Articles
Article date: Monday, April 9, 2018
Art of the Year - 1968
The 1960’s was one of the most important decades in 20th-century art. The navigator's hope I, Joan Miro, Painting, 1968.
Article date: Sunday, April 8, 2018
Jeff Koons' Gazing Ball is Damaged in Nieuwe Kerk
As reported by the Dutch newspaper Het Parool, Jeff Koons' Gazing Ball artwork was seriously damaged on its last day in Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam.
Article date: Thursday, April 5, 2018
Anselm Kiefer: Symbolism of the Forest
“Germans want to forget [the past] and start a new thing all the time, but only by going into the past can you go into the future.” Anselm Kiefer.
Article date: Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Art of the Year - 1967
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 30, 2018
The New Art Economy – Art Paris Art Fair
"My name is Guillaume Piens and I am the director of Art Paris Art Fair, a modern and contemporary spring art fair that will be taking place at the Grand Palais in Paris from April 5th – 8th. Art has always been a part of my life..."
Article date: Thursday, March 29, 2018
Art of the Year - 1966
The 1960’s was one of the most important decades in 20th-century art. Among the Pop artists who emerged in the early 1960s, none is more noted or synonymous with the movement than Warhol himself.
Article date: Thursday, March 29, 2018
Basquiat’s Monumental Flesh and Spirit
One of the largest works produced by the artist.
Article date: Thursday, March 29, 2018
Flemish Government Seeking 2,313 Missing Works of Art
The Flemish Audit Office provided an expose in the Flemish Parliament today regarding 2,313 works of art that are currently unaccounted for.
Article date: Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder Returned to Its Rightful Owners
Missing for nearly 80 years Lucas Cranach the Elder’s Portrait of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony will be offered at Christie’s.
Article date: Tuesday, March 27, 2018
J. Paul Getty Medal to Go to...
The J. Paul Getty Trust announced that it had presented the annual J. Paul Getty Medal to Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem; Agnes Gund, president emerita of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA); and sculptor Richard Serra.
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: 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.