March 10, 2025
Visual artists

Arête Theta – Resident Artists and Performers – ArtsHub Australia

Dionysus Theatre Inc. is appointing Resident Artists and Performers for Arête Theta, to be performed August 2024 in Naarm (Melbourne).  Arête is an annual one-night-exclusive arts festival featuring debut scripts, movement pieces, visual arts, and comedy.    Arête  /əˈrɛt,əˈreɪt/ An ancient greek concept, referring to “excellence” of any kind — especially a person or thing’s

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Artists

BMW celebrates artistic journey of Esther Mahlangu. Debuting in Cape Town, the Retrospective Exhibition showcases Esther Mahlangu’s lifework, featuring the artist’s BMW Art Car as a central exhibition piece.

Munich/Cape Town. The Iziko Museums of South Africa and BMW are pleased to announce “Then I Knew I Was Good at Painting”: Esther Mahlangu. A Retrospective. The exhibition, curated by Nontobeko Ntombela, highlights Esther Mahlangu’s over 50-year long career and her meteoric rise as a contemporary artist, earning her global acclaim. The retrospective will be

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Artists

Announcing Amazon Music Breakthrough UK: Artists To Watch 2024

Spotlighting 13 rising stars, we teamed up with Amazon Music to celebrate their must-know artists for 2024. Welcome to Amazon Music’s Breakthrough UK: Artists To Watch 2024, in collaboration with Notion, where you can find out exactly which artists you need on your radar (and your playlists) this year.   A carefully curated selection of

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Artists

Bucci-Dietz Artist Award winners announced

ZANESVILLE − Faith Cornell, Abby Longshore, Carrie Turner and Diana Wilson have been named the winners of the 2023 Ronna Bucci and Dr. Charles Dietz Artist Awards. Longshore received the $500 top prize with Cornell, Turner and Wilson each getting $100. The awards were presented by Ron and Mary Ann Bucci, parents of the late

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Artists

Russia’s queer artists fight growing persecution

PHOTO CREDIT : Queendom/Dogwoof In 2020, the world was heralding a new wave of queer creativity in Russia, a state that had outlawed much LGBTQ cultural life. “The country’s LGBTQ+ music and nightlife scene is changing how the world looks at Russian youth,” beamed i-D magazine in April that year. Gay artist, model and musician

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Art Investment

Art-Invest appoints new chief financial officer

React News is a trading name of Green Street Advisors (UK) Ltd., a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales with company number 06471304 doing business as Green Street. Green Street is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 482269). React News is not part of Green Street’s regulated business. While the

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European Artists

Eurovision 2024: Nordic artists calling for Israel to be banned

Following calls for boycott since it was confirmed that Israel would be participating in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, more and more petitions are demanding the exclusion of Israel, over alleged war crimes in Gaza. ADVERTISEMENT Finnish and Icelandic artists, as well as protestors in Norway, are calling for Israel to be banned from Eurovision.

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Visual artists

The Best Photography Grants and Scholarships in 2024

Every year, millions of dollars in grants are awarded, but most photographers may not know about them. Foundations, non-profits, and private companies are looking for talented photographers with a fresh eye and a new take and are willing to pay them for it. Here are some grants for photographers that are sure to help fund

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European Art

Exhibition highlights 19th-century European art

Shot by Yang Meiping. Edited by Yang Meiping. Subtitles by Yang Meiping. Ti Gong “Venus and Putto” by French sculptor Philippe Poitevin An exhibition of 19th-century European artists is on display at the Hai Museum of Art, Shanghai. The museum and Rodin Art Center (Rodin Museum China Branch) collaborated on the exhibition, which also celebrates

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The Last Dinner Party, Jazzy, Strandz and more feature on Amazon Music’s Artists To Watch list 2024 | Talent

Amazon Music has announced its Breakthrough UK: Artists To Watch 2024, a list of 13 emerging UK-signed rising stars who will be championed by the streaming service over the next 12 months.  The Amazon Music Breakthrough UK: Artists To Watch 2024 are: The Last Dinner Party, Strandz, Kenya Grace, Jazzy, Mette, Wasia Project, Elmiene, JayO,

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