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SHUBBAK FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ARAB CULTURE ANNOUNCES LONDON THIRD EDITION
The second edition of Shubbak, A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture, featuring artists from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,...
Jake and Dinos Chapman Selected To Create Performa 13 Commission
Jake and Dinos Chapman have been commissioned to create a piece for the Performa13 biannual. This New York-based organisation and international...
Abdulnasser Gharem Explores Changing Saudi cultural Landscape In New Exhibition
Edge of Arabia is presenting the first major solo exhibition of work by Abdulnasser Gharem – the most significant Saudi artist of his generation and...
AES+F Digital Project Challenges Perceptions Of Islam In Western Society
The Russian based photo-conceptualist group AES made up of artists Tatyana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovitch, and Evgeny Svyatsky began the Islamic project...
FIAC France’s Leading Contemporary Art Fair Celebrates Its 40th Edition
FIAC France's leading contemporary art fair will celebrate its 40th anniversary edition this October. Their main aim in this edition is to stay...
Erwin Schrodinger Honoured With Google Doodle Showing Quantum Cat
Erwin Schrödinger the Austrian physicist who developed theories of quantum physics is honoured today with a Google’s doodle. Born 12 August 1887,...
The Forgotten Heroes That Saved Europe From Nazi Cultural Devastation
The Monuments Men is a story about the forgotten heroes who saved Europe from cultural devastation during World War II. It is now the subject of a...
Project Latitude Publishes Research Showing Brazilian Art Market Growth
Project Latitude, the second industry research conference involving the Brazilian art market, presented in July has released results. It showed some...
Pierre Auguste Renoir Chattels Go Under The Hammer In New York
The most comprehensive archive auction of chattels belonging to the French impressionist artist Pierre Auguste Renoir's from his signature polka-dot...
The Resurgence Of Older Women In Contemporary Art
In a talk given in Berlin in 2012 entitled Is the Old New? or is the New Old? the British feminist artist Margaret Harrison began with the words:...
Damien Hirst To Mount First Retrospective Exhibition In Middle East
A comprehensive exhibition of work by the YBA artist Damien Hirst is set to open in Doha in October. It will include both the more obvious, and...
Detroit Institute Of Arts Confirms Christie’s To Appraise Museum Collection
It was confirmed by the press office at Christie's Auctioneers this week that Christie’s Appraisals Inc. has been called in and has entered into an...