Fractionalisation and tokenisation of art are all the rage. While the notion of unlocking the value in an artwork by selling shares in it has been around for over a decade, a slew of new initiatives is taking it to an explosive new level. Among the splashiest new launches is Artex Stock Exchange out of
How to Read European Decorative Arts, the latest volume in The Met’s How to Read series, illuminates European artistry and ingenuity in decorative arts from the High Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution through forty exemplary objects. I spoke with curator and author Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide about the categorization of fine and decorative arts, the role of
Kehinde Wiley, Napoleon Leading the Army Over the Alps, 2005. Photo: Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum 1. Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps, 2005 This iconic painting represents Kehinde Wiley’s long-standing interest in European art history and the grand tradition of portrait painting. Here, the artist takes Jacques-Louis David’s famous early 19th-century equestrian portrait
Caspar David Friedrich, ‘Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog,’ ca. 1818 (Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain) Throughout art history, many major art movements emerged in response to existing artistic approaches. Pre-Raphaelite painting, for example, was born out of a dislike of the Renaissance, while Rococo artists built upon the opulence of Baroque art. Though this phenomenon
An all-star extravaganza of outstanding art spanning four centuries, “Rembrandt to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the Armand Hammer Collection” is eliciting broad appeal among visitors attending the new exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. So many famous names adorn the list of artists as well as subjects in this show, a social media
In the framework of the communication campaign “Together, We Create. Together, We Preserve”, in partnership with the Lavra Art Gallery in Kyiv, an artist competition was held from 26 May to 20 June. The competition invited artist to present their own reflections on the Russian war and Ukraine’s heroic resistance, supported by the EU. Over 50
The European Union should do more to mitigate the “very irregular” employment situation” and the challenges posed by AI and digitalisation that artists and other professionals in the creative sector face, lawmakers have demanded. ADVERTISEMENT The European Parliament’s culture (CULT) and employment (EMPL) committees this week presented a joint report that called for a new
Sellers of fine artworks by European Old Masters have spent the past several years trying to enliven the genre for a new audience. Have their efforts begun to pay off? And how have those efforts correlated with developments in the market for Contemporary artwork, especially for Contemporary artwork that engages with styles, themes, and motifs
15th award cycle highlights metro Detroit’s literary and visual artists Thirty metro Detroit artists will share an unrestricted $550,000 in the 2023 Kresge Artist Fellowships and Gilda Snowden Emerging Artist Awards. The no strings attached awards were announced Thursday by the Kresge Arts in Detroit office located at the College for Creative Studies, which administers
Field research in ancient Rome Ramsey says she will use the funding from the scholarship to support a research residency at the CRETA ceramics centre in Rome from September 18 to October 22. “As part of my field research, I plan on taking tours of the ancient Roman sewer, the Cloaca Maxima,” she explains. “According