Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Bonhams call off Russian art auctions in response to war in Ukraine

“Sotheby’s will not be holding Russian art sales in June,” a spokesperson for the auction house says in a statement. “Our hearts and thoughts go out to all those affected by the Ukraine crisis and we are actively supporting those impacted by the tragic ( Read more... )

 
A Spanish Art Professor and Her Students Staged a Silent Protest at the Picasso Museum to Raise Awareness of the Artist’s Treatment of Women

The group showed up with custom t-shirts calling out Picasso’s behavior.

The group arrived on May 27 at the Barcelona institution with black-and-white t-shirts that read “Picasso, women abuser” and “Picasso, ( Read more... )

 The Brooklyn Museum продает своего единственного Кранаха (Лукрецию) и еще 11 произведений на аукционе Christie's. Поиздержались.

За Кранаха предполагается выручить $1.8 миллиона.

А Поллок  должен принести от 12 до 18 миллионов (to support minority artists).
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A New York Museum Is Selling Its Only Jackson Pollock Painting at Christie’s to Fund Acquisitions of Work by Women and Artists of Color

The Everson Museum, which focuses on American art, is the latest institution to resort to deaccessioning in an effort to diversify its collection. Last year, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art sold a Mark ( Read more... )

Caricature The Contrast by Thomas Rowlandson:
showing a contrast of "British Liberty" vs. "French Liberty"


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Three Museums Have Cancelled Planned Jon Rafman Exhibitions Following Allegations of Sexual Misconduct
The artist has also been dropped by his Montreal gallery.

Three museums around the world have cancelled exhibitions by Jon Rafman in response to complaints on social media of alleged sexual misconduct by the acclaimed Canadian digital-media artist ( Read more... )

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Queer|Art, a New York nonprofit dedicated to promoting the work of LGBTQ+ artists, has launched a new $10,000 grant specifically aimed at shining a light on the achievements of Black trans women as visual artists. 
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датируемый примерно 250-400 гг. н.э.

https://www.thelocal.it/20200528/ancient-roman-mosaic-floor-discovered-under-vineyard-in-italy

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-roman-mosaics-discovered-beneath-italian-vineyard-180974986/


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В Генте открылась самая большая за всю историю выставка Ван Эйка:

Van Eyck. An Optical Revolution
The largest Jan van Eyck exhibition ever
01.02.20-30.04.20

Те, кто хотел бы, но не сможет там побывать, могут утешиться на сайте,  где  All Painted Works and Miniatures by Jan van Eyck Accessible Online.
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