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Article date: Saturday, February 16, 2019

Jos Houwelen with his Famous '700 Centenboek Amsterdam' at Centre Pompidou

The Centre Pompidou is devoting a unique exhibition to the two hundred and thirty-three prints from the famous 700 Centenboek Amsterdam by Jos Houweling, which entered the Museum’s collections in 2016. Discover, in its entirety, his declaration of love for his hometown, published for the 700th anniversary of Amsterdam in 1975.

Article date: Friday, February 15, 2019

Art Dealer Mary Boone Gets 30-Month Prison Term on Tax Charges

New York art dealer Mary Boone, who became a boldfaced name in the 1980s representing painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Salle and Julian Schnabel, was sentenced on Thursday to two and a half years in prison.

Article date: Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Russia’s Most Famous Artists Meet Munch

Art lovers will have a rare opportunity to view works by some of Russia’s most famous artists alongside works by Edvard Munch and several other popular Nordic artists, when the exhibition The Swan Princess. Russian Art 1880–1910 opens at the Munch Museum.

Article date: Monday, February 11, 2019

Körper

What comes to mind when we think about bodies? In Körper, German word for body created by Sasha Waltz in 2000 as first piece of a trilogy, many forms and connotations related to the main theme are explicated in extended and bizarre formats. In the Berliner Festspiele the dark and grotesque piece has left many interrogatives with its enigmatic aspects and a quite unclear structure.

Article date: Sunday, February 10, 2019

Artist Robert Ryman, Known for Shades of White, Dies at 88

The artist Robert Ryman, a minimalist known for experimenting with varying shades of white, has died at age 88. A spokeswoman for Pace Gallery, which represented him, says Ryman died Friday night at his New York City home. No cause was given.

Article date: Saturday, February 9, 2019

Long Live Rembrandt: from Amateurs to Professional Artists

2019 is the Rijksmuseum’s Year of Rembrandt, and the museum is issuing an open invitation to submit contributions to a grand summer exhibition. From amateurs to professional artists and from young to old, everyone is welcome to participate. The Rijksmuseum is looking forward to showing hundreds of works in the exhibition Long Live Rembrandt, which will run from 15 July to 15 September 2019.

Article date: Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Symbolism of the Naked Form in Schiele

Born in 1890, Austrian painter Egon Schiele is known as a controversial painter whose work defied all convention. With explicit depictions of the naked human form, he stripped away classical notions of beauty and focused on distorted, elongated figures that seemed to capture the essence or psyche of the sitter.

Article date: Monday, February 4, 2019

Germany and France Establish Joint Cultural Institutes

At the Franco-German Council of Ministers in July 2017, Germany and France agreed to establish at least ten new joint Franco-German cultural institutes by 2020. The integrated institutions will have mixed bilingual staff headed by one individual, who will either be appointed by the Goethe-Institut or the Institut Français.

Article date: Monday, February 4, 2019

200 Years of El Prado

In 1819 one of today’s greatest art museums opened its doors to the public. Celebrating its bicentennial is more than rejoicing over the existence of an art institution filled with masterpieces. It’s also a chance to recall the role XIX century thinkers bestowed upon art in fulfilling the project of Enlightenment.

Article date: Thursday, January 31, 2019

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Winner of Artes Mundi 8

Palme d’Or award winning artist and film maker Apichatpong Weerasethakul from Thailand has been named as the winner of Artes Mundi 8, the UK’s leading prize for international contemporary art. Weerasethakul has been chosen from a shortlist of five of the world’s most important artists to win the UK’s biggest art prize, and is awarded a sum of £40,000.

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