The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York has invited the public to participate in what the museum describes as “an experiment in collective creativity on blockchain” in a …
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Works by Canadian abstractionist Jean-Paul Riopelle rack up $8m at Heffel’s evening sale in Toronto
Spearheaded by the Montreal-born abstractionist Jean-Paul Riopelle, with helping hands from his mentor, Paul-Émile Borduas and fellow Canadian painter Emily Carr, Heffel’s two-part autumn evening sale yesterday (23 November) made …
A stolen Van Gogh drawing recovered outside a public lavatory 20 years ago goes on show
Three works by Van Gogh, Gauguin and Picasso were stolen from Manchester’s Whitworth gallery in the very early hours of 27 April 2003. A day later, following a telephone tip-off, …
By Ann Williams Bonnie Levinson is a multi-disciplinary artist, weaving her creative magic across painting, collage, mixed media, and multi-image photography. With a career spanning over four decades, Levinson has …
In the late 1970s, a unique and magical era unfolded in the heart of New York City, and Bill Bernstein, an award-winning portrait and documentary photographer, was there to capture …
A version of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, similar to the one at London’s National Gallery, is now the focus of an ambitious exhibition of still-life paintings at Japan’s Sompo Museum of …
When Hilda Graetz fled Nazi Germany for South Africa in late 1935, she took with her a painting by Max Pechstein that her father had given her. She got a …
Rashid Johnson and Dyani White Hawk make new works for Whitney Museum restaurants
The Whitney Museum of American Art has cast a curatorial eye on its food and beverage offerings and commissioned artworks by Rashid Johnson and Dyani White Hawk to help revamp …
The US artist and Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Garrett Bradley has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Art & Film prize, which is awarded by Amsterdam’s Eye Filmmuseum. The …
David Knoecklein, a multifaceted artist with a journey as diverse as his creations, was born in Stamford, Connecticut. His artistic voyage is an intricate tapestry woven with threads of education, …