Since the beginning of his career in the 1960s, he has referred to his work as drawing rather than sculpture, emphasizing the diminutive scale and idea-based nature of his practice. Though most of Richard Tuttle's prolific artistic output took the form of three-dimensional objects.
An exemplary canvas by American artist Robert Colescott was acquired by the Art Bridges Foundation for $4.5 million at Bonham's Los Angeles on Friday. Learn more here.
With the title What was, what is, what could be, the Martín de Vidales Gallery presents at the 14th edition of the JUSTMAD 2023 fair an exhibition project curated by Leo Casas Vicente, with the work of artists who reflect through their work on the past , present and future. The artists focus on three states: on previous experiences, on the memory of those experiences, and on what we think could be an end to something that is not closed and that can be redrawn and reassigned a meaning.
A sculpture by American artist Jeff Koons, valued at around $42,000 [39,000 euros], was literally in pieces after an accident at a private event at an art gallery in Miami, in the United States of America (USA).
The Municipality of Bragança, through the Contemporary Art Center Graça Morais, opens today, February 16, at 6 pm, two exhibitions: “Tribute to António Mega Ferreira - Linhas da Terra/Os Olhos Azuis do Mar” and “Graça Morais. The Rituals of Silence”. Learn more here.
The Pompidou Center in Paris announced that it had purchased eighteen NFTs from thirteen renowned artists. Learn more here.
Just days after opening to the public, the long-awaited Vermeer exhibition at the Rijksmuseum is already sold out. 200,000 tickets have already been sold before the exhibition opens, and social media users are harshly critical of the institution, calling the situation "disappointing" with many saying the site has been down all weekend, preventing them from even even booking tickets. Learn more here.
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.
Gary Lang is an artist known for his iconic paintings of concentric circles, which he creates in a vein of repetition that is similar to the practice of meditation.
The estate of John Wesley, the artist whose Pop paintings won thousands of followers, will now be represented exclusively by Pace, one of the world's leading galleries, with venues in eight cities. Learn more here.
On Wednesday, the Lisbon City Council (CML) took stock of the first 60 days of using the Culture Pass, which allows free access to 47 municipal cultural facilities, including monuments, museums, theatres, galleries, cultural spaces and libraries among others, in the Portuguese capital.
The exhibition “Oscar Niemeyer, 115 years of the infinite curve”, an exhibition about the activity of the famous Brazilian architect, was inaugurated at the Hotel Pestana Casino Park, in Funchal, the only work of his authorship built in Portugal. Learn more here,
The compositions of Joana Duarte describe the essential lines of painting: color, shape, texture and movement. In his works with great abstract influences, few elements are used with undefined limits that create interesting chromatic relationships of great subtlety. The splashes of color present in his painting offer the viewer a door to raw emotions and the immaterial, by preferably exploring tactile qualities and