There are stories within stories folded into the 46 paintings and works on paper at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston where “Rembrandt to Van Gogh: Masterpieces From the Armand Hammer Collection” is currently on view through Jan. 21, 2024.  Yes, that Armand Hammer —- the late great-grandfather of actor Armie Hammer and founder of the

This article is part of the Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on the art world’s expanded view of what art is and who can make it. Platform shoes. Lush fabrics. Prolific selfies. They sound like things you might see on a lifestyle influencer’s Instagram feed, but they are actually among the 14th- to 17th-century

European Prize for Applied Arts 2024 Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1008392/european-prize-for-applied-arts-2024 The European Prize for Applied Arts aims to reward the best creations of contemporary expression in applied arts and artisanal design on the basis of criteria of artistic merit, technical mastery and innovation. This competition is for all artists working

Bioartists bridge art, born out of creativity and abstract thoughts, and science, which is rooted in facts, laws and logic, as a means of self-expression.  The term bioart was coined by Brazilian-American artist Eduardo Kac, who implanted a microchip in his ankle on live television, and registered himself in a pet database, as both the

Frieze London. Via Frieze   London continues to dominate the European art market. Overall, this city holds the title of the art’s capital, regardless of the buzz around Paris’s contributions. Some events, such as Brexit and the pandemic, suggested at times that the British capital might pass its rank to Paris. Soon, it became known

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An extraordinary series of auctions from the celebrated collection of Ann and Gordon Getty concluded on 25 October, achieving a total in excess of $150 million. Across two weeks and ten auctions — four live, six online — more than 1,500 works of fine and decorative art, jewelry and textiles from the couple’s private collection

Metamorphosis of the Convolvulus Hawk Moth.’ c. 1670 – 83. Cleveland Museum of Art : John L. Severance Fund 2019.9 Cleveland Museum of Art Anyone expecting the Baltimore Museum of Art’s groundbreaking survey of European women artists from 1400-1800 to simply ascend a group of overlooked female painters to a heightened status equal that of

The artist Robert Motherwell was a bridge between continents: at once a spokesman for the New York School and a conduit for the theories of European modernists. And yet, there has not been a retrospective of his work in Europe since 1998. In Austria, the last major Motherwell exhibit took place in the 1970s. That