The Museum of Pontevedra in northwest Spain will return two paintings that experts said were looted by the Nazis during World War II. El País reports that, before it restitutes the works, the museum has put them on view one last time in a special presentation focused on how the institution resolved the claim that…
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Just months after experts discovered a work from a Jacob Lawrence series that currently forms the basis of a traveling survey, curators have authenticated another painting from that body of work that was long thought to be missing. Panel 28 of Lawrence’s 30-work painting series “Struggle: From the History of the American People” has been located in the holdings…
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“Home Life” at Matthew Marks Gallery Through Mar. 20 Nayland Blake, Alex Da Corte, Thomas Demand, Lucian Freud, Robert Gober, Nan Goldin, Ken Price, Charles Ray, and Peter Fischli/David Weiss Domesticity is the theme of the group exhibition “Home Life,” conceived during the ongoing pandemic. Taking its title from a drawing of the same title…
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(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) — Artist Sadie Barnette delivers a free virtual lecture and Q&A on March 30, beginning at 6:00pm. Sponsored by the Zimmerli Art Museum and Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, this program is open to the public. This lecture is part of an ongoing series of programs related to…
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The opinions and views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the opinion of Byte or Byte’s editorial board. Ball State’s 41st annual Unity Week Celebration was held the week of Feb. 1. Unity Week only comes around once a year, but it aims to encourage a long-lasting understanding of diversity…
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For the first time in the history of the Museum Administration Master of Arts (M.A.) degree program, St. John’s students curated an exhibit outside of the Dr. M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery in a virtual gallery, custom-designed by students to display more than 30 pieces. The new exhibit, “UNPRECEDENTED: Posters from a World on Pause,” showcases posters, gifs,…
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“Black History in the Making,” a unique online event during which Trojans and others each painted an art piece inspired by the social justice movements of summer 2020, drew more than 100 participants. Local artist Amani Holbert guided the participants, many of them novices with little to no artistic experience. The paint night last week was…
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Stephen L. Hayes Jr. is an artist who takes on everything he can explore. He sculpts, blacksmiths, welds, makes prints and drawings, carves and even weaves. The Durham-based artist known for a focus on social justice and incorporating historical context said he tries “just about anything I get my hands on.” “I love trying to…
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Prompting by the global pandemic, galleries and art fairs have migrated online in the past year to provide new commercial and curatorial digital platforms to view and sell art. Now art books are getting their place in the virtual sun with the launch of Printed Matter’s Virtual Art Book Fair (25-28 February), an online event comprising more…
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Two former UK culture ministers have spoken out to The Art Newspaper in defence of the country’s cherished “arm’s length principle”, which ensures national museums and organisations such as Arts Council England can operate independently, without government interference. Ed Vaizey and Chris Smith say that the rule is under threat because of the “anti-woke” campaign…
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