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Article date: Thursday, November 28, 2019

Monuments Men Foundation Announces Appointment of Anna Bottinelli as New President

Foundation expands programming to cultivate the Monuments Men and Women of tomorrow while continuing its work locating and returning works of art and cultural treasures missing since World War II. Dallas, TX...Robert M. Edsel, Founder and Chairman of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, announced the appointment of Anna Bottinelli as President, effective immediately.

Article date: Wednesday, November 27, 2019

World-Renowned Artists Create Original Art to Raise Money for Amnesty International

Eleven world-renowned artists including Yoko Ono, Shilpa Gupta and Gerhard Richter have come together to create a collection of original, limited-edition art to raise money for Amnesty International’s human rights work. Art 19 – Box One is a collection of ten limited edition, fine art prints, being exhibited for the first time in Berlin on December 10, 2019 – which is Human Rights Day. The art prints will then be shown at exhibitions in Czech Republic, Switzerland and France.

Article date: Monday, November 25, 2019

Billion-Euro Treasures Stolen in a Raid on German Museum

Detectives said the Green Vault in Dresden was targeted by thieves in the early hours of this morning. According to Bild, the amount stolen may have been worth around £850 million – up to a billion euros. It reports that thieves switched off an electricity supply to the museum at 5am before breaking in through a window.

Article date: Saturday, November 23, 2019

The Aestheticized Interview with Ryota Matsumoto (Japan)

Ryota Matsumoto is a co-director of an award-winning interdisciplinary design office, Ryota Matsumoto Studio. He is an artist, designer and urban planner. Born in Tokyo, he was raised in Hong Kong and Japan. He received a Master of Architecture degree from University of Pennsylvania in 2007 after his studies at Architectural Association in London and Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art in early 90’s.

Article date: Thursday, November 21, 2019

Hundreds of German Works of Art Have Disappeared in China

Artworks of German star artists worth about 300 million have disappeared in China – a major art scandal. Works by Markus Lupertz, Anselm Kiefer and Renate Graf are considered lost. A businessman who organized exhibitions with the artworks is said to have "kidnapped" them. A collector from Bremen is now in the limelight.

Article date: Sunday, November 17, 2019

Iconic Photographer Terry O'Neill Dies aged 81

“Terry was a ‘historian’ whose camera captured the resurgence and energy of this revolution” notes Michael Caine. “I can think of no other photographer who has contributed so much to our heritage.” Terry O’Neill passed away, aged 81, quietly at home after a long illness.

Article date: Sunday, November 10, 2019

Charlotte Posenenske: Work in Progress at the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona

Charlotte Posenenske: Work in Progress presents an in-depth look at the practice of the German artist between 1956 and 1968, a short but intense period, when she was active in making art. Using construction materials, serial repetition and industrial manufacturing, Posenenske developed a form of mass-produced Minimalism that addressed the social and economic concerns of her time, circumventing the art market and rejecting established formal and cultural hierarchies.

Article date: Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Centre Pompidou x West Bund Opens in Shanghai

On 19 December 2018 in Shanghai, the West Bund Development Group and the Centre Pompidou signed the implementation contract sealing their partnership for the creation of the ‘Centre Pompidou x West Bund Museum Project’. This constitutes the largest ever cultural exchange and cooperation project between the two countries, and will open its doors to the public November 8th 2019.

Article date: Saturday, November 2, 2019

Cézanne, Matisse, Hodler. The Hahnloser Collection in Albertina

The Albertina Museum is devoting its spring exhibition of 2020 to one of the most important private collections of French modernist art. The Hahnloser Collection came together between 1905 and 1936, initially on the basis of close and friendly exchange between the collecting couple of Arthur and Hedy Hahnloser-Bühler and artist-friends.

Article date: Thursday, October 31, 2019

Fire Breaks Out in Japan's Shuri Castle

A fire has broken out at Japan's Shuri Castle on the island of Okinawa on Wednesday, as CNN reports. People in the area are being evacuated, said a police spokesperson, though it is unclear how many evacuees there are or how big the fire is.

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