Article date: Monday, March 4, 2024
The Power of Digital Art Unleashed in the Contemporary Setting
In the flow of creative endeavors, modernity offers digitalized desires on screen that mimic canvases. Creativity is now driven by unimaginable power as digital art takes the upside. The intersection of imagination with innovation is where we dive into the influence of digital art on the contemporary art world here.
Article date: Monday, March 4, 2024
Art and Well-Being | Benefits of Creating and Consuming Art
A majority of people appreciate art for its aesthetic appeal and ability to light up spaces. Evidence, however, shows that there are numerous benefits of creating and consuming art. From stress reduction to improved cognitive processes and creativity. Here are reasons why art is ideal as a subject and a hobby.
Article date: Monday, March 4, 2024
Tom Stuart-Smith to create a New Garden for Tate Britain
Tom Stuart-Smith Studio, in collaboration with architects Feilden Fowles, has been selected to transform the landscape in front of the gallery.
Article date: Friday, March 1, 2024
A Mural by Banksy has been relocated from the Bronx to Connecticut
In 2013, the anonymous street artist Banksy organized a month-long open-air art ‘exhibition’ in New York, called “Better Out Than In.”
Article date: Friday, March 1, 2024
La Biennale di Venezia issues a Statement on the Participation of Israel
With regard to the participation in the International Art Exhibition of the Countries represented in the Pavilions of the Giardini, the Arsenale and in the city of Venice, La Biennale di Venezia would like to specify that all Countries recognized by the Italian Republic may autonomously request to participate officially.
Article date: Thursday, February 29, 2024
Rare Roman Head of Mercury discovered at Smallhythe Place goes on Display
The excavation of a medieval site at Smallhythe Place that was once used for shipbuilding has delighted archaeologists when they also came across earlier evidence of a Roman settlement.
Article date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
The Met Announces 2025 Contemporary Commissions by Jennie C. Jones and Jeffrey Gibson
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today the artists for its 2025 commissions. Jennie C. Jones (born 1968, Cincinnati, Ohio) will produce her first multi-work outdoor sculptural installation for the Museum’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. For The Met Fifth Avenue facade, Jeffrey Gibson (born 1972, Colorado Springs, Colorado), a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent, will create four figurative sculptures—works that he refers to as ancestral spirit figures.
Article date: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
UK warns of Criminal Sanctions Evasion Through Artwork Storage Facilities
The National Crime Agency has issued an alert to artwork storage facilities, warning of potential criminal exploitation of the sector by individuals subject to Russia sanctions.
Article date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Chinese Customs seizes 494 Illegally exported Cultural Artefacts
The Xi'an airport customs in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province recently seized a total of 494 prohibited Chinese cultural relics dating from the Han (206 BC-AD 220) to Qing (1644-1911) dynasties during outbound inspections.
Article date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Hof van Buysleden, Mechelen, exhibits Knights of the Golden Fleece
Mounted knights ride through Mechelen's Grote Markt in a colourful procession. It is 1491, and a special chapter of the Order of the Golden Fleece has descended on the city on the Dyle.
Article date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Kunstmuseum Den Haag appoints Margriet Schavemaker as New Director
Margriet Schavemaker will take up the post of general director of the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, the Fotomuseum Den Haag, KM21 and Escher in The Palace from 1 June 2024.
Article date: Monday, February 26, 2024
12th Edition of Amsterdam Art Week is announced
Amsterdam Art is announced the 12th edition of Amsterdam Art Week, taking place from 29 May to 2 June 2024.
Article date: Monday, February 26, 2024
Art Not Genocide Alliance launch a Petition to Exclude Israel from Venice Biennale
The Art Not Genocide Alliance's petition to exclude Israel from the Venice Biennale.
Article date: Sunday, February 25, 2024
Dahomey Doc on looted African Art wins Berlin Film Festival
A documentary by Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop probing looted antiquities wins prestigious Golden Bear.
Article date: Saturday, February 24, 2024
Celebrating 150 Years of Impressionism at Musée d’Orsay
50 years ago, on April 15, 1874, the first impressionist exhibition opened in Paris. “Hungry for independence”, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, Pissarro, Sisley and Cézanne finally decided to free themselves from the rules by holding their own exhibition, outside official channels: impressionism was born.
Article date: Friday, February 23, 2024
Texas Right to Life Calls on Houston University to Remove 'Satanic Abortion Idol' Statue
Texas Right to Life group is calling for a Texas university to drop its plans to publicly display "a golden statue with satanic imagery" that's meant to honor abortion and the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Article date: Friday, February 23, 2024
Brücke-Museum is Germany's Museum of the Year 2023
The German section of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) has chosen the Brücke-Museum as Museum of the Year 2023. This is the most important award for museums in Germany.
Article date: Thursday, February 22, 2024
Paul Cézanne's Hidden Mural Discovered in Aix-en-Provence
In Aix-en-Provence, France, within the walls of Bastide du Jas de Bouffan, the childhood home of the French impressionist Paul Cézanne, a mural by Cézanne, previously unknown to the art world, emerged, casting a new light on the artist's early work and his connection to the maritime world.
Article date: Thursday, February 22, 2024
Unseen Rolling Stones Photos to go on Display in London
Bayliss Rare Books and Spanish Tony Media are present an exhibition of original, previously unseen photographs of The Rolling Stones, taken at their decadent peak by the photographer ‘Spanish Tony’ Sanchez.
Article date: Thursday, February 22, 2024
Christophe Leribault appointed as President of the Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles
On the proposal of Ms Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture, the President of the Republic appointed Mr. Christophe Leribault as President of the Public Establishment of the Palace, Museum and National Estate of Versailles. He will take office on Monday 4 March 2024.