After a devastating fire, Brazil’s National Museum seeks to continue research
After a fire in September, Brazil’s National Museum in Rio de Janeiro was devastated. Priceless artefacts and ongoing research were completely lost as the massive blaze that engulfed everything. Of […]
Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery to use blockchain in new gallery app
Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery is Russia’s main art museum and is considered to have been first founded in 1856 when Pavel Tretyakov acquired two paintings by Russian artists. Tretyakov would go […]
Finalists for the 2019 Prix du dessin, Fondation d’art contemporain Daniel and Florence Guerlain
Friedrich Kunath, Claire Morgan and Jérôme Zonder have just been named as the three finalists for the twelfth edition of the Prix du dessin, the drawing prize organized by Daniel […]
Tomás Saraceno, Aerocene, upturned umbrellas, and Art Basel
During the week of Miami’s Art Basel, 40 upturned silver umbrellas dotted Miami Beach between 21st and 22nd Street resembling large-scale industrialized petunias. The structures were a part of Berlin-based […]
Tim Burton to take over the Neon Museum in 2019
With Christmas upon us, people everywhere are settling in to watch their favourite seasonal movies. For some this might mean a night of popcorn and Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before […]
Gentileschi debut at the National Gallery…but was it plundered by Nazis?
In May of last year, London’s National Gallery (NG) acquired its 1st painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, an Italian Renaissance painter and pioneering female artist. The painting represents one female artist […]
$30 million facelift for Houston’s Rothko Chapel has begun
Over the past few years, the Mark Rothko board have been quietly redesigning the campus and building of the Rothko Chapel with help from New York-based Architecture Research Office. This […]
