An old saying goes that in a lifetime a person must build a house, plant a tree and raise a child. Modernity makes its own adjustments – for example, the position of childlessness is very respected today, and planting trees is very correct from an ecological point of view. The house stays – and everything …
Curators at the Cincinnati Art Museum have discovered that an unassuming bronze disk in the museum’s 100,000-strong collection is actually an extremely rare magic mirror. Magic mirrors, also known as transparent or light-penetrating mirrors, were first made in China during the Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD), according to the museum. “When light is …
Felipe Pantones exhibition ‘MANIPULABLE’ in the COMMON gallery From June 3 to July 17, 2022, Tokyo-based Gallery Common will present Felipe Pantone’s Solo exhibition Manipulatablewith new kinetic works in one complete interactive installation Place. marking the Argentine-Spanish artist As the first major exhibition in Japan since 2014, the show reflects on themes of dynamism, transformation …
As the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and nobody embodies that sentiment more than sculptor and filmmaker Lydia Ricci. From a pile of junk and everyday rubbish that has accumulated over the past 30 years, Ricci crafts imperfectly perfect recreations of everyday moments and objects. “I’ve been collecting my family’s scraps …
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Written by Amarachi Orie, CNNLondon A hidden self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh was discovered behind one of his paintings, covered by layers of glue and cardboard for more than a century. The image was found when art conservators took an X-ray of Van Gogh’s 1885 painting Head of a Peasant Woman ahead of an upcoming …
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A banner of the Indonesian artist collective Taring Padi is wrapped at the Documenta arts festival in Kassel, Germany, June 20, 2022. Photo: IMAGO/Hartenfelser via Reuters Connect Germany’s flagship contemporary art festival, Documenta, is facing the withdrawal of federal funding after fresh allegations of anti-Semitism among its curators and exhibiting artists surfaced on Wednesday. Controversy …
art market Josie Thaddeus-Johns In January 2020, the Rijksmuseum Twenthe museum in Enschede, the Netherlands, was on the verge of purchasing an 1824 painting by John Constable from London dealer Simon Dickinson. In the middle of the negotiations, however, something went wrong: hackers managed to convince the museum to transfer the money to another bank …
There is SPOILER ahead You haven’t finished watching yet stranger things Season 4 (and special stranger things Season 4, Volume 2). Those who watched stranger things Season 4 know that Joseph Quinn gave an incredible performance as Eddie Munson, the metal-loving, Metallica-playing dungeon master of the D&D group called Hellfire Club. Unfortunately, Eddie did not …
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art Charlotte Jansen Emma Talbot, installation view of The Age / L’Età, Max Mara Art Prize for Women: Emma Talbot” at the Whitechapel Gallery, 2022. Photo by Damian Griffiths. Courtesy of Whitechapel Gallery. “I see her as a kind of orthopedic samurai,” said artist Emma Talbot, gazing wistfully at a textile sculpture that is the …
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Florence Welch today (July 13) received an honorary fellowship from London’s University of the Arts. Welch was a student at the university, but dropped out after her formative year to pursue her music with Florence + The Machine. In an emotional speech, Welch spoke about her pride in receiving the scholarship after being disappointed at …
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