LONDON (REUTERS).- Britain’s Royal Academy has made detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei an honorary member alongside Danish painter Per Kirkeby, the prestigious London art institution said on Wednesday. The title of Honorary Academician goes to artists n…
Women Make Sculpture: Sarah Lucas, Polly Morgan & More at Pangolin London
LONDON.- Why are women still marginalised by the art world? Does gender bring something different to the work itself or is it just politics? These are some of the key questions that form the foundations of the exhibition Women Make Sculpture at Pangol…
Halcyon Gallery Presents Pedro Paricio: Master Painters
LONDON.- Halcyon Gallery present Paricio’s first exhibition in London. Pedro Paricio: Master Painters is on view from May 12th through June 17th, 2011. Tipped by international critics and curators as a rising star, Spanish artist Pedro Paricio is …
Halcyon Gallery Presents Pedro Paricio: Master Painters
LONDON.- Halcyon Gallery present Paricio’s first exhibition in London. Pedro Paricio: Master Painters is on view from May 12th through June 17th, 2011. Tipped by international critics and curators as a rising star, Spanish artist Pedro Paricio is …
Exhibition of James Castle’s Isolated World Opens at Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid
MADRID.- Primitive, outsider, vernacular or visionary are some of the words used to define the complexity of James Castle (Idaho, 1900-1977). The artist spent his life in rural Idaho, inventing his own artistic technique while creating totemic assembla…
Decades-Long Dispute Over Ownership of Holy Text Archive Leads Russia To Nix Art Loans
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A decades-long dispute between Russia and an Orthodox Jewish group over ownership of holy texts collected for centuries by influential rabbis and seized by the Soviet Union has jolted the U.S. art world, threatening an end to major …
Wife Of Detained Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Finds Him Tense, Conflicted and in Good Health
BEIJING (AP).- Red-eyed and tense, the usually uninhibited and irreverent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei seemed a different man in custody as he sat for what his wife says was a brief, monitored meeting — his first contact with the outside world in 43 d…
Orthodox Jewish Library Seized by Russia Has Jolted US Museums
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A decades-long dispute between Russia and an Orthodox Jewish group over ownership of holy texts collected for centuries by influential rabbis and seized by the Soviet Union has jolted the U.S. art world, threatening an end to maj…
Decades-Long Dispute Over Ownership of Holy Text Archive Leads Russia To Nix Art Loans
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A decades-long dispute between Russia and an Orthodox Jewish group over ownership of holy texts collected for centuries by influential rabbis and seized by the Soviet Union has jolted the U.S. art world, threatening an end to major …
Wife Of Detained Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Finds Him Tense, Conflicted and in Good Health
BEIJING (AP).- Red-eyed and tense, the usually uninhibited and irreverent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei seemed a different man in custody as he sat for what his wife says was a brief, monitored meeting — his first contact with the outside world in 43 d…