Banksy's surprising Valentine's Day mural exposes domestic violence as a grim reality ignored on the most romantic day of the year. The anonymous artist's new work surfaced overnight in Margate. Banksy unveiled a new mural highlighting the fight against domestic violence on Valentine's Day morning, drawing applause from fans across the world who praised the artist for not forgetting the reality of abuse on this supposedly romantic day.
The Cartier Foundation launches a new exhibition focusing on the art and activism of the indigenous Yanomami people of the Amazon. “The Yanomami Struggle”, which opened at the Shed in New York, highlights the indigenous peoples of the Amazon and their ongoing struggle for survival.
The Japanese comic series “Sunny”, by Taiyo Matsumoto starts to be published this month in Portugal, with Devir publishing house. Learn more here.
For 50 years William Forsythe has influenced the perception of choreographic practice through his visionary concepts and productions. The award-winning American choreographer now transfers his extensive archive to ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, which will ensure the long-term preservation of audiovisual media and documents and make them accessible to the public. Learn more here.
Applications for support from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation for artistic creation projects in the Performing Arts, Visual Arts and Cinema opened yesterday and run until March 31, announced that institution. Learn more here.
The "Dark Safari" exhibition, with more than 40 works by Portuguese and foreign authors, which constitutes the first stage in the circulation of the State Contemporary Art Collection (CACE), opens on February 17, in the city of Foz Côa. Learn more here.
A Henry Taylor retrospective at MOCA highlights the artist's individual and universal portrayal. "Henry Taylor: B Side" is on view through April 30, 2023. Learn more here.
Of the total of eight exhibitions, seven will be their absolute premiere in Serralves. "A Balancing Line", by Alexander Calder, will be available from June. The Serralves Museum will have a new wing, in the year in which the exhibition of works by BPP - Banco Privado Português opens. "Part of it was already here, this year it will be all there, starting in the spring", reveals the president of the Serralves Foundation, during the presentation conference of the 2023 programme. Find out more here.
Moon Is the Oldest TV revolves around Paik's childhood in Korea, going back to it while tracing Paik's success in New York and his rise as the world's most popular video artist - a reputation he still maintains today, 17 years after your death. This is not just a documentary about any artist, but a Korean-American one, and it is this specificity that gives Kim's film some importance in the crowded field of Paik studies.
“Ice Merchants”, a film by João Gonzalez, is one of the 5 nominees for the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, whose winners will be known on March 12th. It is the first time in the history of Portuguese cinema that a film reaches this stage of the American Academy Awards. Learn more here.
Manuel Borja-Villel, who has headed the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid for the last 15 years, will not be re-elected to the post this spring. According to the Spanish newspaper El País, he will step down in January. Learn more here.
Gallery owner and art collector, Mário Teixeira da Silva died this morning at Santa Maria hospital, in Lisbon, as a result of a diabetes-related problem. The funeral will take place on Tuesday at the Olivais Cemetery in Lisbon.
A 4m-long painting by Edvard Munch that survived World War II is set to be auctioned on March 1 at Sotheby's Modern and Contemporary Art auction in London, with a pre-sale estimate of between £12m and £1. 20 million. “Dance on the Beach” was hidden in a Nazi barn next to a version of “The Scream”, and it has been 89 years since the work last appeared on the market. Learn more here.
Madonna will have acquired the work in 1989 at an auction at Sotheby's in New York - for 1.3 million dollars. This week, the 'case' gained a new outline. On Facebook, the mayor of Amiens left a request to Madonna: that she lend the painting to the city. Learn more at P55.ART.