August 5, 2024
European Artists

How the EU is funding green travel for artists to move across the Continent

When Hannah Ely was invited to perform at a Christmas concert in Copenhagen last year, she was met with a familiar task – figuring out a budget-friendly way to get there and finding a place to stay.   A Brussels-based soprano specialising in baroque and Renaissance-era music, Ely is no stranger to travelling for work –

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Artists

Artists Rally to Exclude Israel from Venice Biennale, Citing Actions Against Palestinians

In a bold move that has rippled through the international art community, the newly established Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA) has ignited a debate about the intersection of art, politics, and human rights by launching a petition to exclude Israel from the forthcoming 60th Venice Biennale. This petition, provocatively titled ‘No Genocide Pavilion at the

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Visual artists

High School Visual Artist Wins Saul Morrison Award

By E. Mesiyah McGinnis Rising visual artist, Chase Metoyer, 17, has dreams of a career in fine arts and plans to inspire and educate future artists. On Monday, January 21, the Culver City High School senior was recognized and awarded the 2019 Saul Morrison award by the Westside Coalition for her art interpretation of Dr.

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European Fine art

TEFAF Maastricht 2024 highlights | Apollo Magazine

A Bouquet of Flowers in a Wan-li Porcelain Vase (1625), Balthasar van der AstBijl-Van Urk Master Paintings, €1.6m Remarkably, this previously unrecorded but signed and dated flower piece came to light only a decade ago. A cabinet-sized panel depicting blooms in a gilt-mounted Chinese vase, it reflects the artist’s debt to his teacher and brother-in-law,

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Visual artists

Tuning in to talent // Show Me Mizzou // University of Missouri

Feb. 26, 2024Contact: Courtney Perrett, cperrett@missouri.eduPhotos by CJ Harris and Abbie Lankitus Last Friday, a collection of artists, performers and designers from the College of Arts and Science brought their creative flair to the University of Missouri’s Chancellor’s Arts Showcase. The event featured a gallery of fine art, including paintings and sculptures, several garments designed

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Artists

Three Theatre Artists Killed in Road Accident

In the dim light of the early hours, a journey back from a performance turned tragic for a group of theatre artists in Kendrapara district, Odisha. Three talented women lost their lives, and four others were left grappling with injuries after their vehicle, in a harrowing twist of fate, veered off the road and collided

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Artists

L.A. Collector Eileen Harris Norton on a Lifetime Spent Championing Artists of Color

In what is sure to be a highlight of Frieze Los Angeles this year, Eileen Harris Norton will debut her book All These Liberations, in a panel discussion about the dramatic rise of the city’s contemporary art scene in recent decades, as well as the collector and philanthropist’s role as an indefatigable champion of artists

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Artists

‘Young artists are terrified of putting music out’: Jack Cochrane of The Snuts on Millennials, his schoolmate Lewis Capaldi, and how TikTok breeds fear

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Jack Cochrane has finally reached news-cycle overload. “You keep getting hit with murder, genocide and bad politicians,” The Snuts’ singer admits, motor-mouthing away in the corner of a

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Visual artists

Gallipoli Art Prize – ArtsHub Australia

The Gallipoli Art Prize Organising Committee annually invites any eligible artist to submit a painting for the Gallipoli Art Prize, which will be administered by the Gallipoli Memorial Club Limited (the “Club”) and under the control of the Gallipoli Art Prize Organizing Committee. Prize money of $20,000 is awarded to the artist of the winning

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Artists

Austin artist hoping to restore ‘We Can’t Breathe’ mural

AUSTIN, Texas — On the corner of East Fourth Street, where the Native Hostel once sat, is a mural of faces painted across a wall. Those faces are those of George Floyd, Trayvon Martin, Breonna Taylor, Mike Ramos, Ahmaud Arbery and others. The mural is called, “We Can’t Breathe.” The paintings were created by Austin-based

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