This unprecedented showcase features the works of outstanding Surrealists from Poland, the former Czechoslovakia, and the former Yugoslavia, tracing the development of the movement from the 1930s to its present-day revival. ADVERTISEMENT The world of Surrealism is often associated with the works of famous male artists such as Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, and Max Ernst. However,

Coming into the Art Institute of Chicago off that great city’s streets (where, as Saul Bellow wrote, everything is “louder, rawer, cruder, noisier, hotter, bigger”) and arriving, more frazzled than fresh, at this Spanish still life, you might feel mesmerized by its quietude. The painting’s rich detail and foursquare frontality all but command attention. Let

Although European leaders have stepped up in many ways to support Ukraine, the war has also laid bare Europe’s profound dependence on the United States. This reality was at the heart of French president Emmanuel Macron’s recent call for more “strategic autonomy”, which stirred a new debate over the transatlantic power imbalance. It was also

Milwaukee Art Museum The Milwaukee Art Museum announced Thursday that it has received a $4.4 million gift from Bader Philanthropies, Inc. and has established the Isabel and Alfred Bader European Art Program Endowment Fund. Honoring the late Drs. Isabel and Alfred Bader, the endowment fund provides permanent support for the museum’s Isabel and Alfred Bader

Now featured on Bloomberg Connects Picasso said, “You can have all the perspectives at once!” What a hero. But tell me, are any of those perspectives a woman’s? Well, then I’m not interested. —Hannah Gadsby Fifty years after his death, Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) remains an artistic and cultural icon. Not only is Picasso a household name,

‘Art Paris’ runs from 30 March through to 2 April in the French capital. It comes as French artists express concern over an EU tax hike on art sales. ADVERTISEMENT From its conception in 1999, Art Paris has aimed to make the modern and contemporary art world more accessible to the general public. The annual

The lands of Northern Europe, where grapevines cease to grow, and where grain-growing is central to its societies’ palates and industry, are beer-favoring nations. Below the border, in Southern Europe, viticulture dominates. And this is reflected in the artwork of these regions, from the Middle Ages right through to Modernism. One painting that captures the

April 29-29, 2023James M. Johnston Center of Undergraduate Excellence, Graham Memorial Hall Through a generous gift to the UNC Arts and Sciences Foundation, William G. Rand established this lecture series in memory of his late wife, Bettie Allison Rand. This funding allows the Department of Art and Art History to bring one or more eminent

“East European Art seen from Global Perspectives: Past and Present,” an international conference October 24–27, 2014 Galeria Labiryntul. ks. J. Popiełuszki 5LublinPoland www.konferencja.labirynt.com The conference aims to examine the problems specific to Central and Eastern European art, both past and present, as seen in the global perspective. The issues we would like to address include

By Davide Ghiglione BBC News, Rome 27 March 2023 Image source, Getty Images The Florence museum that houses Michelangelo’s statue of David has invited teachers and students from a Florida school to visit, after an uproar over an art lesson. The school’s principal quit after a complaint about a sixth-grade art class that included an