Art and Culture – Page 17

Discovery of Jewish Mosaics in Israel Bring Color to Biblical Accounts

July 24, 2018

Architecture, Art and Culture, Art History

Hyperallergic - At the ancient site of Huqoq, near the Sea of Galilee in modern Israel, a number of stunning mosaics depicting biblical, astrological, and historical narratives have been uncovered in a Jewish ...

How Women Filmmakers Were Bending Social Norms Since the Birth of Cinema

Artery

July 24, 2018

Art and Culture, Film

Hyperallergic - The standard narrative of women in early silent cinema is one of beautiful starlets in a Hollywood machine, which reduced them to a passenger’s seat. Now, a new series at BAMcinématek, Pioneers:...

The Czech Painter Often Credited with Inventing Pure Abstract Art

Artery

July 24, 2018

Art and Culture

Hyperallergic - František Kupka (aka Frank or François Kupka) has been routinely recognized more for his influence on Marcel Duchamp’s paintings than for his own. This is at long last expiring with his remarkab...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 4,000-year-old pottery studio

Artery

July 24, 2018

Architecture, Art and Culture, Trending

Artsy - It’s been a busy month for Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities, from speculation about the contents of a mysterious black granite sarcophagus—three skeletons and some “mummy juice,” it turned out—to the dis...

An ancient Persian artwork that was seized at a Manhattan art fair last year will be returned to Iran

Artery

July 24, 2018

Art and Culture, Trending

Artsy - Last October, three police officers and two prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office stormed into the classy confines of the European Fine Art Fair at the Park Avenue Armory on the Uppe...

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Christie’s reports record half year sales of £2.97bn

Artery

July 24, 2018

Art and Culture, Art Market, Trending

The Art Newspaper - Christie’s reports it has netted its highest ever half year sales total (in pounds not dollars), racking up £2.97bn — a 26% increase on last year. The previous high of £2.9bn was in 2015. Th...

What It Costs Galleries to Go to Art Basel

Artery

June 19, 2018

Art and Culture

Artsy - Basel, Switzerland, is not a cheap city, and the bill to attend Art Basel in Basel starts adding up quick. One dealer told me a last-minute suite at the Grand Hotel Trois Rois, which is usually an alrea...

Monte Albán, part of the ball court wall collapsed after the quake. Photo: Fidel Ugarte Liévana

World Monuments Fund gives $1m for post-quake restoration of Mexican archaeological site

Artery

June 19, 2018

Archeology, Art and Culture

The Art Newspaper - Efforts to restore the earthquake-damaged Pre-Columbian archaeological site of Monte Albán in southern Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley received a major boost last month with a $1m award from the Worl...

Glasgow’s Artists Mourn After Fire Rips Through City’s Creative Heart

Artery

June 19, 2018

Art and Culture

The New York Times - In the 1980s, Nathan Coley became transfixed by the Glasgow School of Art’s main building, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. - read more ...