ArtDependence | News & Features

Article date: Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Chile Museum to Return Easter Island 'Head'

Chile's National Museum of Natural History said Monday it will return to Easter Island an enormous stone statue taken from the Rapa Nui people and brought to the mainland 150 years ago.

Article date: Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Belgium Provides DR Congo with Inventory of Looted Artefacts

Belgium on Thursday gave the DR Congo an inventory of tens of thousands of art objects from the former Belgian Congo held in its colonial era museum, the latest step in the restitution of looted artefacts.

Article date: Friday, February 18, 2022

Victor Ehikhamenor’s Installation Work ‘Still Standing’ at St Paul’s Cathedral in London

St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, recently unveiled the bold new artwork Still Standing by Nigerian-born artist, Victor Ehikhamenor, on display in the crypt from 17 February to 14 May 2022.

Article date: Monday, February 14, 2022

Cuban-American Abstract Artist, Carmen Herrera, Who Gained Fame at 89 Passes Away at 106

Cuban-born artist Carmen Herrera, whose radiant colour and geometric paintings were overlooked for decades before the art world took notice, has died at the age of 106.

Article date: Friday, February 11, 2022

Restitution of Looted Painting and Opening of Two Thematic Rooms at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts

This is the first time in Belgium that a work of art stolen from a Jewish family has been restituted by a museum.

Article date: Thursday, February 10, 2022

$1 Million Painting Vandalised After ‘Bored’ Security Guard Draws Eyes On Faceless Figures

The 'Three Figures' painting by Anna Leporskaya was defaced at the Yeltsin Centre, located in the city of Yekaterinburg in the Sverdlovsk Oblast region in west-central Russia on 7 December 2021, by a 'bored' 60-year-old security guard.

Article date: Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Figurative Expressions by Artists on the Rise on the Nigerian Contemporary Art Scene

A concise look at quickly emerging contemporary artists exploring figurative art in unique and remarkable ways from the Nigerian art scene.

Article date: Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Flemish Government Invests Four Million Euro in Art for Community Collection

Last year, the Flemish government allotted an exceptionally large budget of 3.98 million euros for new art acquisitions for the Flemish Community Collection.

Article date: Monday, February 7, 2022

Picasso’s Iconic ‘Guernica’ Tapestry Back at the United Nations

The iconic tapestry of Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica,” which is considered by numerous art critics as perhaps the most powerful anti-war painting in history, returned to its place of honor at the United Nations.

Article date: Saturday, February 5, 2022

Bored Ape Creator in Funding Talks with Andreessen Horowitz at $5B Valuation

Yuga Labs, the startup behind the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection, is in financing talks with Andreessen Horowitz, according to the Financial Times.

ArtDependence WhatsApp Group

Get the latest ArtDependence updates directly in WhatsApp by joining the ArtDependence WhatsApp Group by clicking the link or scanning the QR code below

Subscribe to the Newsletter

Event Map

See all upcoming events on an easy to use google map

Image of the Day

Anna Melnykova, "Palace of Labor (palats praci), architector I. Pretro, 1916", shot with analog Canon camera, 35 mm Fuji film in March 2022.

Search

About ArtDependence

ArtDependence Magazine is an international magazine covering all spheres of contemporary art, as well as modern and classical art.

ArtDependence features the latest art news, highlighting interviews with today’s most influential artists, galleries, curators, collectors, fair directors and individuals at the axis of the arts.

The magazine also covers series of articles and reviews on critical art events, new publications and other foremost happenings in the art world.

If you would like to submit events or editorial content to ArtDependence Magazine, please feel free to reach the magazine via the contact page.