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Article date: Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Art of the Year - 1962
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: Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Sources Around MSK Ghent Museum Explain What Really Happened with Russian Avant-Garde Presentation
As many will have read and seen, the allegations made against the MSK and its presentation of the Russian avant-garde art from the Dieleghem Foundation within the permanent collection have taken on large proportions with claims backed until now with little verifiable evidence. Why has the attack on the MSK Ghent museum been disproportionate, and why is the reaction of the art market nervous?
Article date: Friday, February 2, 2018
Addendum: Art Under Attack Vol.2: Art Resilience & the Responsibility to Protect
Athens, 2018: On January 9, ArtDependence had warned of the very sad and perilous momentum building up in the capital of Greece, Athens, and its beautiful Riviera. It warned of a risk posed to art, reason, openness, freedom of expression, tolerance and acceptance.
Article date: Thursday, February 1, 2018
Symbolism in Art: The Cow
Damien Hirst is a central figure in contemporary art. One of the wealthiest living artists, his work divides opinions and he has become synonymous with shock value an displays of dead or decaying animal corpses.
Article date: Monday, January 29, 2018
The Birth House of Malevich Discovered in Kyiv
Kazimir Malevich is one of the key figures in avant-garde art. His life and oeuvre has been researched in detail and dozens of books about him are published every year all over the globe. However, it seems that there are still lagoons to be filled and mysteries to be solved. Like the one of his birth house.
Article date: Monday, January 29, 2018
Etienne Verbist Interview with Frédéric De Senarclens
Frédéric De Senarclens is a gallerist turned technology innovator who is attempting to apply new technological innovations to the world of art. He has founded a number of cutting-edge websites and platforms that allow buyers, sellers and collectors to connect and swap information online. So, what does the art world make of his innovations, and what’s next for the digital maverick?
Article date: Monday, January 29, 2018
Interview with Flemish Minister of Culture Sven Gatz
"What we want to implement is a centralization of the collections, using warehouses to safeguard and maintain our collections, so we know at all times where the artworks are at any given time." Sven Gatz, Flemish Minister of Culture
Article date: Friday, January 26, 2018
Shooting from the Hip: An Interview with Neil Jenney
A lap around Neil Jenney’s sprawling art studio is a trek through history, that of Jenney’s own art and art history more broadly.
Article date: Thursday, January 25, 2018
Right of Answer from the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam on Ettore Sottsass Exhibition
Pursuant to the statement issued yesterday by Barbara Radice and Ernest Mourmans, heirs to Ettore Sottsass Estate, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has issued a right of answer comment.
Article date: Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Ettore Sottsass Estate Comments on Stedelijk Museum Decision to Cancel Sottsass Exhibition
Mrs. Barbara Radice, widow of Ettore Sottsass and Mr. Ernest Mourmans, design manufacturer and close friend of Ettore Sottsass have issued the following statement on the Stedelijk Museum's decision to cancel the Ettore Sottsass exhibition:
Article date: Monday, January 22, 2018
Art of the Year - 1961
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: Sunday, January 21, 2018
Lightness of Being (Blue) by Chris Levine
In 2003 light artist Chris Levine set up a shoot for Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace.
Article date: Saturday, January 20, 2018
At the Innermost Layer
Friends of the fine arts in Brussels had the opportunity to enjoy a beautiful opening this Thursday at the Bernier-Eliades Gallery , unveiling the new solo exhibition of Kostas Sahpazis, a contemporary Greek sculptor.
Article date: Friday, January 19, 2018
Art of the Year - 1960
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: Thursday, January 18, 2018
Did Da Vinci and His Workshop Create a Copy of ‘The Last Supper’? An Interview with Doctor Jean-Pierre Isbouts
Is it possible that a detailed canvas copy of Da Vinci’s Last Supper, overseen by Da Vinci himself, could have hung, unrecognised on the wall of a remote convent in Belgium for the last 450 years?
Article date: Wednesday, January 17, 2018
“My Two Passions Were Painting, And Working With Wild Animals.” ArtDependence Talks to Sanam Khatibi
Born in Iran and now based in Brussels, Sanam Khatibi embraces a broad range of artistic techniques, from sculpture and embroidery to painting and pencil drawing. Dealing with animal instincts and primal nature, her work contains echoes of Renaissance paintings and contemporary themes of power, gender and dominance.
Article date: Monday, January 15, 2018
Picasso’s ‘Golden Muse’ Emerges Onto the Market for First Time
A painting of heightened psychological intensity, Pablo Picasso’s Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter) brings to a climax a turbulent and highly charged year.
Article date: Friday, January 12, 2018
Downtownbrussels.art Look Out, Uptown! Here Comes Downtown!
Downtown Brussels is a fantastic place to stay. It’s the part of the city northwest of the central axis, up to and including the canal zone. A bit rough, a bit dirty, but very creative and edgy. It is therefore not surprising that more and more contemporary artists, galleries and museums are establishing themselves in the lower city.
Article date: Thursday, January 11, 2018
“I Shoot All Classes and I Am Fascinated by Everyone in Their Environment. I Am Very Democratic.” An Interview with Martin Parr
Martin Parr is one of the most recognizable documentary photographers of our time. His work can be accurately determined by the richness and brightness of colors and the “distant eye” angle, which has the power to make you laugh and cry, all at the same time.
Article date: Tuesday, January 9, 2018
In Defense of Art, the Fruits of Enlightenment & Common Sense
Athens 2018, art under attack: an ultra-right-wing, populist tabloid of low circulation publishes a series of cover stories attacking a work of Public Art which was just installed on a beautiful spot upon the ‘Athens Riviera’, in Palaio Faliro, a part of the coastal area that surrounds the Greek capital.