Isabel Lhano passed away in the early hours of this Sunday, “with an aneurysm”, said her sister, Graça Martins. Celebrating 50 years of career and seven decades of existence, the artist has several exhibitions until the end of the year, both in her homeland and in Póvoa de Varzim. Find out more here.
Narges Mohammadi's twin sons received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on behalf of their mother, imprisoned in Tehran since 2021 for her positions in favor of women's rights in Iran. Kiana Rahmani, her 17-year-old daughter, He hasn't seen his mother in seven years and fears he'll never see her again. Find out more here.
The six winning names of the 2nd Caixa Competition for Young Artists 2023, awarded to artists aged between 25 and 35, were announced. The Caixa Geral de Depósitos initiative is aimed at recognizing and stimulating young artistic production in the area of visual arts.
As is its annual practice, Pantone has chosen the color of the year for 2024 – a color meant to give you a warm feel. Pantone 13-1023 Peach Fuzz is a pinkish-orange hue that evokes feelings of tenderness and compassion while conveying a sense of caring and community. Find out more here.
Russian feminist performance arts collective Pussy Riot will be the subject of a new scripted TV series about its co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova. The activist is an outspoken critic of Putin and, earlier this year, was placed on Russia's most wanted list for creating “obscene” NFTs. Find out more here.
Visitors to New York's Rockefeller Center will now have the opportunity to recreate the iconic 1932 photograph, “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” that captured construction workers eating while sitting on a metal beam 800 feet in the air. Find out more here.
The list of 50 nominees, which includes the Royal Treasury Museum and the Archaeological Center of Rua dos Correeiros, in Lisbon, and the Covilhã Museum among those nominated for the European Museum of the Year award, was published at the beginning of December on the website ' official of the European Museum Forum, responsible for organizing the award. Find out more here.
Oxford-born, Berlin-based multidisciplinary artist Jesse Darling has won the Turner Prize, considered the UK's most prestigious artistic honor and accompanied by a grant of £25,000. Find out more here.
Francisco Laranjo, an unavoidable figure in contemporary visual arts in Portugal, left a remarkable legacy that transcends temporal and geographical boundaries. Find out more here.
Artist and activist Nan Goldin topped “ArtReview’s” Power 100 list for 2023, jumping several notches from her eighth spot on last year’s list. The magazine states that this year's list is “dominated by artists who use their platforms not only to discuss freedom, but also to practice it, intervening through actions and also words (and images) in the pressing issues and social policies of the current moment.” Find out more here.
A full portrait painted by Spanish painter Diego Velázquez of Queen Isabel de Borbón, wife of King Philip IV of Spain, is expected to fetch US$35 million when it is auctioned at Sotheby's New York in February 2024. Find out more here.
A mural by anonymous street artist Banksy, critical of Brexit, has been officially demolished along with the dilapidated building where it was painted. Authorities have now promised to rescue at least some of the remains. Find out more here.
Russian artist Nadya Tolokonnikova, co-founder of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot, was arrested in absentia in Moscow on charges of “insulting the religious feelings of believers”. Tolokonnikova, who currently lives outside Russia, will face immediate two-month detention if she returns to her home country. Find out more here.
The works, which were presented in 2014 in an exhibition at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam, arrived at the Museum of Historical Treasures of Ukraine, the Kiev institution said. Find out more here.