MALAGA.- Cannes, 8 February 1956. The photojournalist David Douglas Duncan stops his car in front of Villa La Californie, residence of one of the most famous artists of all time: Pablo Picasso. In his hand is a ring especially made for Picasso, who app…
New Photographic Work to Go on Show in Glasgow
GLASGOW.- A striking photographic work featuring handprints of famous poets and artists are on show in Glasgow. Handprint Posters by German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann comprises ten posters illustrating handprints of some of the most famous artists and …
China Blocks Well-Known Artist Ai Weiwei from Boarding Plane to Hong Kong
BEIJING (AP).- China blocked one of its most famous contemporary artists from taking a flight to Hong Kong on Sunday and police later raided his Beijing studio, the man’s assistant said. The artist, Ai Weiwei, is an outspoken government critic and has …
Selection of Old Master Prints Go on Show at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin
DUBLIN.- An exhibition of Old Master prints by many of the most famous artists ever to work with print-making is now open to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA). Works by Albrecht Dürer, Francisco de Goya, William Hogarth and Rembrandt…
Mozambican Artist Malangatana Ngwenya Dead at 74
LISBON, PORTUGAL (AP).- Malangatana Ngwenya (Mah-LANG-gah-tah-nah en-GWEN-yah), a Mozambican painter, poet and politician who became one of the African country’s most famous artists for his work drawing on the country’s rocky history, died Wednesday, a…
Van Gogh: The Adventure of Becoming an Artist Opens at Kyusyu National Museum
FUKUOKA.- The exhibition Van Gogh: The adventure of becoming an artist will opens in Japan, featuring masterworks from the Van Gogh Museum and Kröller-Müller Museum collections. The exhibition includes such highlights as The bedroom and The sower (Va…
Tamarind Art Gallery Mixed Media Works by Hindol Brahmbhatt
New
York, NY – India based artist
Hindol presents new large scale multimedia paintings depicting portraits
of
influential artists from times past. Hindol’s “painterly installations”
are incisive commentaries of perception a…
Works at Freer Gallery Showcase Nine Centuries of Artistic Tradition
WASHINGTON, DC.- Twenty-seven iconic works of Chinese painting from the Freer’s permanent collection will be on view June 12 – Nov. 28. “Masterpieces of Chinese Painting” offers an exquisite selection of rarely exhibited, light-sensitive works by …
Works at Freer Gallery Showcase Nine Centuries of Artistic Tradition
WASHINGTON, DC.- Twenty-seven iconic works of Chinese painting from the Freer’s permanent collection will be on view June 12 – Nov. 28. “Masterpieces of Chinese Painting” offers an exquisite selection of rarely exhibited, light-sensitive works by …