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Art World Roundup: museums in England to remain closed through May, rare van Gogh heads to auction, Precious Okoyomon wins Frieze Artist Award, and more
In this week’s Art World Roundup, England announces measures for ending lockdown meaning museums will remain closed until May, Creative Capital names Christine Kuan as its new President and Executive […]
Archaeology in three parts: Netflix, Stonehenge, and the Wittenham Clumps
From Netflix’s new film to exciting discoveries in England and Wales, a trio of archaeology headlines prove not all things that come in threes are bad. Netflix & (The) […]
Art World Roundup: the future of Nick Cave’s “Truth Be Told”, an update in the notorius Gurlitt trove, a faked Albers, and more
In this week’s Art World Roundup we look at the future for Nick Cave’s Truth Be Told and the Robert S. Duncanson artwork gifted to President Joe Biden and Vice President […]
Art World Roundup: from new stamps honouring Greta Thunberg to a new blue pigment hitting the market
This week’s Art World Roundup, covers a new stamp series in Sweden honouring the work of activist Greta Thunberg, the first reports of damages to the US Capitol Building, and […]
Years in the making, US Congress approves new museums honouring Latinos and women
With the approval of the US Senate, a National Museum of the American Latino and a national museum of women’s history have gotten the green light to proceed in Washington, […]
Art World Roundup: New news from the Met on Sackler connections, a $22,000 publication on the Sistine Chapel, and more
In this week’s Art World Roundup, we look at a Picasso exhibition extended in London, the Met announces it will reconsider Sackler, and a new book on the Sistine Chapel […]
Art World Roundup: What’s below the Mona Lisa, philanthropists band together to aid BIPOC organisations, and more
In this week’s Art World Roundup, we look at a new study shedding more like on the Mona Lisa and a report with surprising information on the state of the illicit […]
How the ningyo, or mermaid, took Westerners by storm in the 1800s
The Little Mermaid more or less sums up today’s idea of what a mermaid might be. Half beautiful human, half shimmering fish, the myth of the mermaid is fascinating, even […]
Coping with our common problems through the arts
Art can be the answer to coping with many of our common problems. In these troubled times, when persistent racism, polarizing politics, and rampant illness converge together to divide humanity […]
Descendants of Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Thomas Jefferson partake is photographic series recreating their ancestors
Europe began as the main focus of “The Descendants,” a series of works created by British photographer Drew Gardner. About 15 years ago, Gardner started tracking down and photographing the […]
