February 8, 2025
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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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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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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‘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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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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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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Explore textile creations from this Cedar City artist – St George News

ST. GEORGE — Step into the whimsical world of textile art, where fabric becomes a canvas and stitches weave stories. Textile Artist Teri McHale stands next to her layered wall art at the Arrowhead Gallery in St. George, Utah, Feb. 22, 2024 | Photo by Jessi Bang, St. George News “The most frequent comment I

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Young artist helps further inner painting tradition

Li Huitong exchanges insights into inner painting with daughter Li Shaoyue in Zibo, Shandong province, on Jan 24. WANG JING/CHINA DAILY Seated at her desk and holding a brush in her right hand, Li Shaoyue completes an exquisite miniature ink painting on the inside of a glass bead. The 30-year-old from Zibo, Shandong province, has been

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A Voice for Palestinian Artists Amidst Rising Violence

In the heart of conflict, where voices are often silenced by the roar of violence, stands Sliman Mansour, a prominent Palestinian painter whose brush strokes tell tales of resilience, struggle, and the unyielding spirit of a people fighting for their narrative. In January 2024, amidst a surge in violence that has seen an alarming increase

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