The Hunt: The Search for Sappho’s Lost Poetry Awaits a New Chapter
Her name alone means many things. Ancient Greek poet Sappho, who Plato proclaimed the Tenth Muse, inspired the adjective for media around women loving women. She pioneered an eponymous meter favored by Horace, too. Although she is held in the same esteem as Homer, much less of Sappho’s work survives today. On the rare occasion […]
Kandinsky’s Roving Creative Journey Comes to Life in Amsterdam
“Form itself, even if completely abstract,” Wassily Kandinsky once said, “has its own inner sound.” By that measure, the new exhibition at the H’ART Museum must be a symphony. At “Kandinsky,” the Amsterdam institution, in partnership with the Centre Pompidou in Paris, has brought together 60 of the painter’s works to trace his creative journey […]
20 Years After Michael Majerus’s Tragic Death, the Pioneering Artist’s Laptop Has Been Restored. Surprises Abound
On November 6, 2002, when a Luxair plane crashed while attempting to land at Luxembourg Airport, 20 passengers were killed. Among them was the Luxembourgish artist Michel Majerus, who at 35 had already won international acclaim for playful and incisive paintings that borrow from advertising, video games, record covers, art history, and a vast array […]
New Jersey Lawmakers Cut Funding for Centre Pompidou Outpost
Lawmakers in New Jersey have cut funding for the outpost of Paris’s Centre Pompidou, after concerns were raised that the project was not financially viable, leaving the future uncertain for the first North American location of the famed museum. “While the door on this particular project has now been closed, we are eager to explore […]
More Than $8 Billion Worth of Cultural Projects Were Built in 2023, Despite Economic Challenges
The findings of the 2023 Cultural Infrastructure Index, which breaks down global investment in cultural projects, will likely surprise no one as they reflect the mixed picture of the broader economic outlook. So, while there are many more new projects that have been completed or that lie ahead, spending on newly announced projects is lower, […]
‘It Defames Me’: Brauer Museum Founding Director Blasts Valparaiso University’s Ongoing Deaccessioning Plan
Controversy continues over the potential sale of three valuable paintings from the Brauer Museum of Art at Indiana’s Valparaiso University. Richard Brauer, the museum’s namesake and founding director, is speaking out against the university’s petition to sell three valuable paintings from its collection, arguing that it defames him by inaccurately arguing that the museum bought […]
As Seen on ‘What We Do in the Shadows’: A Vampire’s Centuries-Old Portrait
Hulu’s comedy series What We Do in the Shadows follows the 760-year-old vampire Nandor the Relentless (played by Kayvan Novak), once a general of the Ottoman Empire, now residing in Staten Island. With his roommates—all fellow vampires—Nandor embarks on misadventures in the modern world, best depicted in season one when he leads his compatriots on […]
Wet Paint in the Wild: Artist Alexandra Metcalf Gallery-Hops Her Way Through London
Welcome to Wet Paint in the Wild, the freewheeling—and free!—spinoff of Artnet News Pro’s beloved Wet Paint gossip column, where we give art-world insiders a disposable camera to chronicle their lives on the circuit. To read the latest Wet Paint column, click here (members only). As I wrote in my column last week, London seems […]
Ancient Stingray Sculpture Proposes New Timeline of Human Artistic Expression
Researchers have identified what they believe is an ancient sand sculpture of a stingray, challenging the established timeline of human artistic expression, according to a new study published in the Rock Art Research journal. References: this article is based on content originally published by Francesca Aton on ARTnew. You can read the full article here. […]