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Article date: Sunday, June 30, 2019

Sean Scully: Eleuthera at Albertina

Sean Scully is known above all for his highly expressive abstract paintings of colorful stripes or rectangles. But it is an entirely new side of this artist that comes to light in a work series being given its first-ever presentation by the Albertina Museum.

Article date: Saturday, June 29, 2019

Egypt- El-Lahun Pyramid Opened for First Time

The Egyptian Ministry of Antiques opened El-Lahun Pyramid for the first time on Friday, June 28, coinciding with the celebrations of 30 June. Although the pyramid has been closed since its entrance was discovered up until now for restoration works, the ministry has decided to open it up for the public to visit.

Article date: Monday, June 24, 2019

Helen Cammock, Turner Prize Nominee and Winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women, Premieres New Work at Whitechapel Gallery

Interweaving women’s stories of loss and resilience with seventeenth century Baroque music by female composers, a new body of work from the seventh winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women Helen Cammock (b. 1970, UK) premieres at Whitechapel Gallery in June. Cammock presents a film, a triptych of vinyl cut prints and a screen-printed frieze exploring the idea of lament in women’s lives across histories and geographies.

Article date: Saturday, June 22, 2019

Mayor of Venice asks Unesco to Place City on World Heritage Blacklist

The mayor of Venice has asked Unesco to include city on its world heritage site blacklist after Italy’s transport minister failed to deliver a plan to avoid giant cruise ships entering central canals. The years-long controversy on big cruise ships being allowed to use busy canals and dock close to the city center has been reignited after a huge ship crashed into a tourist boat in the busy Giudecca canal in early June.

Article date: Friday, June 21, 2019

Gemeentemuseum Discovers Water Lilies under Monet's Wisteria

Conservator Ruth Hoppe got the surprise of her life when she looked at the x-ray of Wisteria. This masterpiece, one of three paintings by Claude Monet (1840-1926) in Gemeentemuseum Den Haag’s collection, was removed from the museum for the first time several months ago and taken to the conservation studio. To investigate the damage to the canvas Hoppe had it x-rayed and had several other tests carried out on it.

Article date: Tuesday, June 18, 2019

One of a Kind Victorian Ceramic Crab at Risk of Export

Arts Minister, Rebecca Pow has placed an export bar on one of the earliest pieces of sculptural art pottery in the country in a bid to keep it in the UK. The work, a large anthropomorphic crab made by Robert Wallace Martin and his brothers, is at risk of being lost abroad unless a buyer can be found to match the £217,250 + VAT of £43,450 asking price.

Article date: Monday, June 17, 2019

Chinese Media Company, Modern Media Holdings Ltd Acquires Major Stake in ArtReview

Art Review Ltd and Modern Media Holdings Ltd are pleased to announce the acquisition of a majority shareholding in ArtReview, ArtReview Asia and artreview.com by Modern Media, China’s leading high-end communications group. As a result, ArtReview, ArtReview Asia and artreview.com will join a multimedia publishing organisation that includes The Art Newspaper China, LEAP, Modern Weekly, Nowness and Numéro, among other titles, and a group that can bring the magazines’ content to new platforms and new audiences worldwide.

Article date: Monday, June 17, 2019

French Billionaire Drahi Acquires Sotheby's Auction House for $3.7 Billion

French-Israeli telecoms and media mogul Patrick Drahi is acquiring Sotheby's auction house, one of the world's biggest art brokers, in a $3.7 billion deal, the British-founded company announced Monday.

Article date: Thursday, June 13, 2019

Egypt Tries to Retrieve Head of Tutankhamun from London Auctioneers

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry says its embassy in London addressed the British Foreign Office and Christie’s auction house to stop the sale of the head of a statue of Tutankhamun, and return it to Egypt. Christie’s expects the head to reach upwards of £4 million at auction, scheduled for July 4.

Article date: Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Antony Gormley: Sight On the Sacred Island of Delos, Greece

Why would you go to Art Basel if you can see Antony Gormley ‘s installation 'Sight' on the sacred island of Delos, Greece? Organised by Neon - a nonprofit organization that works to bring contemporary culture closer to everyone. It is committed to broadening the appreciation, understanding, and creation of contemporary art in Greece and to the firm belief that art is a key tool for growth and development.

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