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Article date: Wednesday, June 12, 2019

And Berlin Will Always Need You

And Berlin will always needs you is at the Gropius Bau in German capital until the 16th of June and it is a compendium of Berlin based international artists. The title is inspired by Dorothy Iannone’s dedicated song to her friend Marz Harding in 1977 where she sang about her emotional attachment to Berlin.

Article date: Friday, June 7, 2019

Facebook Agrees to Reconsider Artistic Nudity Policy

The National Coalition Against Censorship is excited to announce that Facebook’s policy team has committed to convening a group of stakeholders including artists, art educators, museum curators, activists, as well as Facebook employees, to examine how to better serve artists, including considering a new approach to nudity guidelines.

Article date: Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Blanton Museum Receives 76 Works of Art by Ellsworth Kelly through Several Significant Donations

Seventy-six works of art by Ellsworth Kelly have been gifted to the Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin. Sixty-seven of the works are gifts from the late artist and Jack Shear, president of the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation. The remaining works come from the famed television producer and art patron Douglas S. Cramer of Martha’s Vineyard; longtime art collectors Jan and Howard Hendler of Scottsdale, Arizona; Austin-based, internationally regarded collectors and Blanton National Leadership Board members Jeanne and Michael Klein; and businessman, philanthropist, and art collector David G. Booth, also of Austin.

Article date: Saturday, June 1, 2019

Versailles – Visible/Invisible

For its 12th exhibition of contemporary art, entitled Versailles – Visible/Invisible, the Palace of Versailles is bringing together five internationally renowned photographers at the estate of Trianon through 20 October 2019.

Article date: Friday, May 31, 2019

The Emotional New Trailer for ‘The Goldfinch’ starring Finn Wolfhard, Nicole Kidman and Ansel Elgort Released

An emotional new trailer for upcoming film The Goldfinch has been released. Check it out below. Starring Stranger Things' Finn Wolfhard, Nicole Kidman and Anson Elgort, the film is based on Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. The film is set for release on September 13.

Article date: Thursday, May 30, 2019

Ben Heller, Powerhouse Collector of Abstract Art, Dies at 93

Ben Heller, an influential New York art collector and dealer best known for his early embrace of Abstract Expressionism and the sale of one of its masterworks to an Australian museum, which caused an international furor, died at 93, New York Times reports.

Article date: Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Bacon, in Words at Centre Pompidou

After the exhibitions showcasing Marcel Duchamp, René Magritte, André Derain and Henri Matisse, the Centre Pompidou continues its re-examination of key 20th century works by devoting a major exhibition to Francis Bacon. The last major French exhibition of this artist’s work was held in 1996 at the Centre Pompidou. More than twenty years later, Bacon, In Words presents paintings dating from 1971, the year of the retrospective event at the national galleries of the Grand Palais, to his final works in 1992. Didier Ottinger is the curator of this innovative exploration of the influence of literature in Francis Bacon’s painting.

Article date: Wednesday, May 29, 2019

MCH Group Sells its Shares in Art Düsseldorf

MCH Swiss Exhibition (Basel) Ltd, a company of the MCH Group in Basel (Switzerland), is selling its 25.1 percent stake in art.fair International GmbH in Cologne to Angus Montgomery (HK) Ltd and TFI Ltd in equal shares.

Article date: Sunday, May 26, 2019

Rudolf von Alt and his Time. Watercolors from the Princely Collections of Liechtenstein at Albertina

This presentation, as the second part of the celebratory exhibition to mark the Principality of Liechtenstein’s Tricentennial, is devoted to the Viennese watercolor from the Biedermeier era to realism.

Article date: Friday, May 24, 2019

Banksy Gets Kicked out for Setting up Art Display at Venice Biennale

Famously anonymous British artist Banksy may have set up shop unannounced at the Venice Biennale arts exhibition — and was booted from the piazza because he didn’t have a permit. Video was posted Wednesday to Banksy’s verified Instagram account of a man — likely the guerrilla artist himself, although his face is obscured — displaying a series of paintings of a large cruise ship in the famed canal entitled, “Venice in oil.”

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