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Berlin City Government Cuts Cultural Funding The Berlin city government moved forward with a reduction in its cultural funding, despite significant backlash and demonstrations from the arts community. The new financial plan for 2025 will cut approximately €130m from arts and culture, which is about 12% of the total budget, leading to concerns that some […]
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Ruth Asawa is Now Literally ‘Out of this World’ The Japanese-American Modernist sculptor, Ruth Asawa became the 23rd woman to have a Mercurian crater named after her. However, compared to 100 men whose names have graced the planet, the gender inequality debate is nigh. The recognition came on November 14 2024 and was bestowed by
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Noguchi Museum Workers to Unionize Workers at the Noguchi Museum in New York City are undertaking a comprehensive initiative to unionise, encompassing all personnel regardless of their department or designation, including administrative, curatorial, education, and visitor services. The museum’s staff have submitted a petition to the National Labor Relations Board to establish a union in
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If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures. Don McCullin Be Prepared for Gurdeep Dhiman’s Encounter With A Moment Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai opened its doors for Gurdeep Dhiman’s newest show, ‘Encounter With A Moment.’ The preview, held on
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Documenta Unveils its 2027 Event’s Curator – Naomi Beckwith Naomi Beckwith became the first Black woman to curate the Quinquennial exhibition, Documenta 16 since its inception in 1995. She is also the second American-born curator, following Italian-American curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev in 2012; to oversee the event taking place throughout the city. The 2027 edition of
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Claire Tabouret To Provide Notre Dame’s Contemporary Design French artist Claire Tabouret has been chosen to create new contemporary stained glass windows for the recently refurbished Notre Dame Cathedral. A 20-member committee selected her from eight finalists and shortlisted 110 artists. The committee included artists, conservators, and representatives, such as President Emmanuel Macron and Laurent
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Spiral Jetty is Now on the National Register of Historic Places American sculptor Robert Smithson’s land art installation Spiral Jetty (1970) has been added to the National Register of Historic Places (54 years after its creation, nonetheless), the official U.S. federal list which identifies and preserves locations of historical and artistic merit. The artwork is
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Introduction The mutually beneficial relationship between fashion and Hollywood has long underpinned both the entertainment and style industries. As Hollywood talent agencies are aligned with the growing globalisation, social media influence, and brand marketing of the fashion industry, designers are realising the value of partnering up with these agencies. These collaborations are reanimating the blossoming
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Chennai Photo Biennale Comes Back for a Fourth Edition Chennai Photo Biennale’s (CPB) fourth edition is on the horizon, and we can’t keep calm. The Biennale will be conducted in two phases. Phase 1 begins on 20 December 2024, whereas Phase 2 begins on 17 January 2025. The Biennale closes on 16 Mar 2025. Both
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During the artist’s renaissance, the French outpost of Christie’s is going to court over the unpaid sale of Jean Siméon Chardin’s 1760 masterwork, Cut Melon. The still life, which sold for €26.7 million in June and set several records in the process, remains unpaid for by the winning bidder, Nanni Bassani Antivari, a 39-year-old real
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