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In a First, Hong Kong Selects Two Artists to Go to the Venice Biennale

12/16/2025

Hong Kong has typically sent a single artist to represent the special administrative region at the Venice Biennale, but in 2026, artists Angel Hui and Kingsley Ng, both Hong Kong natives who live in the city, will jointly take up …

Метки : искусствогонконгвенециябиенналевыставка

“Little Foot” Fossil May Be a Formerly Unknown Species of Hominim

12/16/2025

As reported by the Guardian on December 14, one of the world’s most famous hominin fossils may be a previously unidentified species of human ancestor. Nicknamed “Little Foot,” the skeleton was discovered between 1994 and 1998 in the Sterkfontein cave …

Метки : наукаископаемыеантропологияавстралопитекиоткрытиячеловеческая эволюция

Louvre Temporarily Closes as Employees Protest Working Conditions

12/16/2025

Louvre Temporarily Closes as Employees Protest Working Conditions TheLouvreclosed its doors to visitors on Monday, December 15, as staffersstruckin protest of what they have characterized as intolerable working conditions at theParisinstitution. TheNew York Timesreports that about four hundred of the …

Метки : луврпротестусловия трудаискусствофранциязабастовка

Ceal Floyer, Understated Conceptualist, Dead at 57

12/16/2025

Ceal Floyer, Understated Conceptualist, Dead at 57 Pakistani-born British Conceptual artistCeal Floyer, known for her discreetly comedic conceptual performances and films and for her works composed of slightly altered mundane objects, died on December 11. Her death after a “long …

Метки : искусствоконцептуализмбеларусьхудожницаперформанссмерть

Somerset’s Unlikely Contemporary Art Scene is a Welcome Departure from the UK’s London-Centric Thinking

12/16/2025

Knocking back fine wine, fermented potato brioche, and smoked eel in a Michelin-starred restaurant is not a traditional West Country endeavor. Nor is wandering around a mega-gallery. But I was recently at Hauser & Wirth Somerset in Bruton with a …

Метки : искусство#культурабрутонсомерсетвыставкихудожники

Louvre Closed as Workers Begin Strike, In Latest Blow to French Museum

12/16/2025

The Louvre Museum in Paris was forced to close on Monday after hundreds of employees went on strike to protest “increasingly deteriorated working conditions.” Around 400 of the museum’s 2,100 staffers participated in the strike, blocking the museum’s iconic pyramid …

Метки : луврзабастовкаусловия трудапрофессиибезопасностьискусство

Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem Reopens

12/16/2025

Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem, which closed following the October 7 attacks on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza, has reopened as a “cultural platform that carries the narrative of Palestine.” The British street artist opened the guesthouse …

Метки : banksyвифлеемпалестинская культураискусствопротестобщество

Bianca Censori Dips Her Toes Into Furniture Design and Performance Art

12/16/2025

However legitimate her background in architecture and jewelry design may be, Bianca Censori is first and foremost known for her distinctive, revealing fashion choices and for being Ye’s—né Kanye West’s—wife and muse. On December 12 and 13, Censori debuted BIO …

Метки : перформансбьянка ченсориискусствомодаархитектура#культура

Trump Says DC Triumphal Arch Project Is His Domestic Policy Chief’s Top Priority

12/16/2025

Amid a steep rise in health-insurance premiums and persistent concerns over affordability, President Donald Trump has clarified the top priority of his domestic policy chief: the construction of a triumphal arch in Washington, D.C. While speaking at a White House …

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Martin Parr, Documentarian of Modern Life, Dies at 73

12/16/2025

Martin Parr, Documentarian of Modern Life, Dies at 73 British photographerMartin Parr, known for his wry and incisive documentation of England’s social class structure, died on December 6 at his home in Bristol, England. He was seventy-three. Parr earlier this …

Метки : фотографиядокументалистикаобщество#культураискусствоновости

Whitney Biennial Announces Artists for 2026 Edition

12/16/2025

Whitney Biennial Announces Artists for 2026 Edition TheWhitney Museum of American Art, New York, has revealed the fifty-six artists and collectives slated to participate in the Eighty-SecondWhitney Biennial, opening March 8, 2026. This year’s iteration of the Biennial is curated …

Метки : искусствовыставкауитни бьенналехудожникинью-йорксовременное искусство

The Most Discussed Art Heists of 2025

12/15/2025

While the Louvre heist in October captured global attention, 2025 was seemingly a record year for art theft. Close to a dozen museums and institutions—from Brazil to France—were targeted, with hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of artworks and artifacts …

Метки : кражи искусствалуврбезопасность музеевкультурное наследиевосстановление украденногопреступность

The National Museum of Asian Art Returns Three Sculptures to Cambodia

12/15/2025

On December 11, the National Museum of Asian Art, an art museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., announced it was returning three Khmer period sculptures in its collection to the Kingdom of Cambodia. The return was made after …

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Benin City's Flourishing Art Scene Is Gaining International Attention

12/15/2025

“Every square meter in Benin City has an artist,” Victor Ehikhamenor said with a laugh. He was talking about the capital of Edo, the Nigerian State, which is famed as a historical, cultural and artistic heritage center. “Every family” in …

Метки : искусствобенин-ситифестиваль#культура#творчествоэйхикаменор