Police interrupted a heist at the American Fine Art gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona, on 7 January, apprehending the would-be thief on the building’s roof. The suspect, Harpeet Singh, who apparently traveled from California to undertake the theft, scattered stolen works on nearby
BBProjectTT hosts Sümer Erek’s exhibition “Tearing the Art”. In his paintings Erek centers the body through the frame. Tearing the Art is anchoring the body as a bridge, consisting of one-to-one dialogues, simmering over hours, ultimately seeking to reach a common essence
An international street art movement featuring Palestinian photojournalism from the Gaza Strip is drawing attention to the devastating toll of Israel’s ongoing bombardment. Titled Unmute Gaza, the creative campaign reinterprets the photography of journalists Belal Khaled, Mahmoud Bassam, Sameh Nidal-Rahmi, and Saher
Taner Ceylan’s “Olympus Exhibitions’, in its third year, hosts the theme Interior. Ceylan once again shows both his love and his passion for art within the artworks with the artworks from artists that he chose who focus on interiors as a theme.
A Diego Velázquez portrait of Spanish Queen Isabel de Borbón, which was expected to break the artist’s previous records, was quietly withdrawn from auction by Sotheby’s in New York. The court painting, which has been owned by a private family trust in
Curator and researcher Kevser Güler will take over the directorship of the Istanbul Biennial as of January 15, 2024. Istanbul Biennial, is organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) since 1987. The 18th Istanbul Biennial, curated by Iwona Blazwick
Last week, hackers hit a popular software used by museums to handle their sensitive information, causing online collections to go down. The news was first reported by Bleeping Computer, which received a copy of a notice that Gallery Systems, a museum software
Kolekta, an organization that aims to make contemporary art production in Turkey accessible to a larger audience, recently opened an exhibition series in Bregenz, Austria on December 2nd at Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis. The exhibition, curated by Derya Yücel, is titled
After widespread criticism, Poland has called off a pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale that was to feature imagery reflecting the conservative government’s politics. In October, Poland announced that it would be represented by Ignacy Czwartos, who had planned to exhibit paintings
In 2023, the combined auction and private sales reported by the top two global auction houses, Christie’s and Sotheby’s, amounted to $14.2 billion, marking a decrease of over 13 percent from the $16.4 billion they reported in 2022, according to artnews.com. Christie’s
