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Judy Baca Denies Allegations Over $5 M. ‘Great Wall’ Grant

02/26/2026

Artist Judy Baca is pushing back against allegations from former employees who claim she improperly benefited from a $5 million grant tied to the expansion of her landmark mural, The Great Wall of Los Angeles, according to a report in …

Метки : фрескагрантобвиненияобщественное искусстволос-анджелесjudy baca

Rome Fresco Altered After Complaints Over Giorgia Meloni Likeness

02/09/2026

The face of an angel who appeared to resemble Italy’s right-wing prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has been removed from a fresco in a Rome church after complaints from Vatican officials. The image appeared in a chapel of the Basilica of …

Метки : искусствополитический скандалиталияджорджия мелониватиканфреска

Painter Behind Viral ‘Beast Jesus' Paintnig Restoration Dies at 94

12/30/2025

Cecilia Giménez Zueco, the amateur Spanish painter who butchered an attempt to restore a small-town fresco and became a global phenomenon because of it, has died at 94. Giménez, a lifelong resident of Borja in the province of Zaragoza, vaulted …

Метки : искусствореставрацияхудожник#культурафресказнаменитость

A Drawing Said to Be by Michelangelo Will Go to Auction

11/25/2025

A five-inch-tall red chalk drawing of a foot, said to be by Michelangelo (1475–1564), will be offered for sale at Christie’s auction house in New York in February. Christie’s estimates the work to sell between $1.5 million and $2 million. …

Метки : микеланджелоискусствоаукционредкостьфрескасикстинская капелла

California Academy of Studio Arts to Open on Former SFAI Campus

06/06/2025

California Academy of Studio Arts to Open on Former SFAI Campus California Academy of Studio Arts, a new experimental educational institution in the vein of the renowned Black Mountain College, is set to open on the historic campus that was …

Метки : искусствообразованиеинновации#творчествофрескасообщество

Frescoes Depicting a Mysterious Ritual Discovered at Pompeii

02/28/2025

A massive bacchanalian frieze spanning three walls has been discovered in a banquet hall in the ancient Roman city Pompeii, the archaeological park announced in a press release. The frescoes depict a procession of bacchantes, female followers of the wine …

Метки : помпеидревние римискусствоархеологиядионисфреска

Rikers Island Gets Dindga McCannon Mural

04/20/2024

NYC Health + Hospitals officials on April 17 unveiled a new mural by Dindga McCannon at Rikers Island, the 413-acre East River isle housing New York City’s largest prison. TitledTowards a Brighter Tomorrow!, 2024, the vibrantly hued work graces the …

Метки : остров райкерсфрескадиндги маккэнноннью-йоркское здравоохранениебольницы

San Francisco Art Institute, Diego Rivera Mural Sold

03/05/2024

A new nonprofitformedby a group of wealthy philanthropists and arts patrons has purchased the historic San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) and the landmarked 1931 Diego Rivera mural contained within. Led by Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple cofounder Steve …

Метки : институт_искусствсан-францискофрескадиего_риверановая_организацияфилантропы

Previously Unknown CÉzanne Mural Discovered in Artist’s Childhood Home

02/23/2024

A never-before-seen work thought to be by renowned French Impressionist Paul Cézanne was discovered in his childhood home in Aix-en-Provence, theArt Newspaperreports. The roughly sixty-four-square-foot mural was uncovered last August from beneath layers of plaster and wallpaper in the main …

Метки : фрескасезаннимпрессионистдом детстваэкс-ан-провансоткрытиеискусствохудож