Several Just Stop Oil activists were arrested yesterday for using hammers to break the glass protecting the 17th century painting The Toilet of Venus by Diego Velázquez, held at the National Gallery in London. The incident joins a long list of recent attacks that have transpired across European art institutions, where protesters — many of
Frederick Carl Frieseke’s elegant “Lady Trying on a Hat,” a masterpiece of American Impressionism, led the day, selling for $450,000, well above its predicted high of $350,000. The work carried provenance extending all the way back to the artist. In 1906, Frieseke spent the summer in Giverny and the influence of French Impressionism is apparent
Alvin Takamori holding his painting “Am I Just a Number?,” which won first place in the Torrance Artists’ Guild 2021 Members Art Show. Nov. 2, 2021. The Greater Los Angeles Chapter JACL presents a virtual program on Zoom, “Japanese American Artists of the South Bay,” on Sunday, Nov. 12, from 1 to 2 p.m. Featuring
The French artist Franck Vigroux wears many hats—he works with music composition, stage design, experimental sound and visual art, and has been practising for over 20 years. He introduces himself, and his craft, telling STIR, “I live in France and make music and theatre; my work integrates video art, light art and bodies with movement.
Bucharest exhibitions: Roman Franc’s Collectives to open at Romanian Peasant Museum The photography exhibition Collectives of Czech artist Roman Franc will open at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant on November 16. The exhibition covers a selection of group photos taken by Franc in various countries and cultures starting in 2015, including portraits of the communities
Amaza Lee Meredith’s Azurest South, her self-designed home for herself and her lover, reveals an avant garde representative of the Black American middle class Azurest South, Petersburg, Virginia, 1939, designed by Amaza Lee Meredith. Credit: Virginia Department of Historic Resources ‘As a designed object, the building was neither monumental nor exquisitely beautiful, but it had
This year has been a good one for Vilnius. The Lithuanian capital celebrated its 700th birthday on 25 January 2023, and a few months later it was named the European Union’s green capital for 2025. Perhaps most symbolically – as Lithuania continues to firmly reject its Soviet past and align itself closer with the west
Alexandra Condon has been appointed as VP of public policy and government affairs at Warner Music Group. She will act as the major’s primary point of contact for policymakers in the EU and its member states, as well as the UK and other European countries. Her brief also includes working closely with trade associations and other
Local neighbourhoods are the focus of a new art exhibition opening at Redland Art Gallery, Capalaba this Saturday, 11 November. In contrast to the mandated lockdowns and isolation periods of the COVID-19 years, the In Focus exhibition this year invited artists to step outside and capture their surrounds responding to the theme “My Street”. Redland
Online refurbished technology marketplace Refurbed has closed a $57 million (€54 million) fundraising round as it seeks to grow its business. The company, which has operated in Ireland since 2021, also said it expected to reach profitability here later this year. Ciara O’Brien has the details. It may have been a relatively minor amendment in