by Zdenka Badovinac Edited by J. Myers-Szupinska Foreword by Kate Fowle Published by ICI, 2019 ISBN: 978-0-692-04225-0 $19.95 This is the third book in the PERSPECTIVES IN CURATING series, which offers timely reflections by curators, artists, critics, and art historians on emergent debates in curatorial practice around the world. Comradeship is a collection of essays
Museums periodically revamp displays of their permanent collections to freshen up the visitor experience and lure back audiences. With a new show, which opened in February, the Brooklyn Museum has done exactly that — and more. The museum, which has a permanent collection of about 6,000 works of European art, has redisplayed some of its
Medieval imagery wasn’t meant to be funny when it was made hundreds of years ago, but all over Instagram it has been remixed, captioned, and somehow reads as peak hilarious — depending on your sense of humor. One evening while wasting time on the addictive social media platform, I came across a meme of a
In one video, Clare Brown pretends to be a scholar teaching about Paul Delaroche’s “The Execution of Lady Jane Grey” (1833). (via Wikimedia Commons) TikTok creator Clare Brown is flipping the art historical narrative. In her viral video “If Europeans were the cultural others: Art Edition,” she acts the part of a scholar explaining Paul
Featuring nineteenth- and early twentieth-century artworks from our collection by artists born in Europe or its colonies, Monet to Morisot: The Real and Imagined in European Art focuses on a period of significant societal transformation, when artistic techniques, subject matter, and patronage underwent profound changes. The “real and imagined” throughline of the exhibition offers an evocative
On February 6, 2022, Museum Folkwang in the German city of Essen will turn 100. Founded at the start of the 20th century by Karl Ernst Osthaus, its website states that it was built with three ideas in mind: “the dialogue of the arts and cultures, the museum as a place of exchange and cultural
CNN — Each year, over one million people visit Neuschwanstein, a 19th-century castle in the Bavarian alps, famous for its Romanesque Revival style and Gothic details, including vertical limestone towers and turrets topped with deep blue pointed roofs. Once home to a famously introverted Bavarian monarch known as “the fairytale king,” the idyllic architecture –
Walt Disney landed in France just days after the first world war ended. The 16-year-old was working as a driver for the Red Cross and spent nine months touring the country, stationed in outposts including the outskirts of Versailles and the Hôtel Régina (opposite the Louvre). When he was not shuttling military officials around or
Why have Jewish art dealers been so pivotal in creating the European art market as we know it? That is the question that an online symposium organised by London Art Week (from today until 10 December) will delve into. “Jewish Dealers and the European Art Market c.1850-1930” will run over three evenings, starting with Charles
Artists in India have weaved an amalgamation of expressive visual culture. The Pre-Independence period in India witnessed artists developing contemporary styles. The colonial rule encouraged engagement between traditional and modern techniques. Painters recognised the demand for this hybrid visual format and delineated images, suggesting encounters with various geographical, social and cultural distinctions in the state.