Art and Society – Page 5

Van Gogh paintings snatched by mafia back in Amsterdam after 14 years

March 22, 2017

DW - Two works by Dutch post-Impressionist Vincent Van Gogh have been returned to the Netherlands after they were grabbed in a mafia heist 14 years ago. The two paintings were unveiled on Tuesday at the Van Gog...

Man charged with vandalising painting by Gainsborough at National Gallery

Artery

March 22, 2017

Art and Society, Art and the Law

The Art Newspaper -The man charged with vandalising Thomas Gainsborough’s The Morning Walk (1785) is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today. On Saturday (18 March), just after 2pm, Keith Gregory,...

David Rockefeller, banker, philanthropist and lifetime MoMA patron, dies at age 101

Artery

March 22, 2017

Art and Society

The Art Newspaper -David Rockefeller, the New York banker, philanthropist and art collector, died at his home in the Pocantico Hills in upstate New York on Monday, aged 101. As well as the long-time chairman an...

Asia’s new rich help cushion global market’s fall, economist Clare McAndrew reports

Artery

March 22, 2017

Art and Society, Art Market

The Art Newspaper- - Total sales in the global art market shrank by 11% in 2016 to $57bn, a more than $10bn fall from an all-time high of $68bn in 2014 – this is the headline finding of a report by the economi...

Queer artists revisit Berlin-Istanbul relations

Artery

March 16, 2017

Art and Society

DW - The exhibition, subtitled "Queer forms migrate," demonstrates how Germany helped shape the Turkish LGBTIQ* community, directly or remotely. Most of the participating artists were born in Turkey but lat...

Bombastic, brand-name architecture is transforming the L.A. Arts District

Artery

March 15, 2017

Architecture, Art and Society

The Architects Newspaper - Los Angeles’s Arts District neighborhood is seeing a rapid influx of large-scale, developer-driven mixed-use projects, which are poised to upend the enclave’s status as an affordable,...

Will Documenta have an impact on Athens’ art scene?

Artery

March 15, 2017

Art and Society

DW - It's a sensation. The Documenta will be held outside of Kassel for the first time since it first started in 1955. Held every five years, one of the world's most important contemporary art exhibitions will ...

Is Art an Object of Passion or an Asset Like Any Other?

Artery

March 9, 2017

Art and Society

Artsy - As the global ultra-rich snap up trophy artworks and build collections scattered around many homes and storage facilities, art services are becoming an increasingly important part of wealth professional...

Artists show support for imprisoned German journalist Deniz Yücel

Artery

February 28, 2017

Art and Society

DW -PEN Germany has called for the immediate release of the imprisoned "Die Welt" correspondent on Tuesday, after a Turkish court ordered Deniz Yücel to be kept in detention while awaiting trial. Yücel had alre...

Sale of Klimt portrait to go ahead at Sotheby’s

Artery

February 28, 2017

Art and Society

The Art Newspaper - Questions raised over the provenance of a small portrait by Gustav Klimt have now been resolved, according to a spokeswoman for the auction house. Girl in the Foliage (Mädchen im Grünen) is ...