Thanks to a $4.4 million gift from Bader Philanthropies, the Milwaukee Art Museum has started an endowment fund to support its collection and exhibition of European artwork, including related scholarship. The Isabel and Alfred Bader European Art Program Endowment Fund, named for longtime MAM patrons, will provide permanent support for the museum’s curator of European
Portrait of Helene and Wolfgang Beltracchi. Image courtesy of Vera Hartmann/13 Photo/Redux. Wolfgang Beltracchi, the now 72-year-old German-born artist and collector, is widely considered to be the most successful art forger in modern European history. In consort with his partner-in-crime and wife, Helene Beltracchi, he raked in millions by selling hundreds of knock-off works by
European Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023: Day 1 apparatus finals Men’s floor exercise1 Luke Whitehouse GBR 14.9002 Artem Dolgopyat ISR 14.6663 Milan Hosseini GER 14.2004 Harry Hepworth GBR 14.2005 Benjamin Osberger FRA 13.8006 Illia Kovtun UKR 13.7337 Lucas Desanges FRA 13.3668 Noe Seifert SUI 12.800 Women’s uneven bars results1 Coline Devillard FRA 13.8002 Asia D’Amato ITA
Summary Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has revealed Europeans’ profound dependence on the US for their security, despite EU efforts at achieving “strategic autonomy.” Over the last decade, the EU has grown relatively less powerful than America – economically, technologically, and militarily. Europeans also still lack agreement on crucial strategic questions for themselves and look to
Today, despite bearing the rather unmodish “genius” label, and his even less endearing tendency towards bullying and misogyny, Picasso is as powerful a presence as he was not just in 1973, but across the 20th century. The extent of his impact on the colour and texture of the last century can be gauged in the
From Picasso to Van Gogh. We take a look at the best exhibitions across major European capitals this Spring. ADVERTISEMENT Springtime is here. Buds are blossoming, and the weather is turning temperate enough that spending a weekend wandering around a city sounds delightful again, instead of an elaborate punishment. Whether you’re already lucky enough to
Tapestries from the Gobelin family, who established themselves as dyers in the 15th century, and were based from the early 17th century at the Gobelins Manufactory in Paris, are widely considered to be the most outstanding pieces in the European tapestry tradition. British contemporary artist Stephen Thorpe, formerly a professor at Savannah College of Art
Suzana Milevska’s Endowed Professorship for Central and South Eastern European Art Histories will be extended through 2015 www.akbild.ac.atwww.erstestiftung.org The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and ERSTE Foundation announce the extension of the Endowed Professor for Central and South Eastern European Art Histories at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria, for a two-year period. Suzana
Get a first look at original prints celebrating The Mandalorian, Andor, and more, and hear from the artists themselves. For art and print collectors who love the galaxy far, far away, the Art Show has always been a highlight of Star Wars Celebration. The Art Show brings together artists of myriad disciplines and styles to
Photo Luc Castel/Getty Images Around 120 French artists signed a Le Monde op-ed that decries a new European Union tax directive that threatens to dramatically raise the cost of selling art in France. “Some will no doubt be surprised to see artists take up the pen on the occasion of such a measure. It is because