A string of prominent British artists, cartoonists and illustrators have pledged to create artwork in UK asylum centers after Robert Jenrick, the UK Immigration Secretary, ordered Department of Foreign Affairs …
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Selective buying leaves 35% of lots unsold at Sotheby’s Old Master sale in London
The old masters continue to puzzle. The latest edition of London’s ‘Classic Week’, with auctions of historic works of art from the 19th century to antiquity, seemed, on paper at …
An immersive show on the surreal cinematic universe of Tim Burton has just opened in Paris. Take a look inside the “Weird Funhouse” here
When the Museum of Modern Art in New York exposed the surreal worlds of Tim Burton in 2009, the director described the experience of walking through the show as akin …
The Netherlands will repatriate nearly 500 objects looted in Indonesia and Sri Lanka
The Dutch government returns 478 objects looted during the colonial era from Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Following multiple claims from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Nigeria, the Dutch Minister of Culture …
Photographer Paolo Di Paolo, who captured silver screen stars and post-war Italy, has died aged 98
Paolo Di Paolo, a photographer who captured the bucolic romance of post-war Italy and intimate images of stars like Sofia Loren, died last month. He was 98 years old. self-taught …
Maasai families receive cows in recognition of ‘culturally sensitive legacies’ at Pitt Rivers Museum
Maasai families from Kenya and Tanzania whose heritages are on display at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford have received a ‘symbolic gift of cows’ as part of a project …
Henry VIII left marks in the margins of his prayer book that reveal his ‘anxiety and uncertainty’, new research finds
Henry VIII lives on in the history books as a ruthless king with a cantankerous temper. But a less confident man emerges in the margins of his own prayer books. …
Dorothy Liebes’ investigation weaves the story of her little-known but colorful career
Dorothy who? That’s the question design insiders, as well as museum buffs, may be asking when the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York opens the first monographic exhibition …
Startling Museum Exhibit Explores the Main Role Seaweed – Yes, Algae – Plays in Classic Works of Art and Design
The shelves are filled with books that dive deep into the history of a single supposedly overlooked subject, often making sweeping claims about how they shaped history: salt. Corpses. Cod. …
A shimmering xerographic map on nine vellum panels caught my eye as I entered Jean-Ulrick Désert’s monographic exhibition “Visible Invisibility” at SAVVY Contemporary. The waters of Kiskeya/Quisqueya, 2017, focuses on …