For the past week, the Frieze art fair has been drawing the attention of art lovers in London, but on Friday, everything changed. Suddenly, the spotlight was on the National Gallery, where climate activists staged a protest that appeared to threaten a Vincent van Gogh painting. Van Gogh. The activists, who are part of the Just Stop Oil group, focused on climate change, threw tomato soup at Sunflowers in Van Gogh, an important example of the Post-Impressionist style and one of the National Gallery's many treasures.
Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope will reprise their roles in The Collaboration, which shows how artists Andy Warhol It is Basquiat worked together in the 1980s in New York. Two of the greatest artists of the 20th century are the source of inspiration for staging an imaginary conversation in Young Vic's hit play, The Collaboration, written by four-time Academy Award nominee Anthony McCarten. Now the drama about Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat is about to transfer to Broadway and has also been adapted into a feature film that will begin shooting next month.
The selection, through a limited competition, of the curatorial and exhibition project that will officially represent Portugal at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia 2023 is taking place until the 25th of October 2022, with a global financial amount available of €350,000 (three hundred and fifty thousand euros).
The Judd Foundation, which preserves Donald Judd's legacy and runs the late artist's two former studios in New York and Marfa, Texas, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against two galleries, alleging that they caused irreparable damage to one of Donald Judd's works. while they were in your care. In the complaint, filed with the Manhattan Supreme Court, the foundation alleges that Tina Kim Gallery and New York-based Kukje Gallery, which has locations in Seoul and Busan, South Korea, violated a consignment agreement by leaving prints fingerprints in an Untitled work (1991), in aluminum and Plexiglas.
Getty Images will ban the sale and upload of AI-generated content on its platform due to unclear copyright laws surrounding AI images, the company announced on Tuesday. The news follows recent decisions by sites like Newgrounds, PurplePort and FurAffinity, although Getty, the largest user-generated content marketplace, has implemented this ban.
Don't worry, "France will always be the City of Light", the president assured the Parisians.In an attempt to save energy ahead of the winter season, the Parisian government has decided to turn off the Eiffel Tower's iconic light display an hour and fifteen minutes earlier every night. Lowering the water temperature in municipal swimming pools and delaying the heating of public buildings are also expected to take effect as part of President Emmanuel Macron's goal of reducing energy consumption by 10% in industries and homes, reports Reuters.
A new definition of museum was adopted by the International Council of Museums (Icom) at a general conference in Prague, Czech Republic. The proposal was approved by members at the Board's Extraordinary General Meeting on August 24, with over 92% voting in favor of adopting the new wording. In a statement, Icom said: "This new definition is in line with some of the key changes in the role of museums, recognizing the importance of inclusion, community participation and sustainability."
The pop artist and activist's Radiant Baby image was first drawn on the wall of the family's Pennsylvania home.The woman who bought the Haring family home – and who later sold it to the Garners – almost painted the picture. But at the last minute, when changing the bedroom decor from blue to pale yellow, she kept Radiant Baby. now the painting Keith Haring cut from the artist's bedroom wall will be sold at auction.
The Porto Book Fair opened this Friday in the gardens of the Palácio de Cristal with an edition centered on poetry, which has as its central figure Ana Luísa Amaral, who died on the 5th of August, aged 66, having also participated , just a week earlier, at the press conference held by the municipality to present the program it had decided to dedicate a long time ago.
The artist Ângela Ferreira will participate, with the installation «Zip Zap Circus School», in the 17th Istanbul Biennial (Turkey), considered one of the most important art biennials in the world. The show runs from September 17th to November 20th, curated by Ute Meta Bauer, Amar Kanwar and David Teh.
Directly selected by the curatorial team of the Istanbul Biennale, the work «Zip Zap Circus School» (2000-2002) is a "temporary structure" that "explores the idea of architecture as something one desires or a dream one works towards". .
Directly selected by the curatorial team of the Istanbul Biennale, the work «Zip Zap Circus School» (2000-2002) is a "temporary structure" that "explores the idea of architecture as something one desires or a dream one works towards". .
The legal, economic, and moral consequences of the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade are still unfolding. Due to this event, artists and galleries took action, mobilizing to support abortion providers. The trend seems to continue at the Armory Show, which will include among its offerings a set of works from the celebrated series ofPaula Rego on access to abortion.
The 6th edition of CONTEXTILE – Bienal de Arte Têxtil Contemporânea, takes place between September 3 and October 30, 2022. Guimarães will once again host this edition – Contextile 2022 – combining the 10 years of the biennial’s existence in Simultaneously with the 10th anniversary celebration of Guimarães 2012 – European Capital of Culture.
The Cascais Council announced that this year it will buy two works ofPaula Rego (1935-2022), entitled "Day" and "Night", for the Casa das Histórias collection, dedicated to the dissemination of the artist's work, revealed sources linked to this entity. Contacted by the Lusa agency, the president of the D. Luís I Foundation, Salvato Teles de Menezes, member of the joint committee responsible for the activity of Casa das Histórias Paula Rego (CHPR), together with Nick Willing, the painter's son, explained that negotiations with the artist's family had been going on for some time.
Australia's best home design was celebrated over the weekend with the announcement of the winners of the 2022 Houses Awards.For the first time, a single project, Autumn House, won in four categories.