As cultural dialogues about the role public sculptures play and the often one-sided narratives they portray continue to evolve across the United States, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has announced …
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Banksy is having (another) moment. Following the launch of its first official exhibition in 14 years at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow (Goma), the Bonhams Post-War and Contemporary …
Unpublished South Asian miniature paintings from the British Royal Collection will be displayed in Milton Keynes
An exhibition of South Asian miniature paintings opens at the MK Gallery in Milton Keynes, UK, this autumn (South Asian miniature painting and Britain, 1600–present, 7 October-26 January 2024) includes …
Gender balance restored as Tracy Emin creates new ‘all women’ gateways for National Portrait Gallery
Visitors to the recently reopened National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London will be confronted with a very different type of portrait this week, as the doors of the institution have …
A number of notable gongs from the art world have been doled out in the King’s Birthday Honors List (this year’s list is King Charles’ first for his official royal …
For India’s largest private collector, David Adjaye designs his ‘most advanced museum concept’ to date
In 2011, Indian collector Kiran Nadar stepped in to help fund her country’s inaugural pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale, in the near total absence of state support for the …
THE Hispanic Society Museum and Librarya lavish institution in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood, reopened a section of its campus that had been closed for renovations since 2017. The institution’s …
Faces of refugees and locals will be pasted on the Geneva building as part of the JR photography project
Portraits of refugees, asylum seekers and Swiss people will be pasted on the facade of a Geneva building next week as part of the latest incarnation of the participatory project …
When Van Gogh offered to exchange portraits with Paul Gauguin, he awaited the arrival of the painting with immense impatience. What happened turned out to be a disappointment, with Van …
California man on trial for importing Roman mosaic looted in Syrian Civil War to US
Yassin Alcharihi, a 56-year-old man living in Southern California, is on trial for allegedly smuggling an ancient Roman mosaic into the United States. The Justice Ministry believes the mosaic was …