Art and Society – Page 19

Surfacing on the market: from Giacometti to Le Corbusier

February 13, 2018

The Art Newspaper - Diego and Alberto Giacometti dominated design sales during 2017. In Christie’s Paris sale of the fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy’s collection of designs by the brothers last March, a tab...

Huge neighbourhood of artists’ studios set for neglected part of London

Artery

February 13, 2018

Art and Society

The Art Newspaper - London’s V22 art collective is due to commence building a huge temporary neighbourhood containing affordable artists’ studios and exhibition space on the banks of the Thames in Silvertown, i...

A Snowstorm Paralyzed Paris, But Its Museums Look Lovely

Artery

February 13, 2018

Art and Society, museum watch, Museums, Trending

Hyperallergic - Earlier this week, Paris all but shut down after a storm dumped up to 20 centimeters (almost eight inches) of snow on the French capital Tuesday night. Though most museums remained open, the Ei...

Artforum still in ‘lockstep’ with disgraced former publisher

Artery

February 13, 2018

Art and Society, Art and the Law, Trending

The Art Newspaper - On Friday afternoon, Artforum released a statement after growing calls for advertisers and readers to boycott the magazine until Landesman is “fully removed” and the publication retracts its...

Outcry over Polish government’s changes to Second World War museum

Artery

December 30, 2017

Art and Society

The Art Newspaper - Five hundred Polish and foreign academics have signed an open letter criticising the administration of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk, Poland and describing the changes being m...

Erdogan replaces Ataturk’s cultural legacy with his own

Artery

December 30, 2017

Art and Society

The Art Newspaper - The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, unveiled plans for a new opera house and cultural complex on Taksim Square in central Istanbul in November, which will entirely replace the Atatu...

How the new US tax law affects the art world

Artery

December 30, 2017

Art and Society

The Art Newspaper - On 22 December, US President Donald Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a Republican victory that drew criticism from many for favouring corporations and wealthy individuals a...

Why the Getty Center’s Art Stayed Put as Fires Raged Nearby

Artery

December 16, 2017

Art and Society, Museum News, Museums

The New York Times - Visitors come to the Getty Center in Los Angeles to see Vincent van Gogh’s irises and other great works. What they don’t see is the reason that these masterpieces could stay put while thous...

Why Exercise Makes You More Creative

Artery

November 29, 2017

Art and Society

Artsy - “Sit as little as possible.” The advice, offered by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche over a century ago, sounds like it could have been cribbed from the Health section of the New York Times. He conti...

Thief walks out of Paris gallery with Botero’s Maternity statue

Artery

November 29, 2017

Art and Society

The Art Newspaper - A bronze Fernando Botero sculpture, estimated to be worth €425,000, was stolen from Galerie Bartoux in an upmarket district of Paris earlier this month in broad daylight. Gallery staff beca...