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Article date: Monday, December 10, 2018

Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac Introduces the Arts of the Great Island Madagascar

This is an introduction to the arts of the Great Island Madagascar. Decorative arts, funerary sculpture, painting, photography and contemporary creations: more than 350 works raise the curtain on the art, history and cultures of Madagascar, a land of trade and influences.

Article date: Sunday, December 9, 2018

Belgian Colonial Museum Re-Opens Amid Protests and Demands for Return of Artifacts

Belgium's controversial Africa Museum re-opened on Saturday after a five-year renovation, but protests and a request from the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the return of its stolen artefacts have overshadowed the site's unveiling.

Article date: Friday, December 7, 2018

Anish Kapoor Statement on Victory Over NRA Use of Imagery

"We are pleased to declare victory over the NRA. They have now complied with our demand to remove the unauthorised image of my sculpture Cloud Gate from their abhorrent video 'The Violence of Lies', which seeks to promote fear, hostility and division in American society."

Article date: Thursday, December 6, 2018

Paris Cultural Life on Hold this Saturday

French authorities will close dozens of museums, tourism sites and shops on Saturday, including the Eiffel Tower and Louvre, fearing a recurrence of last week’s violence in Paris, officials said on Thursday.

Article date: Thursday, December 6, 2018

The Aestheticized Interview with Kent Anderson Butler (USA)

Kent Anderson Butler is a Los Angeles based artist working in a variety of mediums including video installation, performance and photography. "Currently, I am engaged in the exploration of the “human condition,” the “body” and the “spirit.” I am exploring the integration of how one can weave aspects of the “sacred”, the “environment” and the “body” within a contemporary cultural climate that increasingly ignores the invisible."

Article date: Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Google Arts & Culture: Meet Vermeer - The First Virtual Museum to Show All of Johannes Vermeer’s Paintings

The latest Monday Google Arts & Culture and the Mauritshuis launched Meet Vermeer, the first ever international online retrospective of Johannes Vermeer’s paintings, made in collaboration with 17 cultural partners across Europe and the United States. The highlight is the Pocket Gallery: a virtual exhibition including all of the Dutch Old Master’s works in a new Google Arts & culture app that uses augmented reality. A dream for Vermeer fans worldwide.

Article date: Monday, December 3, 2018

Mexico to Help Rebuild Brazil's National Museum

Mexican experts are to help rebuild Brazil's cherished National Museum destroyed a few months ago by a massive blaze which devastated the country. Experts from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) will work alongside their Brazilian colleagues to restore the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro's building and create a new museum.

Article date: Monday, December 3, 2018

Ghérasim Luca - “Héros-Limite” at the Centre Pompidou

An outstanding writer, described by Gilles Deleuze as “the greatest poet in the French language”, Ghérasim Luca is the “héros-limite” of inventiveness in language and imagery, an inspired “cubomaniac” who traverses and tests the practices of poetry, photography, drawing, collage and art publishing.

Article date: Saturday, December 1, 2018

Orsay Through the Eyes of Julian Schnabel

For its first invitation to a great contemporary artist, the Musée d’Orsay has asked the painter and filmmaker Julian Schnabel to give an interpretation of the collection, by presenting, in two of the museum’s historic rooms, a new scenography and a selection of works that have never previously been displayed together.

Article date: Friday, November 30, 2018

Photo of Vincent van Gogh, 13, is Actually His Brother

A photograph that was long thought to be of the 13-year-old Vincent van Gogh has now been proven to be a portrait of his brother Theo van Gogh, aged 15, the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam said on Thursday. Experts have reached this new conclusion on the basis of new, in-depth research conducted by the Van Gogh Museum and other experts as well as forensic examination, the museum said.

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