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Article date: Thursday, January 6, 2022

Craig Ruddy, Archibald Prize-Winning Painter, Passes Away at 53 Due to Covid Complications

Artist Craig Ruddy, who won the Archibald Prize with his striking portrait of actor David Gulpilil, has died aged 53 after contracting Covid-19.

Article date: Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Galleries and Auction Houses in Threatening Conflict on the South Korean Art Scene

As the art market grows exponentially in South Korea, the tension between primary and secondary players has heightened with galleries uniting to launch an auction event in late January.

Article date: Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Agreement between the Cy Twombly Foundation and the Musée du Louvre for the Monumental Artwork The Ceiling

Inaugurated in 2010 in the Sully wing of the Musée du Louvre, the ceiling painted by the Artist Cy Twombly and entitled The Ceiling, was subject to a dispute.

Article date: Monday, January 3, 2022

The Largest Art Museum in the Nordic Countries to Open in Oslo This Year

On June 11, 2022 the largest art museum in the Nordic countries will open in Oslo. Called the New National Museum, visitors can experience older and modern art, contemporary art, architecture and design all under one roof and in completely new ways.

Article date: Saturday, January 1, 2022

The Centre Pompidou Launches its First Chatbot

Coinciding with the end-of-year festivities, the Centre Pompidou is providing the public with its first “chatbot“, a French and English-language conversational agent designed with artificial intelligence to explore the collection of the Musée national d’art moderne.

Article date: Thursday, December 30, 2021

American Photographer, Sally Mann Wins £82,000 Prix Pictet

American artist Sally Mann has been announced as the winner of the 9th Prix Pictet at a ceremony at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum. She beats 11 others on the shortlist for global sustainability prize.

Article date: Thursday, December 30, 2021

Kehinde Wiley at the National Gallery: The Prelude

This winter, in his first collaboration with a major UK gallery, American artist Kehinde Wiley will explore the artistic conventions and canons of the Western landscape tradition – mountainous, coastal, sublime, Romantic and transcendental – through the mediums of film and painting.

Article date: Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Another Way(s) of Communication at Ostavinska Gallery Belgrade and Apartment Project Berlin

Happiness is in a connection and compassion with others, as a source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. The real purpose of art is to communicate a feeling. The global experience of the covid 19 pandemic has caused changes in the way society function: working from home, online teaching, meetings on various internet platforms, so establishing interpersonal relationships as "another way(s) of communication" is a challenge.

Article date: Friday, December 24, 2021

The Belgian Federal Government’s Solution in Fighting the Omicron Variant: Let’s Close Culture

In protest to the illogical decision made by the Belgian Federal government to close only cultural events and activities in order to protect against the Omicron variant, Dirk Vanduffel conveys his thoughts in a short commentary.

Article date: Thursday, December 23, 2021

Unsold Painting Assumed to be by Caravaggio Becomes Spanish Cultural Heritage

An oil painting that went unsold at an auction in Madrid in April may have been painted by the 16th-century Italian painter Caravaggio.

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