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Ren Hang: Death of China’s hotshot erotic photographer

February 28, 2017

BBC - Known for his provocative pictures and poetry, Ren's often explicit work had been exhibited in galleries all over the world. He shot for major fashion brands and magazines such as Gucci and GQ China. D...

More than science fiction: society’s deepest fears and hopes in film

Artery

February 21, 2017

Film, Trending

DW -"For a storyteller, a perfect future is the most boring thing one could imagine," says Reiner Rother, director of the Berliner Kinemathek. That's why the films shown at the Berlinale retrospective portray d...

German museum discovers it’s had a Rembrandt for nearly 250 years

Artery

February 21, 2017

Museums, Trending

DW - The drawing of a dog has been in the German museum's collection since 1770, but only now have experts discovered that Dutch master Rembrandt created the artwork. It's now slated to go on show. The Herzo...

First French art prize for female artists awarded

Artery

February 21, 2017

Artists, Trending

The Art Newspaper - France's culture ministry has lent support to a women's contemporary art prize launched by AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions), founded by Camille Morineau, the new d...

KLIMT LANDSCAPE, ESTIMATED AT OVER $45 M., WILL LEAD SOTHEBY’S IMP-MOD SALE IN LONDON

Artery

February 15, 2017

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ART NEWS - On Wednesday, Bloomberg’s Katya Kazakina revealed that Oprah Winfrey had parted with Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912) for $150 million, in a private deal brokered by Larry Gagosian tha...

Controversial Assassination Picture Wins 2017 World Press Photo Award

Artery

February 15, 2017

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Hyperallergic - Turkish AP photographer Burhan Ozbilici’s shocking photograph of Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, a 22-year-old off-duty police officer, standing over the dead body of Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey ...

Gerhard Richter, savior of contemporary painting, turns 85

Artery

February 14, 2017

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DW - From photo-like paintings to out-of-focus works, he is consistently inconsistent and beyond his time. Gerhard Richter, at 85, claims to have to system - but has become one of the world's most expensive art...

Images of Gauguin in Tahiti discovered in photo album

Artery

February 7, 2017

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The Art Newspaper - The only known photographs of Gauguin in Polynesia have been discovered in an album recently acquired by a Munich-based dealer. The album includes an image of a young Tahitian woman being ki...

57th Venice Biennale Releases List of 120 Participating Artists

Artery

February 7, 2017

Film, Trending

Art Forum - Opening on May 13, the 2017 Venice Biennale has revealed the list of one hundred and twenty artists participating in the international exhibition curated by Christine Macel, “Viva Arte Viva.” Fifty-...

Louvre attack: French soldier shoots machete-wielding man

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February 3, 2017

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BBC - The man, who tried to gain entry to the Louvre's shopping centre, was shot in the abdomen and seriously injured. President Francois Hollande said the situation was under control but the "threat of terro...