Archive for May 2020
Tate Britain forgoes 2020 Turner Prize to support 10 artists with £10k bursaries
Tate Britain announced today that the 2020 edition of the Turner Prize has been called off, like so many things this year, due to COVID-19. Though the Prize, which offers […]
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre faces potential closure
It goes without saying that not all beloved businesses and locales will still be open once we get back into the world at large. Small restaurants are shuttering up, galleries […]
Art World Roundup: from the design behind Italian domes to penguins in a museum
In this week’s Art World Roundup, we cover some of the stories you might have missed including Dalí’s paternity test results, a pricey pair of Air Jordans, new AR art […]
Researchers get to the bottom of why The Scream is fading
The Scream, Edvard Munch’s iconic 1910 painting, really has something to shout about now. Researchers have found that moisture from the breath of visitors is facilitating the degradation of the […]
Five textile artists you should know
While textiles, as a technology has been around for tens of thousands of years, textile arts have experienced a resurgence of interest in the last century. Long-associated with craft, textile […]
Boston MFA and Mass. Attorney General reach agreement on $500,000 diversity and inclusion fund
A year ago, disparaging comments were made to a group middle-school aged, minority students while on a field trip to the Museum of Fine Art (MFA) in Boston. In the […]
Art World Roundup: looking at Air Jordans, ahead to next year’s Venice Biennale, and incredibly close at The Night Watch
In this week’s edition of Art World Roundup, we cover a major sale from Gagosian Galleries at New York’s online Frieze art fair, a pair of Air Jordan’s up for […]
