Article date: Saturday, April 6, 2024
Fried-Chicken Art exhibited at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Jack Hirons, a young Margate-based painter, is bringing the latest exhibition to the OOF Gallery at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this spring.
Article date: Friday, April 5, 2024
Ancestral Sculpture Balot Temporarily returned to Country of Origin
On Tuesday 19 March DRC-based artist collective Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC) organised a special ceremony to welcome back the sculpture Balot: a carved wood ancestral power-figure made in 1931. This event marks the first time that the sculpture returns to its country of origin in more than 50 years.
Article date: Friday, April 5, 2024
The Museo del Prado has made 5 April “Jheronimus Bosch Day”
Although almost nothing is known regarding the artist’s life, the date of 5 April 1474 is the first reference to Jheronimus Bosch’s existence, when he is referred to as a witness for his sister in the sale of the mortgage on a house in the small town of Geffen (The Netherlands). At that date the artist was around 24, the legal age for acting independently in a notarial document.
Article date: Thursday, April 4, 2024
Portland Art Museum to unveil Campus Transformation in Late 2025
$111M expansion and renovation project will add nearly 100,000 square feet, connecting the Museum’s historic buildings, creating new galleries to display more of its expansive collection, and increasing accessibility throughout the campus
Article date: Thursday, April 4, 2024
Summer-Long Show of Lee Ufan Sculptures in the Rijksmuseum Gardens
This summer the gardens of the Rijksmuseum are to be the setting for the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands of Korean artist Lee Ufan.
Article date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Kherson Art Museum has identified 96 Works stolen by Russia
The Kherson Art Museum has identified 96 artworks Russian forces stole during the occupation of the southern city of Kherson.
Article date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024
World's Largest Hot Dog Sculpture Debut in Times Square this April
Times Square Arts presents Hot Dog in the City, a 65 foot-long public art installation by the dynamic artist duo Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw.
Article date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024
California Assembly announced Legislation to help Holocaust Survivors recover Stolen Art
AB 2867 Introduced Following Recent Court Decision Allowing Spanish Museum to Retain Impressionist Masterpiece Stolen by the Nazis during WWII.
Article date: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
French Police seize stolen Russian Avant-Garde Paintings belonging to the Khatib Family
French bailiffs and police have conducted a raid of an art expert's storage facility in Paris following court orders issued in Frankfurt, Germany, and Paris, France.
Article date: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Russia handed over the Pavilion at the Venice Biennale to Bolivia
The Russian pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale will be occupied by artists from Bolivia and other Latin American countries, the Italian edition Il Giornale dell'ARTE reported.
Article date: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Harvard University Library removes Human Skin from 19th Century Book Binding
Harvard Library has removed human skin from the binding of a copy of Arsène Houssaye’s book Des destinées de l’âme (1880s), held at Houghton Library.
Article date: Saturday, March 30, 2024
Arts & Cultural Sector Hit All-Time High in 2022 Value Added to U.S. Economy
New data released today show arts and cultural industries hit an all-time high in 2022, contributing 4.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), or $1.1 trillion, to the U.S. economy.
Article date: Friday, March 29, 2024
Ibrahim Mahama wins Inaugural Sam Gilliam Award
Award confers $75,000 and platform for fall 2024 public program to Ibrahim Mahama, extending Sam Gilliam’s lifelong dedication to supporting fellow artists
Article date: Thursday, March 28, 2024
Cambridge City Council orders Prince Philip Statue be torn Down
The sculpture was described by a Cambridge City Council officer as "possibly the poorest quality work that had ever been submitted to the Council"
Article date: Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Old Kingdom Mastaba Discovered in Dahshur, Egypt
Egyptian-German archaeological mission affiliated with the German Archaeological Institute, headed by Dr. Stefan Seidlmayer, succeeded in uncovering a mastaba dating back to the Old Kingdom era during its work in the Dahshur archaeological area.
Article date: Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam receives three Van Gogh Paintings on Long-Term Loan
Three works by Vincent van Gogh go on display today at the Rijksmuseum. The paintings, which the artist made in different periods of his life, are View of Amsterdam from Central Station (1885), Riverbank with Trees (1887) and Wheat Field (1888).
Article date: Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Taipei Biennial announces Curators for the 14th Edition
The 14th Taipei Biennial, opening in November 2025, will be curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath. Bardaouil and Fellrath state,
Article date: Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Richard Serra, known for Monumental Steel Sculptures, dies at the Age of 85
United States artist Richard Serra, known across the world for his monumental steel sculptures, has died. He was 85. The artist died from pneumonia at his home in Long Island, New York on Tuesday, his lawyer John Silberman told The New York Times.
Article date: Monday, March 25, 2024
Protesters stage Event at The Metropolitan Museum New York in support of Gaza
Protesters covered the steps of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art with a large patchwork blanket on Sunday displaying messages of solidarity with Palestine to draw attention to Israel's war on Gaza.
Article date: Monday, March 25, 2024
The Art that Hitler stole for Himself
Like no other region in Austria, the Salzkammergut served as a point of transit and salvage for important works of European art history during the Second World War, including art looted by the National Socialists.
