018

The Aestheticized Interview with Video Artist Tom Skipp

Tom Skipp is British video artist, translator and exhibition curator living in Madrid, Spain. He studied at the Arts Educational School in the Barbican, London and at Warwick University.

The Image Revisited: Luc Tuymans in Conversation with Gottfried Boehm, T.J. Clark & Hans M. De Wolf
Article date: Friday, June 29, 2018

The Image Revisited: Luc Tuymans in Conversation with Gottfried Boehm, T.J. Clark & Hans M. De Wolf

What emerges, along with a fascinating discussion on the work of artists such as El Greco, Cézanne, Goya, de la Tour, Titian, Courbet, Mantegna, Hopper, Newman and Richter amongst others, is an insight into Tuymans’ own creative process, and how the great art of the past inspired and motivated him.

Art of the Year - 1978
Article date: Friday, June 29, 2018

Art of the Year - 1978

Untitled (for you Leo, in long respect and affection), Dan Flavin, Fluorescent lights and metal fixtures - Art of the Year 1978.

10 Questions: Ewa Axelrad
Article date: Wednesday, June 27, 2018

10 Questions: Ewa Axelrad

Ewa Axelrad’s works have rather a distinct quality; simultaneously managing to attract and discomfort the viewer. Whilst realising that one is confronted with ideas that will likely cause unease, there is something in the material and formality of the works that compels the viewer to keep staring.

Presidential Museums and Libraries: Special Focus on the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
Article date: Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Presidential Museums and Libraries: Special Focus on the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum

ArtDependence Magazine has collaborated with some of the most renowned Presidential Museums and Libraries in the United States to learn about how they conserve and collect artifacts and objects of historical and scientific importance for research and public presentation.

Major Discovery in van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece, Adoration of the Mystic Lamb
Article date: Monday, June 18, 2018

Major Discovery in van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece, Adoration of the Mystic Lamb

The Ghent Altarpiece, Adoration of the Mystic Lamb is a large and complex 15th-century polyptych from St. Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium. The work is attributed to Early Flemish painters, brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck.

Art of the Year - 1977
Article date: Monday, June 18, 2018

Art of the Year - 1977

Art of the Year - 1977 - The Red Tapes is considered Acconci's masterwork, a three-part epic that is one of the major compositions in video.

Art of the Year - 1976
Article date: Monday, June 11, 2018

Art of the Year - 1976

The 1970’s art world showed the continued influence of movements from the 1960’s such as Minimalism, Post-Minimalism and Performance Art. Triptych, Francis Bacon, Painting, 1976.

The First Press Release for the Museum of Modern Art in New York
Article date: Friday, June 8, 2018

The First Press Release for the Museum of Modern Art in New York

The initial press release for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), dating back to August 1929, begins: "The belief that New York needs a Museum of Modern Art scarcely requires apology.”

Cutting Paper Portraits of Strangers: from Subway to Classroom
Article date: Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Cutting Paper Portraits of Strangers: from Subway to Classroom

The title Lu gives himself – “master paper portrait cutter” – is one he carried for five decades. This 63-year-old Chinese art teacher also knows carving, sculpting and calligraphy. “Arts are intertwined,” Lu says in Mandarin.