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The bloody artist Herman Nich has died at the age of 83
The revered avant-garde artist, who tends to shock the public with the use of blood, carcasses and entrails in his performances, has died at the age of 83, The art newspaper reports. Hermann Nitsch
We’re late: a group of artists "ORTA" do not have time to deliver their works to the opening of the Venice Biennale
For almost 10 years, the art community of Kazakhstan has been fighting for its own pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
Everybody is like paint: the evening of the Battle Performance dance theatre was held in Almaty
Today, on the stage of the Total Theatre, the audience enjoyed three completely different performances and got acquainted with a relatively new genre for Kazakhstan — plastic theatre. Plastic
Customisation as an art form at Esentai Gallery
At Esentai Gallery, the Kyrgyz clothing brand called CUT A DASH, together with the Vector printing company, showed how old things can reborn to have new
Andy Warhol's portrait of Marilyn Monroe to be auctioned for a record $200 million
One of the most famous portraits of the iconic actress and singer Marilyn Monroe from the American artist Andy Warhol will be auctioned at Christie's in May for $ 200 million
Desert X: Contemporary art in the desert of Saudi Arabia
The Desert X Biennial of Contemporary Art has opened in Al-Ula, where the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in Saudi Arabia, the tombs in Hegra, is located, The
How Nauryz was celebrated in Almaty?
For the first time in 2 years since the start of pandemic, residents of Almaty were allowed to arrange large folk festivals in honor of the celebration of Nauryz, - the correspondent of Art of Her reports. The main
Museums are closing in China due to a new wave of coronavirus
Art museums in Shanghai and Shenzhen are closing again, as an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in China forces cultural centers to suspend work due to the pandemic
Bacteria saved Michelangelo's work
Restorers cleaning the famous chapel of Michelangelo's Medici family have found an unexpected ally: bacteria, the New York Times reports. This week, to mark the 545th anniversary of Michelangelo's birth, restorers in Florence unveiled the newly restored Medici family chapel,
MET Museum sells Picasso sculpture for $30 million
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is selling a valuable bronze casting of the head of a woman by Pablo Picasso, dated 1909, at Christie's auction in May this year, Artnews reports.