March 31, 2025
European Fine art

Citation: European Artistic Research Network (EARN) annual conference

Citation: European Artistic Research Network (EARN) annual conferenceConvened by School of Fine Art in partnership with Leeds Art Gallery and PavilionNovember 7–8, 2019 Conference : November 7- November 8, 9:15 am- 5:30 pm Leeds Art Gallery The Headrow Leeds LS1 3AA Exhibition : October 30–November 20, private view November 7, 5:30–7:30pm Project Space, School of

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European Fine art

dealers decry new EU sales tax that could wipe out Paris’s booming commercial scene

A new EU tax directive that will dramatically raise the cost of selling art in France “would be fatal” for the country’s art market”, warns Thaddaeus Ropac, the founder of the eponymous global gallery brand. He is one of a growing legion of dealers, auctioneers and advisers who are up in arms over what the

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Art Investment

How Art Can Create Positive Change

Fine art has long been considered a valuable asset, with its beauty and cultural significance driving demand and high prices at auction. However, in recent years, the art world has increasingly recognized the potential of fine art as an impact investment.  Unlike traditional investments that focus solely on financial returns, impact investments aim to generate

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European Art

Meander the Halls of Europe’s Grandest Homes in Gretchen Scherer’s Paradisiacal Paintings — Colossal

 Art History #architecture #art history #Gretchen Scherer #painting February 23, 2023 Kate Mothes “Doria Pamphilj” (2021), oil on panel, 24 x 30 inches. All images © Gretchen Scherer, shared with permission, courtesy of Monya Rowe Gallery, New York In the maximalist paintings of Gretchen Scherer, you can wander the elaborate halls of the Galleria

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European Artists

Alexander Archipenko: The artist who outpaced time

“I have decided to leave this insane Europe. One does not know in the morning what will happen in the evening so I have decided to come to America with my wife. America may be very materialistic but at least one’s life is guaranteed and that’s a lot in these stupid times.” The “stupid times”

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European Art

France’s Art Market Is Booming—But a New E.U. Sales Tax Hike Threatens to Undo Its Progress Overnight

The Grand Palais Ephemere, site of many art market events in France. Photo by Christophe Archambault/AFP via Getty Images. Art market professionals in France are on the defensive as a European Union directive threatens to undo the country’s long-percolating art market growth overnight. The E.U.-wide rule, which was quietly approved last April but will not

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European Art

Isabel and Alfred Bader Lecture in European Art

Elmer Kolfin presents “Out of the shadow and into the light: Black figures in the art of Rembrandt’s time” for the 2021 Isabel and Alfred Bader Lecture in European Art.  Sign up for this online lecture. ASL interpretation and live captioning available. All major Dutch collections have paintings representing Black figures and the Bader Collection at

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Art Investment

Are NFTs Still Good Investment Opportunities?

NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) have received a lot of attention in recent years, thanks to the buzz surrounding multi-million-dollar sales of digital art pieces like Beeple’s “Everydays: The First 5000 Days.” NFTs have enabled the ownership of one-of-a-kind digital assets such as art, music, and other collectibles. In this article, we will look at why NFT

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European Fine art

AI comes for the creative class – POLITICO

The job — annual salary $90,000-$100,000 — entails developing and testing “prompts,” the text that tells AI programs what to create. The ideal candidate would have an eclectic background, blending coding skills with creativity and, according to Addition’s CEO Paul Aaron, artistic sensibility.  Writing prompts has, in the view of many of its practitioners, become

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European Art

Wifredo Lam: the Cuban artist who merged African spirituality with European modernism

Gods, monsters and the femme cheval For an artist such as Lam, who had left Cuba to study at the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid in 1923, Surrealism was an opportunity to synthesise European modernism with his Afro-Cuban heritage. Soon his paintings abounded with gods and monsters, the most common being

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