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Barnett Newman’s painting without compromise
Barnett Newman was born in Manhattan in January 1905, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants who gave him a religious education. After completing high school, he enrolled in the University of […]
Striking photo by John Moore wins the 2019 World Press Photo Contest
On April 11th, the World Press Photo Foundation announced that a photograph by John Moore descriptively titled Crying Girl on the Border was the overall winner of the 2019 World […]
Europe’s tallest skyscraper in the making and in the countryside
The Shard in London is soon-to-be knocked out of first for the tallest skyscraper in Europe. A recently announced skyscraper will see the Shard and raise it 10.4 meters…literally. The […]
Jimmie Durham to receive this year’s Golden Lion
This year, the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement will be presented to American artist Jimmie Durham on the opening day (May 11th) of the 58th International Art Exhibition of the […]
Andres Serrano puts Donald Trump on display in huge way
Artist Andres Serrano has never shied away from creating art that makes a stir. Though not entirely created with shock value in mind, his works intimately deal with spirituality and […]
Artist highlight: Cj Hendry
Cj Hendry might not be a conventional artist by definition, but she’s paved her own way into the art world and she persists in doing things her own way – […]
Recently restitued by the Guggenheim, a painting by Ernst Kirchner to be loaned to the National Museum of Norway thanks to a bank
In October of last year, Das Soldatenbad (Artillerymen), a 1915 artwork by German artist Ernst Kirchner, was returned to the family of German Jewish art dealer Alfred Flechtheim. The Guggenheim, […]
Cottingley Fairies photographs – a 20th century hoax – to be sold
The ‘Cottingley Fairies’ photography series were one of the 20th century’s biggest photographic hoaxes. The black and white photos appear to show fairies floating around a little girl and in […]
Could a painting of Donald Trump go to the Supreme Court?
It’s huge. No really, Unafraid and Unashamed by British-born, American artist Julian Raven really is big. The painting, which took over 600 hours to create according to Raven and is […]
Turkish president pledges to revert Hagia Sophia to a mosque
After nearly 85 years as a museum, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to revert Hagia Sophia to a mosque. In a televised interview on March 23rd, Erdogan stated […]
