David Hockney has unveiled his latest Christmas-themed artwork to bring “joy and hope” to people in London. Hockney’s animation, showcasing two Christmas trees against the backdrop of the River Thames, is on display nightly from 5 pm to 10.30 pm until December
Interior designer and Philanthropist, Mica Ertegün, died at the age of 97 on Dec 2. Ertegün died at her Long Island home in Southampton, New York. She was a well-known philanthropist and interior designer who was praised for her taste. She was known
The Quilt Story project, gathering traditional and contemporary art, is to take the stage at Miami Art Week. Led by Nazan Aktan and organized by Act Contemporary LLC Miami, the exhibition is supported by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The
Art Basel Miami hosts 277 international galleries this December, with 25 newcomers joining an outstanding line-up of veteran exhibitors, two-thirds of which hail from North and Latin America. The fair, whose Global Lead Partner is UBS, will take place at the Miami
Nan Goldin, the pioneering photographer has been ranked as the contemporary art world’s most influential person. Recently, Goldin called off a project for the New York Times Magazine because of the newspaper’s pro-Israel bias in its reporting on Gaza. Goldin, 70, took
Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) interrupted the opening night revival of Tannhäuser, an 1845 German opera by Richard Wagner at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Opera House on November 30. The activists aimed to draw attention to the environmental degradation of Earth’s water resources.
More than 2,000 seal impressions have been recovered from the rare site of an archive building in southern Turkey’s ancient religious center of Doliche (Dülük Hill), which was dedicated to the Roman god of the sky and thunder, Jupiter Dolichenus. The archive
Arts and cultural workers staged a sit-in at London’s Tate Modern on Nov 26, to call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Dozens of demonstrators gathered in the museum’s Turbine Hall to show their solidarity with the Palestinian community and to pressure
The Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, a Germany-based exhibition of contemporary photography has been cancelled after one of the curators posted content to social media that the German cities of Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg, where the event was set to take place, described
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed displeasure after his planned meeting with British counterpart Rishi Sunak was canceled just hours before. Rishi Sunak canceled his meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis because the latter intended to discuss the repatriation of Greek
A recently discovered funerary monument from the Bronze Age in Spain is illuminating prehistoric ideas about gender. The object, known as a stela, is a carved commemorative stone that depicts a figure wearing a headdress and necklace, and sporting male genitalia. The
The Culture and Tourism Ministry, along with local heritage crews, has started restoring the 1,600-year-old Saint George Church in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır. The church suffered severe damage due to twin earthquakes eight months ago. The restoration work is expected to
