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Woman-Ochre, the stolen painting of Willem de Kooning will return to public view at the Getty Center in Los Angeles in the exhibition, Conserving de Kooning: Theft and Recovery, reported The Art Newspaper. The painting was removed from its frame and stolen from the University of Arizona Museum of Art (UAMA). The painting is coming […]

A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends

The replica of Hong Kong’s “Pillar of Shame” is being unveiled in Norway in May 2022 and will be on display in the garden of University of Oslo for almost a month until June 20, CNN reported. It’s been coordinated by Amnesty International and the non-profit organization Hong Kong Committee in Norway. To acknowledge the

It was a long-drawn effort to retrieve aboriginal art that culminated in success recently owing to a proactive move by Australia. Two rare artworks by Wurundjeri artist William Barak at auction at Sotheby’s in New York and The Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Corporation had raised $117,627 via a crowdfunding page to buy the artworks

Eminent collector Bob Rennie was first approached last year about transforming the Rennie Museum in Vancouver’s Chinatown into a new home for the Chinese Canadian Museum, he initially declined the offer. After meetings between Rennie and the society as well as Melanie Mark, BC’s minister of tourism, arts, culture and sport, it was announced in

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the World Monuments Fund are going to collaborate on a digital project aiming to strengthen the understanding of several historic sites in sub–Saharan Africa, The Art Newspaper reported. The collaboration will be on the occasion of the reopening of previously antiquated galleries of African, ancient American, and Oceanic art in 2024.

A few months short of a year to her demise, an art show celebrates the strongly feminine, spiritually energetic artworks of Rini Dhumal in an exhibit that coincides with NGMA’s 25th anniversary   A tribute to the celebrated artist and printmaker known for her portrayal of women and feminine divinity, the late Rini Dhumal, is

A dealer accused of defrauding dealers and investors out of millions of dollars, was sentenced to seven years in prison by a New York court today, May 23, bringing a saga that has taken the art world by storm to an end, reports ART News. Last November, about a year after being detained by the

Canadian premier John Horgan’s announcement that the troubled Royal British Columbia [BC] Museum in Victoria will be demolished and replaced by the most expensive museum in Canadian history has led to a lot of criticism, The Art Newspaper reported. Horgan announced the $789m museum upgrade on 17 May but offered few specifics, prompting scorn and