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Degas, Turner, Rembrandt, Munch, Gaudi – Europe has long harboured some of the most famous names in art history. But which European city is the greatest art hub of all? In order to find out, posterXXL conducted a comprehensive study assesseing five categories: the number of art galleries, art festivals and art schools, as well as the number of
In 2019, as I navigated my transition to the Baltics to assume a curatorial role at the Tallinn Art Hall and teach in the art theory and visual culture faculty at the Estonian Art Academy (EKA), these nations observed a significant milestone: the thirtieth anniversary of the Baltic Way, or alternatively, the Baltic Chain. On
For many years, the megalopolis of New York has been one of the main hubs of international art trafficking. On Tuesday, August 8th, the New York district attorney for the Borough of Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, announced the return of 42 works of art of great value to their country of origin, Italy, following a lengthy
Illustration by Nash Weerasekera The scene is the invitation-only preview of the European Fine Art Fair, colloquially known as TEFAF, in New York in May. A savvy American collector who has known his way around the art world for decades is admiring a headless torso, gracefully chiseled in marble. All that’s left of the statue’s
Dollhouses, Monopoly pieces, action figures, Lilliputians, “The Incredible Shrinking Woman.” What is it about tiny things that tickle, and toy with, our imaginations? “Miniatures are both appealing and sometimes unsettling,” mused Courtney Harris, Museum of Fine Arts assistant curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Art of Europe. “They can be cute and whimsical, but also
UCL Arts & Humanities is delighted to announce that renowned contemporary artist and lecturer in Fine Art, Mary Evans, will take up the post of Director of the UCL Slade School of Fine Art from 4 October 2023. She will succeed Slade Professor Kieren Reed, who has served a five-year tenure as Director since September
When Gabi Jimenez, a French Spanish Romani painter, first heard several years ago that a major museum in France was planning an exhibition on Romani culture and history, he said he thought it would be “a mess.” The story of the Roma, Jimenez said, has long been told by outsiders who depict them at best
Throughout the 20th-century the Czech art scene has battled censorship, as such, it hasn’t been given the international stage it deserved. A new wave of contemporary Czech artists are proving their worth and gaining global recognition. We profile contemporary Czech artists to know, from the controversial creations of renowned sculptor David Černý to the street
Mona Kuhn’s Kings Road and the adjacent Icons exhibition of Bastiaan Woudt and George Hoyningen-Huene, both at Jackson Fine Art through August 5, are distinctly European collisions of fantasy and reality, history and imagination. But the types of collision are very different. Kuhn moved to Los Angeles in 2005 and was transfixed by the 1922