The biographical film about the painter Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, entitled “Amadeo”, directed by Vicente Alves do Ó, will premiere on January 26, 2023, in cinemas.Modern from the start, Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso (1887-1917) was an unmistakable artist in the Portuguese artistic scene of the 20th century, for having incorporated elements of the new artistic movements into his painting.
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.
The National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC) - Museu do Chiado will undergo expansion works, to duplicate the areas of...
The Porto Photography Biennial will nominate 5 emerging artists from the field of photography residing in Portugal to join the European Futures communityin 2023. The selected artists will benefit from an international exchange through a network of institutions, curators, artists and audiences, enhancing visibility and new professional opportunities. Bienal Fotografia do Porto is one of the 18 members of FUTURES.
"Pintura (Windows)", from around 1916, by Amadeo de Souza Cardoso (1887-1918), and "A las Cinco en Punto de la Tarde (homage to Garcia Llorca)", from 1960, by Manuel D'Assumpção ( 1926-1969), are paintings that will "enrich in a very significant way" the MNAC-MC collection, said the person in charge. Learn more here.
The 21st edition of Doclisboa will take place between the 19th and 29th of October 2023. Film submissions for this edition can be made between the 15th of January and the 31st of May 2023.National and international films, produced from September 2022, of any duration, may be submitted.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art acquired its first NFT, a work entitledFinal Transformation #2 (2022) by artistLynn Hershman Leeson. Final Transformation #2 is an NFT from a clip from Leeson's 1997 film,Conceive Ada, starring Tilda Swinton as Victorian mathematician Ada Lovelace. The title is derived from Swinton's last line in the film.
With his first exhibition in New York, the artist brings an immersive soundscape from November 4th of this year until January 7th, 2024. Portuguese artist Alexandre Estrela will present the exhibition “Flat Bells”, at the Museu de Arte Moderna (MoMA), in New York, between November this year and January 2024, announced the institution.
The UK government today ruled out returning the Parthenon friezes, on display at the British Museum in London, to Greece, in reaction to media reports that a deal was being finalised."I was very clear about this, I don't think they [the friezes] should return to Greece", defended the British Minister of Culture, Michele Donelan, in statements to the BBC station.
Louvre, the most popular museum in the world, with the most famous works, will continue to limit daily attendance in an attempt to provide participants with “a comfortable visit and guarantee optimal working conditions for the museum team”, according to the statement. release released by the institution last week.
A defining influence on the development of modernism, Édouard Manet adopted innovative painting techniques and provocative themes. The artist's work created a bridge between Realism and Impressionism. Manet painted the complexities and details of everyday city life in 19th-century Paris. know more aboutedouard Manet here.
Vhils and André Saraiva are among more than 100 international artists whose work will be represented in "the most comprehensive graffiti and street art exhibition in the UK", which will open at Saatchi Gallery, in London.
Considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Jackson Pollock was an American painter known for his action painting technique and his contribution to the Abstract Expressionism artistic movement.During the 1940s, Pollock developed his unique technique of "action painting", where he used tools such as brushes, sticks and even sticks to spontaneously apply paint to canvases. Learn more about Jackson Pollock here.