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Article date: Wednesday, August 28, 2019

The Aestheticized Interview with Piyali Ghosh (India)

"Art is inseparable from life. We are reproducing our feelings, experience and knowledge through the language of art. I think, Art is political when it communicates with audience, regardless of an artist’s intension each piece of art consciously or unconsciously records socio-political history of our time. It is a powerful tool to push the conventional boundaries of thought, it dares to deconstruct and reconstruct ideas asan independent political or social message".

Article date: Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Deep Concern at Cancelation of the Exhibition “After ‘Freedom of Expression?’"

On August 13th, a dozen artists demanded that their work be removed if these conditions are not met. Following discussions between the Aichi Triennale Organizing Committee and individual artists who requested for their works to be withdrawn, the Triennale implemented these requests and certain exhibits were removed as of August 20th.

Article date: Monday, August 26, 2019

Ed Sheeran Showcase is Presented in Musician's Home County of Suffolk

An exhibition documenting British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran's rise to fame has opened near where he grew up in Suffolk, England, and showcases a vast array of items from oil paintings and childhood photos to school reports and a letter formalising his college drop-out.

Article date: Monday, August 19, 2019

Lionel Jusseret on Capturing the Unpredictable

"So I turned instinctively to documentary cinema. It allows for lighter equipment and more independence. I discovered the working methods of Robert Flaherty and Johan van der Keuken: intimacy with the subject, immersion and long term work. They were searching for unpredictability to inject life into their movies. That was what I wanted also".

Article date: Monday, August 19, 2019

Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss at Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Discover the art of Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss in a small exhibition full of gems, including drawings, collages, models and ceramic objects from her rich artistic practice between 1964 and 1984. Her commitment to art and politics has involved her in student riots, liberation struggles and cultural hubs all over the world, and always, somehow, in the midst of where it was all happening.

Article date: Sunday, August 18, 2019

Sun and Soul Vitalism and Symbolism in the SMK Collection

Fields of waving grain, shimmering sunshine, a majestic mountaineer and a grey palette that only Vilhelm Hammershøi could wield with such mastery. Enjoy a selection of key masterpieces of Danish art from around the year 1900. A period that encompassed contemplative, symbolic ‘images of the soul’ as well as a vibrant enthusiasm for nature, light and vitality.

Article date: Sunday, August 18, 2019

£9.5 Million Work by Founder of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood John Everett Millais is Now at Risk of Permanently Leaving the UK

Arts Minister Rebecca Pow has placed a temporary export bar on Millais’ ‘Ferdinand Lured by Ariel’ to provide an opportunity to keep the painting in the country. Valued at £9,500,000 the painting was completed by John Everett Millais, the father of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. The work is at risk of export unless a UK buyer can be found to keep it in the UK where it would be put on public display.

Article date: Friday, August 16, 2019

Award-Winning Design of Tokyo Music Hall Transforms Roof into a Public Plaza

Although music halls generally appeal to groups of people with a specific interest, Persian architecture firm Hajizadeh & Associates developed a music hall that caters to all citizens of the city, and not just music lovers. The "Tokyo Music Hall" is an award-winning design that transforms the music hall's roof into a space of contemplation and leisure, inspired by traditional Japanese architecture.

Article date: Thursday, August 15, 2019

National Gallery Reveals Images of ‘Abandoned’ Angel and Christ Underneath The Virgin of the Rocks

New scientific research by the National Gallery into Leonardo da Vinci’s The Virgin of the Rocks (about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8) has expanded our knowledge of the composition he began before abandoning it for the version we see today. The drawings, underneath one of the Gallery’s most popular paintings, have been revealed ahead of a new immersive experience featuring the work – created by 59 Productions – that will open later this year.

Article date: Monday, August 12, 2019

The Roof Garden Commission: Alicja Kwade, ParaPivot

Berlin-based artist Alicja Kwade's (born 1979, Poland) work is elegant, rigorous, and highly experiential. Using a wide range of media, Kwade creates sculptures and installations that reflect on time, perception, and scientific inquiry. With equal parts poetry and critical acumen, she calls into question the systems designed to banish doubt from the world and make sense of an otherwise unfathomable universe.

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