Man up: European art and the male nude
Man up: European art and the male nude – two shows will explore the European academic tradition of the male nude. The Male Nude: Eighteenth-century Drawings from the Paris Academy, which opened on October 23 at the Wallace Collection, will feature … More…
Leonardo Da Vinci Mural Discovered
An original Leonardo da Vinci mural has been discovered after at least 500 years of hiding under 17 layers of whitewash. Located in the Sforza Castle in Italy, the city of Milan plans to restore the newly discovered painting, which … More…
Happy Birthday Pablo Picasso!
Happy Birthday to the most influential artist of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso! The Spanish born artist who spent most of his life in France was the co-founder of the Cubist movement and collage, the inventor of constructed sculpture and … More…
Anthony Caro, Pioneering Scrap-Metal Sculptor, Dies at 89
Anthony Caro, Pioneering Scrap-Metal Sculptor, Dies at 89 – Caro started out as Henry Moore’s assistant in 1951, taught at Bennington College in Vermont for a couple of years in the 60s and later that decade had his first retrospective at … More…
Qatar’s Sheikha Mayassa tops art power list
Daughter of the former emir of Qatar and sister of the current, titled Her Excellency Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, has been named the most powerful person in the art world. At 30-years-old she has control over buying … More…