A crucified Ronald McDonald clown, prayer mats adorned with stilettos and sketches by former Guantanamo prisoners take pride of place at a new museum in Spain devoted to previously censored art. The private Museum of Forbidden Art, which opened to the public
Pg Art Gallery present Cansu Sönmez solo exhibition, titled “Cynara” October 24th to November 18th, 2023. In the exhibition “Cynara,” Sönmez reconstructs the elusive connection with her childhood neighborhood, this time through the prism of the artichoke plant that grows in her
Let us begin our conversation with a general introduction in the formal, aesthetic and conceptual matters of your work. It seems that in the current series, you stand at the threshold between painting, relief and sculpture. I am wondering how you came
Museums have taken on the responsibility of reflecting on everything that is happening in society. They have become a platform for various activities and cannot escape the latest events in the world. Instead of taking to the streets, activists have started to
Two climate activists were recently arrested at the Natural History Museum in London after spraying a dinosaur skeleton reproduction with orange cornstarch while demanding the UK government halt oil and gas projects. Gastroenterologist Dr. Will Stableforth and physiotherapist Steve Fay sprayed the
A self-portrait by Jean-Michel Basquiat hidden from public view for nearly a quarter-century is set to be a marquee lot of New York’s fall auction season. The eight-foot-tall Self Portrait as a Heel (Part Two), from 1982, will be offered during Sotheby’s
The second edition of the “What is Gender?” exhibition, which had its first edition in Switzerland, is taking place in Zülfaris Karaköy, Istanbul, from October 24 to November 7, 2023. It is curated by Gilles Grassioulet and Şanel Şan Sevinç, with coordination
This year, the art world debate of ‘Paris or London’ revealed a real crisis. Even though the fairs have resulted in good sales, the problems remained the same, Art Basel’s Paris edition, Paris+, par Art Basel is limited by size and Frieze
The Fondation Louis Vuitton presents the first retrospective in France dedicated to Mark Rothko (1903-1970) since the exhibition held at the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris in 1999. The retrospective brings together some 115 works from the largest international
A baroque landscape painting that went missing during World War II was returned to Germany on Thursday. The FBI handed over the artwork by 18th century Austrian artist Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer to a German museum representative in a brief ceremony at
The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, annually given by the European Union, has been awarded to Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, who died shortly after being arrested by Iranian authorities last year. The prize, named after Andrei Sakharov, a Soviet human rights
In honour of the fiftieth anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s passing, the exhibition “Picasso. Dessiner à l’infini” (Picasso. Drawing to Infinity), organised by the Centre Pompidou in collaboration with the Musée National Picasso-Paris, will shine a spotlight on the most prolific part of
