A portrait of Fatima, a Yemeni mother of nine children, fully veiled in a Hijab as she flings a fishing net into the waters below, has earned the Argentinian photojournalist Pablo Tosco first prize in the contemporary issues category of the World Press Photo Awards, which were announced today. The image was taken on 12…
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When a news photographer shoots multiple rolls of film, or fills up a handful of SD cards, how is the photograph that will be used on the front page chosen and why? What does the image say about the person or society doing the choosing? For Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, an associate professor at Harvard University…
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Re-emerging as a force in Chelsea after a two-year, $20m renovation, the Dia Art Foundation’s space there will reopen on Friday (16 April) with a renewed purpose: to champion under-recognised artists and to serve as an information hub for all 11 of Dia’s long-term art sites. The foundation’s Chelsea renovation unites its three contiguous buildings…
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Archaeologists in Egypt have found what they believe is the famed 3,000-year-old “lost golden city of Luxor”. The ancient site is also being called the “Egyptian Pompeii” because of its remarkable preservation, and has been cited by Egyptologysts as the most significant discovery since the unearthing of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922. Excavations began in…
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The High Museum of Art in Atlanta today announced a gift of 47 paintings, drawings and sculptures by folk and self-taught Southern artists from a local collecting couple, Harvie and Charles (Chuck) Abney. The donation includes 17 works by the African American artist Nellie Mae Rowe (1900-82), known for vivid colourful drawings brimming with human…
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Pablo Picasso’s 1932 Femme assise près d’une fenêtre (Marie-Thérèse) (Woman Sitting Near a Window), a portrait of his teenage lover and “golden muse” from a critical point in his career, will be featured in Christie’s newly rebranded 20th Century Art Evening Sale in New York on 11 May, with an estimate of $55m. “1932 was…
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Amid months-long shutdowns across the country beginning in mid-March in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which resulted in a 70%-80% drop in attendance for most US institutions, two museums fared relatively better. The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California, ranked fourth among US museums, attracting 547,500 visitors as a result…
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The World Monuments Fund (WMF) reports that it has made strides in rehabilitating historic sites in the Yemeni city of Taiz, devastated by a war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people across the country in a mammoth humanitarian crisis. In March, local restorers overseen by the organisation completed work on an emergency stabilisation…
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The traditional recipe for an exhibition includes some art and one or two curators to select and organise the display of it. But for the past ten years the rise of social media has made it easier for museums to involve the public in various projects, which has been particularly popular in France. One of…
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India Art Fair (IAF) in Delhi, South Asia’s largest commercial art event, has chosen Jaya Asokan as its new director. She will replace Jagdip Jagpal, who has led the fair since 2017. Asokan previously served as IAF’s deputy director and director of exhibitor relations. Prior to that she worked as senior manager, client relations at…
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