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Huge new ‘Oracle’ greets Rockefeller Center visitors in New York

May 8, 2021 4:20:09 pm

The seated figure is part of the Harlem-based artist's Chimera series of sculptures that combine African masks and European figures to explore mythologies of those cultures

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Ordering takeout? Try a live concert at home

May 8, 2021 1:25:18 pm

With concert venues largely shuttered over the past year, San Francisco-based concert promoter KC Turner and musician friend Megan Slankard came up with a way to bring live music directly to fans in their driveways or backyards

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Ahead of re-opening, London’s V&A museum unveils new Raphael gallery

May 7, 2021 10:30:24 pm

The V&A, named after Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert, will re-open its doors to the public on May 19 in the next phase of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's roadmap out of lockdown

Disciple: Chaitanya Tamhane’s luminous film asks if artistic greatness is purpose or pursuit

May 7, 2021 9:18:39 pm

If Disciple feels more personal than most, it is because its preoccupations are more noble than what it appears. The question at the heart of this artistic expedition is not the need to achieve greatness but the reason for doing so

Art attack: Israeli ex-sniper blasts paint in mental health message

May 7, 2021 5:04:14 pm

Former Israeli army sniper David Roytman has turned his hand to action painting, using guns and live-fire ranges instead of brushes and studios to blast colours onto canvases.

Days after sitar maestro Debu Chaudhuri’s demise, son Prateek Chaudhuri dies at 49

May 7, 2021 1:18:09 pm

According to music historian Pavan Jha, Prateek Chaudhuri, 49, was admitted to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital here and breathed his last on Thursday.

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British street artist destroys own mural to create crypto-artwork

May 7, 2021 11:15:26 am

NFT stands for non-fungible token, a type of digital asset verified using blockchain technology. NFTs are increasingly popular in the art world because they make a file unique by allowing it to be permanently authenticated, regardless of copies

Comic strip artists band together for a silly and good cause on ‘No Pants Day’

May 6, 2021 11:20:20 pm

More than 25 cartoonists are celebrating the quirky holiday to help charities get clothing to those in need.

Sotheby’s to accept bitcoin, ethereum for Banksy auction

May 6, 2021 3:30:40 pm

Digital artwork by American artist Mike Winkelmann, who is better known as Beeple, sold for nearly $70 million at Christie's in March, in the first-ever sale by a major auction house of a piece of art that does not exist in physical form

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Lithuanian artist uses homophobic messages to raise money for LGBT causes

May 1, 2021 10:30:24 pm

"My goal was to monetise the hate speech," said Malisauskas. "Now everyone who wrote the hateful messages to LGBT people has contributed money towards LGBT causes."

Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel gets seat at Washington National Cathedral

May 1, 2021 10:20:39 am

Wiesel, who died in 2016, was the author of 57 books including “Night,” which is based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps

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Meet the Frogmouth, Instagram’s most photogenic bird

April 30, 2021 9:40:00 pm

The study, released last week, examined more than 27,000 photos of birds across nine Instagram accounts with a combined following of nearly 3.5 million users. It was all in the service, the researchers said, of answering one simple question: “What makes a great bird photo?”

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Contemporary art show a shot of optimism for artistic community in Kerala

April 26, 2021 10:30:37 pm

The nearly two-and-a-half-month-long event is spread across five heritage venues in Alappuzha -- The Kerala State Coir Corporation, New Model Society Building, Port Museum, Eastern Produce Company Ltd and William Goodacre & Sons Pvt Ltd and one in Ernakulam, The Durbar Hall Art Gallery

Belgian artist’s ‘portable oasis’ creates COVID-free bubble for one

April 20, 2021 10:30:47 pm

Onlookers in Brussels appeared amused and confused by the man wandering between the shops - mostly closed due to COVID-19 restrictions - encased in a pod of thyme, rosemary, and lavender plants.

Rejected Broadway posters on sale to help theater community

April 20, 2021 1:10:26 pm

One highlight is an alternative poster for “The Lion King.” Disney, of course, went for Frank Verlizzo’s stark animal mane stamp that has become iconic. But now people can mount an unpublished design of his which uses paw prints from King Mufasa and newborn Simba to illustrate both the past and the future.

Sale of Chinese painting shows art value rising in pandemic

April 19, 2021 10:30:08 pm

The Slave and Lion painting is considered a groundbreaking work that inspired Xu Beihong's later paintings and one of the most important oil paintings in Chinese art history.

Argentine artist channels ‘hand of God’ with Maradona portraits

April 16, 2021 10:30:18 pm

Bagnasco, 39, has been using his phone to copy photographs of Maradona, who has cult-like status in Argentina, where he was nicknamed 'D10S,' a play on the Spanish word for 'God' that incorporates the number '10' shirt he wore as a player

A Teacher: Hannah Fidell’s show is a necessary addition to the MeToo narrative

April 16, 2021 6:20:35 pm

With A Teacher, Hannah Fidell (creator and director) is dissecting themes she had first explored in her 2013 film of the same name: grooming, unequal power dynamics, and abuse

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Kerala-based organisation to launch India’s first Heritage Olympiad

April 16, 2021 3:30:32 pm

The Olympiad has been conceived with an aim to integrate heritage education in schools and make it more accessible to a younger audience

Sotheby’s sale of digital-only artwork fetches $16.8 million

April 15, 2021 10:30:54 pm

Last month, an NFT artwork sold for $69.3 million at Christie’s, in the first sale ever by a major auction house of a piece of art that does not exist in physical form

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Artist gives nature a ‘cosmic’ twist in big NY garden show

April 14, 2021 10:30:17 pm

Most of the artworks are outdoors and are big enough to enjoy while remaining socially distanced. Visitors will want to wear their walking shoes; the show features multiple galleries, installations and gardens. Elaborate flower displays complement some of the works, which are scattered over the 250-acre botanical garden in the Bronx

A clash of wills keeps a Leonardo masterpiece hidden

April 12, 2021 10:50:59 am

The Louvre was so eager to include “Salvator Mundi” in its anniversary exhibition that the curators planned to use an image of the painting for the front of its catalog, officials said

From stage to canvas: K-pop stars prepare for London art exhibition

April 11, 2021 3:15:02 pm

Mainly known for their music, the WINNER bandmates will showcase their art, alongside fellow K-pop singer Henry Lau, at the START Art Fair, held at the Saatchi Gallery and coinciding with the famed Frieze Art Week.

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In 2020, I missed the joy of performing before a live audience: Danish Husain

April 10, 2021 5:50:24 pm

"While physical theatre allows us to raise the level of performance through the use of high-quality production aspects like stage, lightning, instruments, etc., the digital mode suffers in this aspect. With laptops, handheld cameras, and makeshift props at home, one can raise the bar only so much."