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"Romantic and joyful": Elham Etemadi's new exhibition opens in Lyon
Each narrative piece invites viewers to discover wonders, rooted in the creator's homeland. With vivid, bright colours inspired by traditional markets and Iranian carpets, these dynamic scenes now adorn the walls of the Philippe Bettan Gallery in Lyon.
Why are we still being scammed by immersive art exhibitions?
After two failed attempts at getting on board with so-called “Immersive Exhibitions”, which continue to sprout everywhere in European cities, here’s why these art experiences need to end once and for all.
'Ripley' and the art of deception
If you haven’t already indulged in a Netflix binge or a reasonably paced viewing of Netflix’s ‘Ripley’, feel free to put that at the top of your list. If you have, artworks play a crucial role in the series. Here’s how.
Exiled Russian artist Katya Muromtseva paints the stories of women immigrants in Dubai
Muromtseva's show, Over the Slopes of Speech, adorns the gallery space with epic watercolour triptychs, each telling the story of immigrant women – an apt endeavour in a country where immigrants make up close to 90% of the population.
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Is Italy's Maramotti collection its most impressive assembly of art?
Situated in the city of Reggio Emilia, the collection is housed in the former Max Mara HQ and puts on display some of the most iconic pieces of contemporary art from 1945 to the present day.
Major retrospective of Pierre Soulages in New York opens this week
Soulages, dubbed “the painter of black,” died in October last year aged 102.
Culture Re-View: Munch's 'The Scream' is stolen in broad daylight
On this day 19 years ago, one of the most iconic paintings of all time was stolen in broad daylight from an Oslo museum.
Meet the artists setting the art scene ablaze in Qatar
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War-torn Iraq's precious modern art-works saved by locals
Many masterpieces by Iraqi painters were destroyed during the years of conflict, but now the country's artistic heritage faces another threat: rampant counterfeiting and illicit trafficking.
Klimt's last portrait tipped to break European auction record
The last portrait painted by Gustav Klimt, "Dame mit Facher" (Lady with a Fan) is up for auction today and it could fetch more than €75 million.
High art to body art: Rembrandt's house turned into a tattoo parlor
Amsterdam's Rembrandt House Museum has transformed one of its rooms into a tattoo parlor for a week-long residency it calls “A Poor Man’s Rembrandt,” featuring some of the city's top tattoo artists.
Rare painting by Italian painter Modigliani to be auctioned in Paris
An unpublished painting by Amedeo C. Modigliani is to be auctioned in Paris. "La Bourguignonne" was painted in 1918. This previously unpublished work by the Italian painter is estimated to fetch between €6 and €8 million.
Amy Sherald joins Jill Biden on U.S. art delegation to Lisbon
Known for depicting the contemporary African American experience, Sherald travels to the Portuguese capital with fellow U.S. artists for a celebration of diversity in art
This Dutch windmill is the last still producing paint the original way
The Verfmolen De Kat windmill in the Netherlands uses 400-year-old technology to produce the famous colours, favoured by Dutch masters like Vermeer.
Dafen Village: China's 'Van Gogh fan oil painting factory'
Home to over 8,000 artists, southern China's Dafen Village has been cranking out near-perfect copies of timeless oeuvres for years. The local artists are fascinated with one famous painter: Vincent van Gogh.
12 year old "genius" Romanian painter has first Bucharest exhibition
Giulia Pintea, may be just 12 years old, but that hasn't stopped her from debuting a new show "Symphony in Colours" inside the Parliament Palace in Bucharest.