The Warhol Foundation yesterday announced the forty-nine recipients of its spring 2023 grants. The foundation will award more than $4 million to arts organizations and institutions spread across twenty states and the District of Columbia, as well as one in Mexico City and another in Stockholm. Nineteen of those receiving funding are first-time beneficiaries. Find out more here.
Mumbai-born curator and writer Zasha Colah has been chosen to curate the Thirteenth Berlin Biennale, scheduled to take place in the summer of 2025. Colah earlier this year was named co-artistic director, with Francesca Verga, of ar/ ge kunst Bolzano in the north of Italy Province of South Tyrol. Find out more here.
Almada Negreiros was a central figure of Portuguese modernism, an artistic and literary movement that emerged at the beginning of the 20th century and which sought to break with traditional conventions and explore new forms of expression. Find out more here.
Tate Modern in London displays its first major exhibition of contemporary African photography, stating that it considers the medium as a tool for world-building. Find out more here.
The Rococo movement was an artistic and architectural style that emerged in Europe, mainly in France, in the 18th century. It developed as a response to the Baroque style, marked by a grand and dramatic aesthetic. Rococo, in turn, was characterized by a lighter, more delicate and ornate approach. Find out more here.
Jacques-Louis David was a renowned French neoclassical painter who lived from 1748 to 1825, considered one of the main artists of the 18th century and one of the most important in the history of Western art. Find out more here.
Based on the phrase «My Body Is Your Body», a reinterpretation by Rui Órfão based on the work of Ernesto de Sousa, the Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra launches a challenge to the artistic community, from which it will select three new artistic projects which will coexist at CAPC Headquarters for three months. Find out more here.
Ângela Ferreira is a Portuguese visual artist known for her practice that explores issues related to history, politics, culture and identity. Find out more here.
Bridget Riley is a renowned British artist known for being one of the main figures in the movement known as Op Art. Find out more here.
A special edition of Charles and Ray Eames' innovative 1950 Shell chair gets a reissue - complete with its original design. The chair was a collaboration between Charles and Ray Eames and legendary 'New Yorker' illustrator Saul Steinberg. Find out more here.
A new exhibition reveals how Man Ray, the enigmatic surrealist photographer, bridged the worlds of art and fashion. “Man Ray and Fashion” runs until August 13 at MoMu, the fashion museum in Antwerp, Belgium. Find out more here.
The swan dress that Björk wore to the 2001 Oscars was extremely provocative, especially when a large egg fell out of it. Controversial at first, the design has now entered the pantheon of great red carpet moments. Find out more here.
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's Modern Art Center (CAM), in Lisbon, will celebrate 40 years with a season of Japanese contemporary art, with various moments between July and the reopening of the building, scheduled for spring 2024. Find out more here.