Archive for December 2018
Let it snow: Banksy’s most recent mural
On December 19th, Banksy offered his own ‘Seasons greetings’ on his Instagram. The video begins with a picturesque mural of a child standing, arms outstretched, face tilted towards the sky […]
After a devastating fire, Brazil’s National Museum seeks to continue research
After a fire in September, Brazil’s National Museum in Rio de Janeiro was devastated. Priceless artefacts and ongoing research were completely lost as the massive blaze that engulfed everything. Of […]
Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery to use blockchain in new gallery app
Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery is Russia’s main art museum and is considered to have been first founded in 1856 when Pavel Tretyakov acquired two paintings by Russian artists. Tretyakov would go […]
Plans for a North Carolina museum to house a controversial Confederate monument rejected
The University of North Carolina’s (UNC) board of governors has rejected a December 3rd proposal for a $3.5 million museum on the university’s campus. UNC board of trustees from its […]
Finalists for the 2019 Prix du dessin, Fondation d’art contemporain Daniel and Florence Guerlain
Friedrich Kunath, Claire Morgan and Jérôme Zonder have just been named as the three finalists for the twelfth edition of the Prix du dessin, the drawing prize organized by Daniel […]
VMFA receives gift of artwork by Asher B. Durand making museum donation history
Tis the season for holiday giving, right? This year, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) received an extra special gift. In a December 13th press release, the museum announced […]
Roland Barthes goes to the movies
Bringing some of the major influences in the Humanities into the context of film criticism is the zeitgeist of the moment. As an example, in 2011 Patrice Maniglier and Dork […]
