Coming to the Portland Art Museum this summer from the Brooklyn Museum’s renowned European art collection, Monet to Matisse: French Moderns showcases approximately 60 works of art considered to be modernist masterpieces. Focusing on France as the artistic center of international modernism from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries, the exhibition features paintings and sculpture ranging
It should come as no surprise that wine has been a worldwide source of artistic inspiration for millennia. It’s there in ancient Egyptian tombs. In Islamic works as a metaphor for both the divine and the debased. In dramatic depictions of class struggle in Central and South Asian art. In the religious art of the
It should come as no surprise that wine has been a worldwide source of artistic inspiration for millennia. It’s there in ancient Egyptian tombs. In Islamic works as a metaphor for both the divine and the debased. In dramatic depictions of class struggle in Central and South Asian art. In the religious art of the
The Captured Runaway, 1856, by William Gale, British, 1823–1909. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Museum Purchase, Jane H. and Charles E. Parker Jr. Art Acquisition Fund, 2021.48. On January 25, 2024, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art will open “The Book of Two Hemispheres:” Uncle Tom’s Cabin in the United States and Europe. This exhibition
Home to pioneering bands such as NEU! and Kraftwerk — as well as Germany’s finest contemporary artists including Joseph Beuys and Gerhard Richter — Düsseldorf brims with creative energy alongside its seven centuries of history. Although the heart of this Rhineside city was damaged during the Second World War, a core of the old town’s
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Curated by the museum’s director, Koyo Kouoh, it included works by more than 150 artists, including Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Jacob Lawrence, Chéri Samba, Danielle McKinney, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Joy Labinjo. As well as a catalogue, it was accompanied by a musical score and a year-long series of online lectures. In May, the exhibition travels to
It’s been said that some museums have a blockbuster on view every day: their permanent collections. That’s true at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has just opened “Look Again: European Paintings 1300-1800,” a reinstallation of its core collection. It’s the art event of the year, in almost every respect an unalloyed triumph. Overseen by
L to R – Bruno Julliard, Ania Patla and Nafeesa Arshad Photographer: Matthieu Joffres Hospital Rooms has been announced as a winner of the prestigious 2023 Art Explora –Académie des beaux-arts European Award. The organisation was one of four winners announced at a ceremony on 12th December at the Institut de France, Paris. The recipient
On December 12, at an Award Ceremony at the Institut de France, the four winners were announced of the 2023 Art Explora-Académie des beaux-arts European Award. The announcement was made during the annual Arts & Audiences Now! event which began with a roundtable discussion, moderated by News Tank Culture, exploring the role of arts and