World news about “Contemporary art” published by euronews.
Art Basel opens for 2013 Basel’s world famous art fair throws opens its doors again this year. It features works from over three hundred top galleries spanning art, sculpture… 13/06/2013
Venice Biennale – more than a century of history The 55th Biennale Di Venezia, otherwise known as the “Olympics of Contemporary Art”, is a chance for some 88 countries to showcase the latest artistic trends… 03/06/2013
Holocaust and McDonald’s influence Chapman brothers exhibition ‘The Sum of All Evil’ is the catchy title of the Chapman brothers’ new exhibition in Hong Kong. Despite the wealth of mass graves, genocidal motifs and… 31/05/2013
China China in Ukraine As part of the China China exhibition in Kiev, Ukraine, Sun Yuan and Peng Yu are showing their performance installation Seeing Is Not An Option, which… 21/05/2013
Balloons illuminate Hadrian’s Wall near NewcastleConnecting Light, an art installation designed by New York artist Zachary Lieberman and collective YesYesNo, illuminates Hadrian’s Wall near Newcastle… 01/09/2012
Mini Monaco becomes home to big art The tiny city state of Monaco is hosting a uniquely large-scale art exhibition this summer. In an amusing change of perspective, the principality has become… 23/07/2012
Mona Hatoum’s ‘Projection’ exhibition unveiled in Barcelona Barcelona is honouring the work of contemporary artist Mona Hatoum with a major show. Entitled ‘Projection’, the exhibition is held in the rooms of the… 17/07/2012
This phone won’t fry the brain!A man takes a picture of a friend posing inside a public telephone booth painted by Brazilian artist Carla Pires during the Call Parade art exhibition in Sao… 08/07/2012
Paris hosts Iranian arts festival A festival of contemporary Iranian art, Iranian Arts Now, is taking place in Paris until the end of June. It is art in its broadest sense; visual arts… 28/06/2012
Tills start ringing at Switzerland’s Art Basel One of the most important international art fairs – Art Basel in Switzerland – has just opened its doors. It features pieces from nearly 300 leading… 14/06/2012
German city Kassel hosts art adventurers Every five years the German city of Kassel hosts Documenta an exhibition, which showcases the latest trends in contemporary art. The exhibition lasts 100 days… 08/06/2012
The 4th Biennial in Marrakech Turning the world on its head is what contemporary art is all about, and the 4th biennial in Marrakech is no exception. The main installations are situated… 10/04/2012
Shocking sharks: Hirst retrospective at Tate Modern Damien Hirst’s infamous Shark in Formaldehyde is on display once again, at his first major retrospective at the Tate Modern in London. It helped propel the… 04/04/2012
Berlin gets a taste of Los Angeles Norman Zammitt’s giant red round greets visitors at the European debut of art exhibition Pacific Standard Time: Art in Los Angeles 1950 to 1980 in… 27/03/2012
Gilbert and George make front page news Read all about it – groundbreaking artistic duo grab the headlines! That’s the nature of Gilbert and George’s new exhibition ‘London Pictures’ at Hong Kong’s… 05/03/2012
Cindy Sherman – self-modelling photographer in the spotlight New York’s Museum of Modern Art is currently showing a retrospective of American photographer Cindy Sherman’s most treasured images, some of which have sold… 29/02/2012
Major Freud portrait exhibition in London A major exhibition of paintings by the late Lucian Freud has just opened in London. Best known for his fleshy nudes in muted colours, Freud was described as… 09/02/2012
Ai Weiwei ‘fights for freedom of expression’ Chinese contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei took part in the opening of an exhibition of his work in Stockholm in Sweden via a live video link. Ai… 08/02/2012
Photographers at work A new exhibition has opened in Catalonia, Spain, of work by French photographer and painter Jacques Henri Lartigue. The show incudes 230 photographs, along… 12/01/2012
Contemporary Art Biennale Lyon The Contemporary Art Biennale in Lyon, France, includes all kinds of things. Argentinian artist Ernesto Ballesteros put on an indoor model aeroplane display… 13/12/2011
Tel Aviv’s modernist museum unveils striking new wing The Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art has just opened a spanking new 50 million euro extension designed by the American architect Preston Scott Cohen, head of the… 07/11/2011
