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MFA Houston Announces Recent Acquisitions

07/10/2026

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has announced a group of new acquisitions, both gifts and purchases, across its curatorial departments. The artworks range from a 17th-century wall hanging depicting courtly life in India to recent animatronic sculptures by contemporary …

Метки : музейприобретениясовременное искусствосимволизмтекстильаниматроника

Harald Metzkes Dies: Postwar German Painter of ‘World Theater'

05/21/2026

Harald Metzkes, the so-called “Cézannist of Prenzlauer Berg” who made classically indebted and symbolically rich paintings following Germany’s surrender in World War II, died last Thursday in Brandenburg at the age of 97. His death was confirmed to the German …

Метки : искусствоживописьсимволизмвосточная германиявыставкинаследие

New Banksy Murals Look to Stars but Point to Problems On the Ground

12/23/2025

For the third time this year, Banksy has created a new work of street art. The new piece has been confirmed in the anonymous British artist’s customary fashion, with an Instagram post. The artwork shows two children lying on their …

Метки : бэнксиuличное искусствосимволизмбездомностьлондонсовременное искусство

Neanderthals May Have Created Ochre Tools for Drawing, New Study Finds

11/05/2025

A recent analysis of ochre fragments from several Neanderthal sites indicated that Neanderthals used ochre for drawing and marking surfaces. It has been long-believed that Neanderthals used the iron-rich pigment to adorn their bodies, clothing, and surfaces. Many ancient civilizations, …

Метки : неандертальцыохраискусствоархеологиясимволизмдревние цивилизации