One of India’s leading contemporary artists, Vivan Sundaram, has died at the age of 79, his Mumbai gallery has confirmed. He died earlier today in a New Delhi hospital from …
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Scotland will not be represented at next year’s Venice Biennale after Scotland + Venice, the arts body responsible for presenting Scotland at the prestigious event, decided to “pause” the project …
The French painter of Belarusian origin Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943) is precisely the kind of character that we associate today with the School of Paris. Less a formal movement than an …
Kwame Brathwaite, photographer who embodied the ‘Black is beautiful’ movement, has died aged 85
Kwame Brathwaite, the pioneering activist and photographer whose work helped define the aesthetic of the “Black is Beautiful” movement of the 1960s and beyond, died on April 1, aged 85. …
The first official portrait of King Charles III has been unveiled, although the new monarch did not pose for artist Alastair Barford who instead chose to ‘study the king as …
Everyone, it seems, has an opinion on the feud over the Michelangelo’s Censorship Fury in Florida (come on, is that art or porn?). The controversy even earned a spot on …
Antiquities trafficking investigator named chairman of Harvard Law Review, post formerly held by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Barack Obama
A veteran of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Antiquities Trafficking Unit is now chairman of the Harvard Law Review. Apsara Iyer, 29 and three semesters away from graduating from Harvard …
The Art Newspaper: If you could live with just one piece of art, what would it be? Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel: Probably a painting by Hilma af Klint or Leonora Carrington, because …
Italy plans high-speed train between Pompeii and Rome to boost tourism to heritage sites
Italy plans to open a high-speed rail link between Rome and the ancient city of Pompeii, aiming to boost tourism to the archaeological site and other locations along one of …
One-Ton Olmec ‘Earth Monster’ Statue That Was Illegally Taken To US Will Be Returned To Mexico
Mexican officials say they have recovered a massive carved statue from the Olmec period that they say was stolen decades ago. Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s foreign secretary, said the sculpture had …