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ART & DESIGN
UK New Artist Competition Announces Shortlisted Artists for Award
The UK New Artist Competition attracts entries from across the United Kingdom every year. There is high expectation and anxiety about who will win this year’s art contest from the 10 shortlisted artists.
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Five Brazilian Art Galleries Bring Attention to Brazilian Artists at Art Basel
Five Brazilian art galleries are presenting artworks by emerging and famous Brazilian artists at Art Basel as part of an effort to bring attention to the flushing art scene in Brazil.
ART & DESIGN
Art Galleries Lure Collectors to Art Basel With Exceptional Artworks
With paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and other exceptional works by emerging and famous artists, art galleries lure collectors to Art Basel to increase art sales as in-person art fairs season continues.
ART & DESIGN
Grazer Kunstverein Appoints Tom Engels New Artistic Director
Tom Engels appointed Artistic Director of the Grazer Kunstverein. He was selected by a jury of seasoned art professionals for his curatorial visions, innovations, and forward-looking art ideas.
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Eric Bradley Joins WorthPoint as Vice President to Propel Continued Growth
Eric Bradley joins WorthPoint as Vice President, bringing an extensive background in antiques, collectibles, content development, and communications that will propel the company’s growth.
ART & DESIGN
Celebrating New York City Through Photographs and Artworks at The Armory Show
Bruce Silverstein Gallery is celebrating New York City at this year’s Armory Show with an installation featuring photographs, prints and paintings by famous artists with deep connections to New York City.
ART & DESIGN
Naomi Beckwith Becomes Guggenheim First Black Deputy Director and Chief Curator
Guggenheim Museum appoints Naomi Beckwith Deputy Director and Chief Curator, making her the first black person to occupy these positions.
ART AUCTION
Keith Haring Tops Bonhams New York Sale With ‘Untitled’
Keith Haring pop art made an auction record at the Bonhams Post-War & Contemporary Art sale in New York selling above estimates
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Cancer and Art: Touching Accounts of Okwui Enwezor’s Slog
Rags Media Collective based in Delhi tells the touching story of their relationship with Okwui Enwezor as he struggled with cancer
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Coco Fusco: ‘Okwui showed everyone how art could speak eloquently’
Coco Fusco salutes in A Room of One’s Own: Women and Power in the New America, 2006. Image: Artist Okwui Enwezor was not just an outstanding curator, he was also Full Article »
ARTCENTRON CELEBRATED
Okwui Enwezor Remembered by Friends and Colleagues
Okwui Enwezor remembered by artists, friends, and colleagues who pay glowing tribute to the renowned curator who died at 55.
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KAWS ‘The KAWS Album’ Sold for $14.7 Million at Sotheby’s
A painting by KAWS titled The KAWS Album featuring parody of the Simpsons, a popular television show sold by at Sotheby’s Hong Kong for $14.7 million dollars The KAWS Album Full Article »
ART NEWS
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Acquires KAWS Monumental Sculpture
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has acquired KAWS Clean Slate, a monumental bronze sculpture standing at 21 feet tall.
ART NEWS
Studio Museum in Harlem Raises $3.9 Million at Gala
Carol Sutton Lewis, Dr. Amelia Ogunlesi, Kathryn C. Chenault, and Jacqueline L. Bradley were some of the special guests at The Studio Museum Gala 2018. Photo: Liz Ligon ART NEWS: Full Article »
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Sapporo International Art Festival Appoints Curatorial Directors
Taro Amano and Agnieszka Kubicka-Dzieduszycka curatorial directors for Sapporo International Art Festival 2020. (SIAF2020). Photos: Shingo Kanagawa and Zbigniew Kupisz ART NEWS: Taro Amano and Agnieszka Kubicka-Dzieduszycka will serve as Curatorial Full Article »
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Top 30 Facebook Watercolor Groups for Watercolorists
Many watercolorists are turning to Facebook Watercolor Groups to improve their skills by sharing watercolor paintings and discussing tips and techniques. Here are the top 30 Facebook groups for watercolor artists.
ART & DESIGN
Expo Chicago Curatorial Forum Tackles Art for the Senses
Mid-career and established Curators at the 2016 Expo Chicago Curatorial Forum attentively listen to a presentation at the Graham Foundation. ART NEWS: Art lovers should pay particular attention to this year’s Full Article »
ART NEWS
Adolf Loos Castigated in Shonibare’s ‘Criminal Ornamentation’
An oil on canvas abstract painting titled Ecclesia, by Bridget Riley is one of the works in Criminal Ornamentation an exhibition curated by Yinka Shonibare that criticises Adolf Loos at the Arts Full Article »
ART NEWS
New Museum IdeasCity Initiative Appoints V. Mitch McEwen As Curator
V. Mitch McEwen: The newly appointed curator of the New Museum IdeasCity initiative. Photo: A(n)other Lab, Princeton SOA ART NEWS V. Mitch McEwen, the newly appointed Curator of New Museum Full Article »
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James Taylor and Laura Willis Win National Work on Paper Prize
Detail of The Forgotten Wars, a collaborative work by photographer James Taylor and artist Laura Willis that won the National Work on Paper Prize. Image: MPRG ART NEWS Indigenous photographer Full Article »