Miro art show opens in Barcelona The Fundacio Joan Miro in Barcelona is showing the most comprehensive exhibition of the Spanish artist’s work in the past 20 years. The display – The Ladder… 20/10/2011
The ‘terrible beauty’ of La Biennale de Lyon The last line from WB Yeats’ powerful poem Easter 1916 is the starting point for La Biennale de Lyon. “A terrible beauty is born” is the banner beneath… 23/09/2011
Central Asian exhibition debunks “Borat syndrome” ‘Between Heaven and Earth’ is an exhibition on the diverse contemporary works of 23 artists from Central Asia. The curator says the exhibition aims to address… 15/09/2011
Kiev: from past to present This year Kiev celebrates 20 years of post-Soviet history. The country’s capital is an indicator of how Ukraine, which has always been torn between East and… 05/08/2011
Brothers in art: the Chapmans’ latest exhibition The White Cube gallery in London’s Mayfair is exhibiting the latest work by Britain’s sibling artists the Chapman brothers. Always provocative, part of the… 18/07/2011
Art takes over Venice for the Biennale Every two years the Venice Biennale takes the pulse of international contemporary art. Every available space is handed over to art – some of it even takes… 14/06/2011
Making waves: art show in Budapest lake Budapest’s boating lake is no longer just a lake; it is the venue for a modern art exhibition. 07/06/2011
Venice Biennale starts… with a tank and a treadmill The Venice Biennale, the world’s oldest and perhaps most-talked-about festival of modern art, is getting underway. Every two years, more than 300,000… 03/06/2011
Polish art show to mark start of EU presidency To celebrate the start of the Polish presidency of the EU in July, a selection of works by prominent modern and contemporary Polish artists is going on… 04/05/2011
Sweden hosts challenging new Iranian art show Iranian art is at the heart of a new event in the Swedish town of Goteborg. Iran today holds one of the most thriving, controversial art scenes… 22/03/2011
Young Moroccan artist on show in Casablanca The paintings of young Morrocan artist Narjiss Eljoubari are on show in Casablanca. Her works center around a single theme: the umbrella. 24/02/2011
Madrid hosts contemporary art fair Contemporary art lovers should make a beeline for Spain for the 30th anniversary edition of ARCO, the Madrid International Contemporary Art Fair. Nearly… 17/02/2011
Damien Hirst on art sharks and cash cows He is rich and controversial, provocative and extravagant. Animals preserved in formaldehyde, skulls decorated with diamonds, the art of Damien Hirst is… 23/12/2010
UK: Damien Hirst’s “Verity” causing controversy in IlfracombeInternationally renowned British artist, Damien Hirst, has donated his latest work to the North Devon town of Ilfracombe, on 20-year-loan. Hirst is always… 17/10/2012
Four million dollar ‘pop art’ discoveredA painting by celebrated ‘pop artist’ Roy Lichtenstein has turned up in a New York warehouse after being missing since 1970. The work, entitled ‘Electric… 02/08/2012
Polish art student hangs his own work in museumWhy wait decades for your talent to be recognised? One young artist in Poland wanted his work displayed now. So he added one of his paintings to exhibits at… 10/01/2012
Swiss art unlimitedThe world’s largest art fair has opened in Switzerland featuring work by more than 2,500 artists. Art Basel specialises in pieces from the 20th and 21st… 15/06/2011
Spanish sculpture is sold for scrap by thieves A scrap metal yard near Madrid was very nearly where a treasured steel sculpture by the celebrated artist Eduardo Chillida was destined to be melted … 21/12/2010
Artist scoops new prize with earthworks trilogyThere is a new prize up for grabs in the world of contemporary art. The Future Generation Art Prize is sponsored by Victor Pinchuk, a Ukrainian tycoon and… 14/12/2010
Avedon Paris auction fetches millions of eurosA rare auction of prints by the late American photographer Richard Avedon has fetched a record 5.5 million euros at Christie’s in Paris. Among them was his… 23/11/2010
Mixed fare at Cologne Art and Antiques FairMelding the modern with the traditional, the Cologne Art and Antiques Fair has opened its doors. It brings together a rich mix of rare and exceptional… 19/11/2010
Guggenheim showcases video artNew York’s Guggenheim art museum has been turned into a canvas itself, showcasing the entries for a global contest of video art. The 25 winners are on show… 22/10/2010
