As promised earlier this week, here’s a few notes about Danilo Milovanović, a super talented artist whose work i discovered at the Fotopub, the festival of young art and “unconventional curatorial gestures” which took place in early August in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. Danilo Milovanović, Spontaneous Installations, Prague, Czech Republic. Photo Continue Reading
Ahead of Defining Beauty, a new exhibition of Greek sculpture at the British Museum, Alastair Sooke explains how the Ancient Greeks changed the course of art history. By Alastair Sooke / This article was originally published at Telegraph.co.uk. Summer, 1972: a holidaymaker from Rome is snorkelling off the coast of Continue Reading
18,000 illegally trafficked cultural goods seized in operation Pandora III (courtesy Europol) Police authorities from 29 countries joined forces to launch an operation that seized more than 18,000 illegally trafficked cultural goods including archaeological items, furniture, coins, paintings, musical instruments, and sculptures. The joint forces arrested 59 individuals in the operation. Continue Reading
The AfricaMuseum, formerly named the Royal Museum for Central Africa, in Tervuren, Belgium (photo by Rolf Müller via Wikimedia Commons) An “Afrohouse” party held at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium (commonly known as the AfricaMuseum) drew the ire of some community members after images on social Continue Reading
Musicians playing their corrido for mourners of the El Paso shooting (image courtesy of J. Omar Ornelas/USA Today) Makeshift memorials and shrines dot the parking lot outside the Walmart in El Paso, Texas where 22 people were murdered by an armed gunman last week. Crosses, candles, balloons, photographs, and flowers Continue Reading
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(Image Courtesy of The European Graduate School) Bringing together renowned philosophers, critical theorists, artists, and practitioners, The European Graduate School supports students seeking a unique intellectual experience, helping them to achieve degrees that can serve them in higher education, the arts, media, and other cultural sectors. The EGS explores art Continue Reading
A view of Kent Monkman’s The Rise and Fall of Civilization installation at the Gardiner Museum in 2015 (photo by Jimmy LImit, and courtesy the Gardiner Museum) Most of our earliest experiences of art are forged at museums. In this episode artist Kent Monkman recounts his own youth visiting institutions Continue Reading
A 1915 photograph of researcher Aram Vruyr’s son with one of many thousand cross-stones at Djulfa, enhanced by Judith Crispin’s Julfa Cemetery Digital Repatriation Project (courtesy Aram Vruyr archives) Moments ago, the global organization for cultural preservation — UNESCO — announced the final list of 29 historical and natural wonders Continue Reading
Ahmad Hammoud, “Passport for the Stateless” (2016) (courtesy apexart) In 2016, Ahmad Hammoud’s artwork “Passport for the Stateless”(2016) was shipped from an exhibition in Dubai back to the artist’s studio in Cairo. But before it was allowed back into the country, suspicious Egyptian customs officials defaced the work with deep lines Continue Reading
My Mother Laughs (courtesy The Song Cave) Chantal Akerman was one of the most influential directors in film history. She would hate such an accolade, but it’s warranted nonetheless. She often made movies — as well as art installations, photographs, and books — about enduring day-to-day living. Women were at Continue Reading
Elmgreen & Dragset, “Temptation” (2012) (photo by Daniel A. Gross for Hyperallergic) Truth be told, most of us walk into art galleries never expecting to afford to purchase any of the artworks on display. We use commercial galleries, especially the big ones, as museum entertainment, and leave the dream of Continue Reading
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