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Article date: Sunday, October 7, 2018

John Mavroudis Creates Time's Christine Blasey Ford Cover

For the Oct. 15, 2018, TIME cover on the impact of Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony and the significance of her voice, Time used Ford’s words to create her portrait.

Article date: Saturday, October 6, 2018

Banksy Art Self-Destructs After Selling

In a moment that caught the art world by surprise, Banksy’s Girl with Balloon self-destructed just as the final hammer signaled the end of an evening of auctions in London. The work sold for £1,042,000 ($1.4 million), tying the artist’s record at auction previously achieved in 2008.

Article date: Thursday, October 4, 2018

The City of Chicago is Selling a Kerry James Marshall Painting to Fund Public Art in Underserved Communities

Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Chicago Public Library (CPL) Commissioner Brian Bannon and Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Commissioner (DCASE) Mark Kelly at the Legler Branch Library to announce its transformation into a regional library for the west side. Funding for the transformation of the Legler branch and the public art fund will be supported by the sale of Knowledge & Wonder by renowned artist Kerry James Marshall.

Article date: Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Brazilian Government Releases Two Million Euro for National Museum Recovery

The Federal Government released 2.000.000 euro for the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) to hire the company that will conduct the emergency reconstruction works of the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro.

Article date: Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Wall Street’s ‘Fearless Girl’ Is Heading to Ireland to Fight Climate Change

Fearless Girl—the controversial statue that has been facing down New York’s famed Wall Street Bull since 2017—is traveling to Ireland next month in time for the country’s first Climate Week. The sculpture will be on view November 6–8 at Dublin Castle before moving to the New York Stock Exchange.

Article date: Monday, October 1, 2018

JMW Turner: Watercolours from Tate to Open in Buenos Aires

JMW Turner: Watercolours from Tate will be the first major exhibition of the work of Turner in Latin America, and the first Tate exhibition to be shown in Argentina. It opened on 26 September 2018, at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires.

Article date: Saturday, September 29, 2018

UK Sponsored Museums and Galleries Annual Performance

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport of United Kingdom released the annual performance indicators for DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries in 2017/18.

Article date: Friday, September 28, 2018

Contemporary Realism in Isa Genzken's Sculptures

"The assemblage-type sculpture may be today’s most viable art form. Its ugly-duckling looks, rough edges, disparate parts and weird juxtapositions help stave off easy art-market absorption while also reflecting our fearful, fractured, materially excessive times back at us."

Article date: Thursday, September 27, 2018

The Queen's Window by David Hockney is Revealed

Westminster Abbey unveiled a new stained glass window designed by David Hockney and commissioned to celebrate the reign of Her Majesty The Queen.

Article date: Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Tadao Ando's Work Retrospective In Centre Pompidou

The Centre Pompidou is holding a major retrospective of the work of the Japanese architect Tadao Ando, a key figure in contemporary architecture and a previous winner of the prestigious Pritzker prize for architecture.

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