August 31, 2024
European Artists

South Asian miniatures in Milton Keynes — a chronicle of empire, power and art

A poster-painter up a ladder daubs a likeness of a Bollywood heroine on a cinema facade, oblivious to a riotous mob, cudgels raised, stripping a man below the waist to determine his religion. The chillingly counterpointed scenes, in blood reds and livid greens, are in “City for Sale”, a large-scale oil painting by the Indian

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Art Investment

JLR ‘driving towards an electric future’ says expert after Whitley site investment

JLR has often been criticised for being behind the curve on electric vehicle development, even after they were first to market in the premium luxury sector with their battery electric Jaguar I Pace in 2018. But it seemed they were squandering their position as BMW, Audi and Porsche forged on with multiple electric car launches

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Visual artists

At St. Petersburg’s Museum of Fine Arts, CEO to step down after turmoil

At the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, a period of tension and upheaval seems to have culminated with the staggered departure of its current executive director and CEO. A news release on the museum’s website announced a “leadership transition” in which executive director and CEO Anne-Marie Russell will step down on March 1. Anne-Marie

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Artists

‘Two years and going strong’: Sherman Artists Association

Letter Contributed photo Two years ago, October 2021, two Sherman neighbors – Lisa Caron Hickey and Linda Hubbard – talked about all the wonderful artists that are in Sherman and why don’t we get them together. Six weeks later was the very first Sherman Open Studios. Now, two years later, there are over 65 members

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Visual artists

Visual Art Prize, Free Entry

621 Artist Space is celebrating the launch of our 2024 call-out for artists to hire our new public-facing Window-Pods for exhibitions in 2024 (as well as our beautiful creative space). We are offering one Instagram follower and one Facebook follower (who have artwork ready to show) the chance to win a 14-day Window-Pod exhibition hire between

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European Artists

Five injured, arts museum damaged in Russian strikes on Odesa, Ukraine officials say

ODESA, Ukraine, Nov 6 (Reuters) – Five people were injured in Odesa and one of the city’s principal art galleries was damaged in Russian strikes late on Sunday, Ukrainian officials in the Black Sea port said. “On November 6, the Odesa National Art Museum turns 124 years old,” Oleh Kiper, governor the of the Odesa

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European Fine art

The 18 Best Disney World Hotels 2023

All products and services featured are independently selected by Forbes Vetted contributors and editors. When you make a purchase through links on this page, we may earn a commission. Learn more Melissa Klurman, Contributor Forbes Vetted No one does hospitality quite like Mickey. While a trip to Disney World may bring to mind castles, costumed

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Visual artists

10 Art Books We’re Reading This November

During this heavy month, we’re turning to a host of new art book releases that challenge and fill us up. In a compilation of hundreds of vignettes, scholar Christina Sharpe reflects on the ephemera of daily life and their political interstices, charting a path for us readers to do the same. Intrepid artist and PAIN

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Artists

In São Paulo, Overlooked Women Artists Get the Spotlight

SÃO PAULO — Most observers of Latin American art are probably familiar with Lygia Clark, the Brazilian artist who took part in the Concretist and Tropicália movements and was the subject of a 2014 retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Clark is one of a handful of Brazilian women artists — among them

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Visual artists

Sixth visual arts exhibition opened

QM to open contemporary art exhibition in China “Watering the Desert | Contemporary Art from Qatar” will be the first large-scale exhibition of Qatari and Qatar-based contemporary artists to be presented in China, Qatar Museums (QM) announced Sunday.Curated by the QM’s Issa al-Shirawi and Maryam Hassan al-Thani, the exhibition organised in collaboration with Yuz Museum,

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