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In the desert-hued pavilion of Saudi Arabia at the Venice Biennale, a rising harmonised humming fills the space. These are the voices of some 1,000 Saudi women that artist Manal AlDowayan has “brought with her” to the international exhibition. With her all-female team of curators, AlDowayan’s installation aims to be a rebuttal of the international media’s preconceptions of women in Saudi Arabia and an amplification of their own voices instead. In Lebanon’s pavilion, artist Mounira AI Solh challenges the male gaze and the way it has shaped the ancient myth of Europa. Like AlDowayan, she returns...
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Sunsets in calm ports, ships in waveless waters, and young men and women looking into the distance - these serene scenes encapsulate the essence of German Romanticism as depicted by the renowned painter Caspar David Friedrich. Now, the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin is hosting a major exhibition showcasing 115 of his landscape masterpieces. The showcase honours the 250th anniversary of Friedrich's birth, who is hailed as one of Germany's preeminent artists over the past two centuries. But Friedrich's artistic legacy wasn't always celebrated. Born in Greifswald, northeastern Germany, in 1774, h...
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The last painting by Italian master Caravaggio is going on display for the first time in 20 years in London. The National Gallery’s new exhibition "The Last Caravaggio" is shining a light on the tempestuous Italian artist, who was on the run and accused of murder at the time his last work was painted. The last Caravaggio exhibition runs from 18 April to 21 July 2024 at the National Gallery of London. Admission is free.
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As Paris settles into its role at the centre of Europe’s art market, ‘Art Paris’ is trying to build on the momentum the French capital has enjoyed in recent years. After welcoming a record 81,857 visitors in 2023, this year the contemporary and modern art fair features more stands than ever before – with 136 galleries representing 25 countries. But the fair has maintained its identity as a “local” art fair, with 60% of exhibiting galleries remaining French. For its 26th edition, Art Paris is playing up its Frenchness with a special exhibition on the local art scene that showcases its diversity...
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Alex Lidagovsky, a Ukrainian sculptor who fled to UK when his studio was destroyed, has been granted membership into the prestigious Royal Society of British Artists. The 63-year-old artist left Kyiv with his wife, Dasha Nepochatova, 16-year-old stepdaughter and his pets, following Putin's announcement of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022. In an interview with the PA news agency, Lidagovsky, now settled in London, revealed that his friends had sent him images of his bombed studio. “Now, because I’m so far away from my country and it looks like I live another life, I try not to think abo...
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Back in August 2022, Kim Kardashian opened the doors to her SKKN skincare HQ, offering fans a glimpse into the chic office space decked out by West Hollywood interior-design company Clements Design. In the video, the billionaire media personality and SKIMS co-founder shows off the office's sleek, neutral-toned aesthetic, highlighting a particular set of furniture: "These Donald Judd tables are really amazing and totally blend in with the seats," she remarks in the since-deleted video shared on SKKN's YouTube channel. But as it turns out, the tables aren't actually the work of Donald Judd, and ...
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Twenty countries in the European Union use the euro as their official currency and, each year, some of these nations may issue commemorative coins. Germany, Belgium, and Spain have recently released new designs. Here's the story behind their choices. GermanyGermany has already released two commemorative coins this year. One is in tribute to the northern German state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and depicts a scene from its Jasmund National Park. The design was created by artist Michael Otto and showcases the park's iconic chalk cliffs and beech forests. We can also see a walker ambling along ...
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Considered one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, with his work presented in the world’s best museums and collections, Richard Serra has died aged 85. His lawyer, John Silberman, confirmed his death on Tuesday, stating that the cause was pneumonia. Known by his colleagues as the “poet of iron,” Serra became world-renowned for his large-scale steel structures, such as monumental arcs, spirals and ellipses. He was closely identified with the minimalist movement of the 1970s. Picasso sculptures take centre stage in must-see exhibition at Bilbao's GuggenheimMicroscopic masterpiec...
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Strategically located at the crossroads between Southern Europe and North Africa, the small island of Malta has historically been a valuable outpost in the Mediterranean. For centuries, it was conquered incessantly – starting with the Phoenicians in 700 BC, followed by the Carthaginians, the Romans, the Arabs, the Normans, the French and finally the British. In 1964, it won its independence and in 2004, became the smallest member state in the European Union. A small but densely packed nation, Malta is rich in cultural heritage – with just over 300 square kilometres of land, it’s home to an ast...
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Milan's Palazzo Reale is celebrating 150 years since the birth of Impressionism with an exhibition of works by the godfathers of the movement, French artists Paul Cézanne and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. 52 of their paintings are on display, dating from the 1870s to the early 20th century. "This year is the 150th anniversary of the historic Parisian exhibition which gave its name to the Impressionist movement and which was held in April 1874," art historian Stefano Zuffi explained. "That exhibition included works by Cézanne and Renoir and these two protagonists have been identified for a path that c...
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