Article date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Pope Francis to visit Venice Art Biennale in April
Pope Francis will travel to the northern Italian city of Venice on April 28 to visit the local Church community and the 2024 Venice Art Biennale.
Article date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) approves Temporary loan Request by Artist Collective CATPC
Historic step forwards for artist collective Cercle d'Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC) and Lusanga (DRC), as Virginia Museum of Fine Arts confirms the loan of the sculpture ‘Balot’, a carved wood ancestral power-figure made in 1931.
Article date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Zulma, the Strong Woman Next to Belgian Painter Roger Raveel
As the story goes, there is a strong woman next to every important artist. Zulma De Nijs was everything to Roger Raveel. Or, as Hugo Claus, the long-time family friend, put it in that one line from his poem Voor de poort [In front of the gate]: 'To be present, that is enough.' And she has been, both in the artist's life and in his oeuvre.
Article date: Sunday, February 11, 2024
Climate Activists throw Soup at Monet Painting in Lyon Museum
Protesters hurled soup at a Monet painting on Feb 10 in a museum in Lyon, the latest action by Riposte Alimentaire, which pulled a similar stunt on the Mona Lisa in January.
Article date: Saturday, February 10, 2024
Beatlemania from the Inside : Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64 "Eyes of the Storm"
As The Beatles captured the hearts of millions, founding member Paul McCartney captured it all on his Pentax camera.
Article date: Saturday, February 10, 2024
Protesters Who climb Britain's War Memorials could Face Jail
Protesters who climb Britain’s war memorials could face three months in jail and a £1,000 fine under government plans to create a new criminal offence after incidents during pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
Article date: Saturday, February 10, 2024
Excavations at Holborn Viaduct reveal Complete Roman Funerary Bed
Archaeologists digging in London’s financial district have discovered what they think to be the first complete Roman funerary bed ever to be uncovered in Britain.
Article date: Saturday, February 10, 2024
UK Public Art Database will Digitally Record more than 5,000 Murals
This three-year initiative starts in January 2024 and runs to December 2026. Around 5,000 murals across the UK will be recorded and photographed and make them freely available on the Art UK website. Painted murals will constitute a large part of this project, alongside sculptural murals in concrete, brick, wood, stone, tile and other materials.
Article date: Friday, February 9, 2024
Argentinian Avant-Garde Icon the Casa sobre el Arroyo awarded 2024 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize
The 1940s architectural marvel will receive the distinguished accolade following its restoration by the Ministerios de Cultura y de Obras Públicas de Argentina y Municipalidad de Mar del Plat
Article date: Friday, February 9, 2024
Art Basel reveals Exhibitor List for 2024 Swiss Fair
The organizers of Art Basel today announced 287 participants in the Swiss fair’s flagship edition, to take place June 13–16, with preview days on June 11 and 12.
Article date: Friday, February 9, 2024
Giant Chinese Dragon Head travels to Venice Biennale for the Nordic Pavilion
A giant dragon’s head prow – set to be an iconic feature of the Venice Biennale Arte 2024 – voyages from the arctic archipelago to the Venetian Lagoon to form part of the Nordic Countries Pavilion
Article date: Friday, February 9, 2024
Italy Donates Replica of 'Bull of Nimrud' to Iraq
The Italian Ambassador to Iraq, Maurizio Greganti, unveiled a plaque at the Basra Museum in Iraq, marking Italy's donation of a replica of the 'Bull of Nimrud' to Iraq. This contribution signifies a pivotal moment in the cultural restoration efforts following the destruction of the original Assyrian artifact by Isis-Daesh in 2015.
Article date: Friday, February 9, 2024
Charlotte de Cock's "Floyd’s Suicide" explained
In 1987, the birth year of Charlotte de Cock, the then young and unknown band Skid Row first recorded their song “Floyd the Barber” at Washington student radio station KAOS.
Article date: Thursday, February 8, 2024
Jef Geys You don’t see what you think you see at Wiels Museum Brussels
Art critics commonly describe Jef Geys’ work as “unruly, and impossible to categorize in conventional art-historical categories.” Despite Geys’ subversive and critical attitude towards the art world, this ambitious survey exhibition shows that his work is not only deeply engaged and socially critical, but also funny and sensory.
Article date: Thursday, February 8, 2024
For the First Time an Artist sells his Real Body as a Work of Art
The Austrian performance artist Flatz wants his tattoos to continue to exist as works of art after his death therefore Christie’s supports the Bavarian State Painting Collections at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich and the FLATZ Foundation with a charity auction.
Article date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Tavares Strachan's Sculpture Unveiled in Royal Academy Courtyard
The First Supper (Galaxy Black), 2023, by Tavares Strachan is now on view in the public courtyard at the Royal Academy of Arts.
Article date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Image of a Polar Bear drifting to Sleep wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award
‘Ice Bed,’ Nima Sarikhani’s dreamy image of a young polar bear drifting to sleep on a bed carved into an iceberg, has been voted as the winner of Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award.
Article date: Tuesday, February 6, 2024
France unveils the Title and the First Intents of its Pavilion Biennale Di Venezia
Attila cataract your source
at the feet
of the green peaks
will end up in the great sea blue abyss
we drowned in
the tidal tears of the moon
Article date: Tuesday, February 6, 2024
The Fowler Museum Returns Objects to the Asante Kingdom in the Republic of Ghana
The Fowler Museum at UCLA, a renowned museum dedicated to global arts and cultures with an emphasis on Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Indigenous Americas, has announced the permanent and voluntary ethical return of royal objects to the Asante Kingdom in the Republic of Ghana.
Article date: Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Swiss Archaeologists discover 14th-Century Gauntlet in Kyburg Castle
A press conference by the Canton of Zurich has announced the discovery of an exceptionally well-preserved 14th-century gauntlet during archaeological excavations in Pfäffikon, Switzerland.
