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Tsuktiben Jamir The Ashmolean Museum is the world’s second university museum, as well as the oldest public museum in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1683 by rich antiquarian Elias Ashmole. In recent times, the museum has found itself in a dispute over the ownership of Augustus John’s works. Augustus John (1878-1961) was a

Tsuktiben Jamir This year marks Pablo Picasso’s (1881–1973) 50th death anniversary. One of the most significant artists of the 20th century, he revolutionised the field of art with his creative approaches. Picasso, who was born in Spain, had a prolific career spanning a variety of creative movements, from the Cubist movement he co-founded through his

Pratiksha Shome Stephanie Temma Hier described the opulent visual contrasts that distinguish her work as “the flotsam and jetsam of daily life.” Her pieces blend glossy, careful oil paintings with three-dimensional ceramic sculptures in a real avalanche of shapes—lobsters, teeth, horses—that frame them, creating an unsettling visual tension. Hier shows a stack of three automobile

Pratiksha Shome Thanks to a senior neighbourhood garbageman, archaeologists last year unearthed more than 20 old Roman and Etruscan statues in Tuscany, close to a thermal treatment where specialists had spent years looking in vain for supposed nearby historic remains. The 2000-year-old statues will now, after months of cleaning and restoration, go on display in

Pratiksha Shome The exhibition “It’s Pablo-matic: Picasso According to Hannah Gadsby,” which debuted today and received unfavourable press in ARTnews and the New York Times, has been defended by the Brooklyn Museum. More than 100 pieces are included in the exhibition, which Gadsby and senior curators Catherine Morris and Lisa Small of the Brooklyn Museum