A new initiative aimed at supporting art professionals from working-class backgrounds is launching in London. The Working Arts Club, founded by Meg Molloy, Head of Communications at Stephen Friedman Gallery, is an independent organisation designed to bring together those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds who work in the UK’s visual arts sector. The club’s focus is… Continue reading The Working Arts Club: breaking down barriers for working-class creatives in the Art world
Thomas Dane Gallery, Naples (17 September – 14 December 2024) In the eight years since Moulène last exhibited with the gallery, his ‘Objets’/‘Objects’ have been central to the current narratives and discourses on sculpture. Included in significant surveys, such as When Forms Come Alive: Sixty Years of Restless Sculpture (2023) at the Hayward Gallery and… Continue reading Jean-Luc Moulène – Enlightenments
One of the great paradoxes of human endeavour is why so much time and effort is spent on creating things and indulging in behaviour with no obvious survival value – behaviour otherwise known as art. Attempting to shed light on this issue is problematic because first we must define precisely what art is. We can… Continue reading What’s the point of art?
Presented by the LAS Art Foundation, THE SOUL STATION is Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley’s first solo presentation in Germany, shown by LAS at Halle am Berghain, Berlin, from 12 July to 13 October 2024. THE SOUL STATION features a survey of video games made by Brathwaite-Shirley over the past five years. Through game-based installations and fictional universes,… Continue reading Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley: THE SOUL STATION
Exhibition dates: 22 June – 6 October 2024Kettle’s Yard, Castle St, Cambridge CB3 0AQ “I imagine myself in flight when I am painting, hovering above the surface and searching for places to land, touching down and lifting off. I do this again and again until the surface starts to collect information… The painting becomes a… Continue reading Megan Rooney: Echoes and Hours at Kettle’s Yard
Exhibition dates: 7 June–3 August 2024Thomas Dane Gallery, 3 Duke Street, St James’s, London SW1Y (Landscape of Legend) – the second exhibition at Thomas Dane Gallery in London by the renowned Brazilian artist Patricia Leite. Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in 1955, Patricia Leite’s artistic journey has been deeply influenced by the myths and legends… Continue reading Patricia Leite: Paisagem de Lenda – A Celebration of Brazilian Myths and Landscapes
A late portrait by Gustav Klimt, previously believed lost, has recently been sold at auction in Vienna for a staggering €30 million. Titled “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser” and painted in 1917, this artwork, surrounded by mysteries, fetched a hammer price of €30 million (€35 million with fees) at Im Kinsky, setting a new auction record… Continue reading Lost Klimt portrait sells for €30m in Vienna auction
Where does Simon Garden live? The prosaic answer is Bristol, but the more accurate response might be that, most of the time, he lives in his creative imagination You don’t get many vast fan shaped trees or conical wooded hills around that city. But you do get them on the canvases in Simon Garden’s new… Continue reading Landscape painter – Simon Garden
French street artist captivates passers by optically with his trompe l’oeil masterpiece adorning the façade of the Palazzo Farnese, home to the French embassy in central Rome. Named Punto di Fuga (Vanishing Point), the installation offers passers-by a glimpse into the palace’s interior as it undergoes renovations, revealing elements such as the classic colonnade and… Continue reading A look at the ‘X-ray’ illusion on historic Palazzo Farnese in Rome
The museum has been slowly rebuilding since an electrical fire devastated its building and collection in 2018. According to its director, Alexander W.A. Kellner, the museum has received approximately 8,500 objects since the tragedy. Around 2,000 of these will be exhibited, while the rest will be used for research. More donations are expected ahead of… Continue reading Brazil’s national museum receives major fossil donation, including rare dinosaurs, in rebuilding efforts”