Ivan Navarro: neon minimalism reinventedChilean artist Ivan Navarro, who grew up under the Pinochet dicatorship, has gained international recognition for his neon works tackling social and political… 11/10/2010
Performance Art Festival underway in MoscowCome and enjoy a hug and a heated atmosphere at the new International Art Performance Festival in Moscow. Held at the ‘Garage’ Centre for Contemporary Culture… 13/09/2010
Barcelona hosts contemporary art showBarcelona is playing host to an international contemporary art fair – the third edition of Swab. More than 100 artists from several countries have exhibited… 18/05/2010
Ghass exhibitionA new exhibition of works by Iranian artist Ghass has opened at the Galerie Nikki Diana Marquardt in Paris. Born in 1964, Ghass began painting at the age of… 10/05/2010
Rothko’s first exhibition in MoscowMark Rothko’s first-ever exhibition in Moscow opened on Friday at The Moscow Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture. Entitled “Into an Unknown World” it spans… 27/04/2010
Where art and technology overlapComprising thousands of tiny LED lights, this installation by Austrian artist Edwin Erdl is called Matrix II. It is just one of the innovative pieces on show… 06/04/2010
Kapoor exhibits in Bilbao for first time in SpainAn exhibition dedicated to the work of Anish Kapoor is on display at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the first time the artist has had a large-scale solo… 17/03/2010
Chinese brothers take Mao shock art to CanadaThey have rocked China’s contemporary art scene with their politically-charged sculptures. And now the Gao brothers are taking their work to North America… 11/02/2010
China meets Belgium at the Bozar in BrusselsAn exhibition in Brussels is bringing together the works of Chinese and Belgian contemporary artists. ‘The State of Things’ at the Bozar museum has been put… 18/12/2009
2009 Turner Prize as good as goldThe Turner Prize, now in its 25th year, is arguably the world’s most recognised award for contemporary art. 49 year old Richard Wright scooped the award with… 09/12/2009
Has the Frieze Fair lost some of its cool?A sculpture of the world’s first pregnant man and a dustbin full of electronic data – London’s Frieze Fair featured all its usual eye-catching exhibits… 19/10/2009
Turner Prize fireworksIs it art? Or is it a cash cow? A gigantic waste of money? Or just a joke? Every year the Turner Prize at the Tate Gallery in London provokes… 06/10/2009
3rd Moscow Contemporary Art BiennaleThe 3rd Biennale of Contemporary Art in Moscow includes work by 80 artists from 25 countries and aims to shine a spotlight on contemporary art outside the… 29/09/2009
Agnès Varda turns from film to installation artAt over 80 years of age, Agnès Varda is still reinventing herself. She started her career as a photographer before becoming a pillar of the French New Wave… 18/09/2009
Contemporary Art Biennale in LyonThe theme of the Contemporary Art Biennale in the French city of Lyon is “The Spectacle of the Everyday” – celebrating the notion that daily life is a show… 17/09/2009
Grozny stages contemporary art exhibitionThe first exhibition of contemporary art to open in Chechnya for decades has gone on display in the capital Grozny. Paintings by a Russian winner of the… 10/07/2009
Koons talks PopeyeUS artist Jeff Koons has opened his first solo exhibition in London’s Serpentine Gallery with a series of Popeye paintings. He says, “I always see a little… 02/07/2009
Art in Basel and in MadridArt Basel has opened in Switzerland. The show boasts a record number of exhibits across the contemporary art world – more than 2,500 of them in total… 10/06/2009
Venice Biennale and Esquizos de MadridThe Venice Biennale opened its doors on June 7th. This contemporary art fair is the oldest-established, largest and most influential in Europe. The theme… 09/06/2009
Pinault collection on show in MoscowMoscow’s Garage Centre for Contemporary Art is playing host to an exhibition of works from the Francois Pinault Collection, one of the world’s most… 24/03/2009
Lithuanian sculptors ignite heated debate in VilniusSome of the scupltures that have been created in Vilnius as part of its year as a European Capital of Culture have created a furore among residents. The… 20/03/2009
Moscow art show rejects shock tacticsDaughter of a Russian millionaire and art collector, Maria Baibakova has opened a contemporary arts venue in Moscow. 19/12/2008
Giant screen brings art to streets of MoscowMoscow’s new Garage Centre for Contemporary Art has changed the Russian capital’s skyline, for a few weeks at least. 03/12/2008
