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Pope Leo XIV Talks About Van Gogh’s “The Sower at Sunset” in His First General Audience

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Pope Leo XIV’s Sermon Talks About van Gogh’s The Sower at Sunset In the pantheon of Vincent van Gogh’s expressive landscapes, The Sower at Sunset (1888) stands as a radiant fusion of form, faith, and feeling. While often categorised under the Post-Impressionist umbrella, this particular painting has re-entered cultural consciousness in a new light, quite […]

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Tiffany’s “Mountain Landscape” Finds Home At Crystal Bridges Museum

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A Luminous Masterpiece of American Stained Glass: Tiffany’s Mountain Landscape In the world of American decorative arts, few creations capture the sublime intersection of craft, color, and nature as brilliantly as Mountain Landscape (Root Memorial Window), a monumental stained-glass window created by Tiffany Studios in 1917 and now a centerpiece in the permanent collection of

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Open call for First Take 2025 with Abir India

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Abir India launches its annual national open call for emerging Indian artists with First Take Abir India, a leading voice in India’s contemporary art ecosystem, has announced the launch of First Take 2025, the ninth edition of its highly anticipated annual open call. This national platform is created to discover, mentor, and spotlight the most promising voices among emerging

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Here’s What London’s National Gallery Acquired on Its 200th Anniversary

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Inside London's National Gallery. Courtesy - The Art Newspaper

National Gallery London Marks 200 Years with Major Acquisitions The National Gallery in London has just turned 200, and it is celebrating its bicentenary with three extraordinary additions to its world-renowned collection. The gallery, an iconic institution in the UK and a major centre for European painting, has added rare and significant works by Edgar

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Amy Werntz’s Portraits of the Elderly Won the Art World’s Top Prize

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Amy Werntz. WIP, detail, 2021-22. Courtesy - Boynes Artist Award

Painter Amy Werntz wins the 2025 Bennett Prize Painter Amy Werntz of Dallas, Texas, has officially won the 2025 Bennett Prize, the most prestigious award dedicated solely to women figurative realist painters. This accolade, which comes with a $50,000 grant, highlights Werntz’s unique approach to realism, celebrating the depth, complexity, and grace of older generations

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The 36 Game-Changers of the Art Basel Awards 2025

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Art Basel Awards 2025 Courtesy - Art Basel

A Bold New Chapter in Global Art Recognition The Art Basel Awards 2025 mark a powerful new chapter in the global art world, honouring 36 trailblazing figures across disciplines and geographies. These inaugural awards spotlight artists, curators, designers, institutions, patrons, and storytellers who are not only transforming the present but shaping the future of contemporary

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47-Million-Year-Old Cicada Fossil Discovered in Germany Rewrites Insect Evolution

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A figure of the fossil. Courtesy - Senckenberg

Why This Ancient Cicada Discovery Matters A newly described fossil species, Eoplatypleura messelensis, is capturing the attention of palaeontologists and evolutionary biologists around the world. Found in Germany’s Messel Pit, this 47-million-year-old fossilised cicada is now considered the oldest known member of the subfamily Cicadinae in Eurasia, and a pivotal clue in the evolutionary history

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KNMA Unveils Public Art Installation at Delhi’s Nexus Select CITYWALK Skybridge

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In a bid to democratize art, KNMA’s new installation features contemporary artists on a skybridge for all mall visitors to see Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) is thrilled to announce a transformative art installation housed in the KNMA Art Passage, the skybridge connecting Nexus Select CITYWALK and DLF South Court Mall – ‘Slow Is

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Mondrian Masterpiece Sells for $47.6M, Falls Just Short of Breaking Auction Record!

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Mondrian Masterpiece

Christie’s Shocker: Iconic 1922 Piet Mondrian Painting Sells for Millions, But Not Enough to Break the Record! A rare and historic painting by Dutch modernist Piet Mondrian stunned the art world last night by selling for $47.6 million at Christie’s New York, an impressive sum, but just shy of smashing the artist’s auction record. Record-Breaker

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