Shows & Exhibitions Three exhibitions will take place in Ukraine, showing art made by displaced artists responding to life under occupation. Jo Lawson-Tancred July 28, 2023 A bystander draped in the Ukrainian flag looks at destroyed Russian military equipment at Kyiv’s “Maidan” Independence Square, that has been turned into an open-air military museum on Ukraine’s
Erwin Bowien (1899–1972): The Sand Dunes in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands, 1937 euroart*, the “European Federation of Artist Colonies” presents a digital summer exhibition of European artist colonies. This summer, the theme of the exhibition is WATER. Many museums or cities and municipalities also exhibit the paintings presented in the digital exhibition. Visit some
Getty Images Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles is the winner of the Roswitha Haftmann Prize, the European art award with the biggest cash purse of any on the continent. He will thereby receive 150,000 Swiss francs, or just over $174,000. The prize takes its name from Roswitha Haftmann, a Swiss dealer whose Zurich gallery was in
Reckoning with the events of world history and their lingering effects leads not only to creating stereotypes—it also impacts how performers from around the globe both interpret and convey aspects of their own cultural identities in light of them. As this year’s Cirkuliacija Festival asked non-European circus companies to take the continental stage in Lithuania,
Much has been written about Latin America’s current clout when it comes to exporting artists, thanks to the global success enjoyed by the likes of Bad Bunny, Anitta, J Balvin, Shakira, and most recently Peso Pluma. However, there’s just as much interest in international companies and artists going the other way and reaching audiences within Latin
Digital music marketing agency Melboss has announced a partnership with AIM Ireland, the European Music Managers Alliance (EMMA) and WHY Portugal on a project to help European artists to break into the LATAM region. Algo-Rhythms aims to harness the power of AI and smart data to enable European artists to successfully navigate the booming Latin
Meanwhile, in Basel, Switzerland, the solo show “Basquiat. The Modena Paintings” at the Fondation Beyeler (June 11 – August 27, 2023) offers a suite of eight large-scale paintings that the artist made in the Italian city of Modena over a two-week period for a 1982 exhibition that never took place—until now, more than 40 years
A framework for conditions in the cultural sector is back on the agenda. This time it must stay there. Life may not be quite as chaotic for EU cultural workers today as for the Travelling Players amid the vicissitudes of wartime and postwar Greece in Angelopoulos’ classic film—but they do need secure working conditions The
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
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