KAWS has opened an exhibition on the popular Fortnite gaming platform
Artist Brian Donnelly, known as KAWS, opened the New Fiction exhibition simultaneously at the Serpentine Gallery in London and on two free online platforms — on the platform of the popular
The Dutch government bought the "Standard-Bearer" from the Rothschilds for €175 million
The Dutch Senate approved the purchase of Rembrandt's painting "The Standard-Bearer" in 1636. The government will contribute €150 million, and the Rembrandt Association and the Rijksmuseum will pay €25 million. Thus, the final cost was €10 million more than previously expected.
The nominees for the Marcel Duchamp Award 2022 have been announced
The prize is considered the most influential award in France in the field of contemporary art. Claude Bonnin, president of the Association for the International Dissemination of French Art (ADIAF), announced four nominees for the Marcel Duchamp Prize 2022.
Tracey Emin opens an art school
The Turner Prize-nominated artist Tracey Emin is about to open an art school and museum in her hometown of Margate, England. A school called TKE Studios — in honor of her full name Tracy Karima Emin — will be housed in a former bathhouse and morgue five minutes from her studio.
A copy of a painting by a Flemish painter turned out to be a masterpiece of the 17th century
Art historian Christopher Wright, who decades ago acquired a copy of a painting by Flemish painter Antonis Van Dyck, recently realized that it could be the original, reports The Guardian.
Attendance at the Louvre dropped to level of 1986 last year
Attendance at the Louvre has dropped to three times its pre-pandemic coronavirus level, The Art Newspaper wrote on January 5. Last year, the Louvre Museum received only 2.8 million visitors, less than 30 percent of its record level.
"Empire of Light" by René Magritte will be auctioned for the first time at Sotheby's. The starting price for the painting is 60 million dollars.
The monumental painting, painted in 1961 for Baroness Anne-Marie Gillon Blood will be sold at auction at Sotheby's in London on March 2. The canvas measures 114 by 146 centimeters with an estimated value of more than 45 million pounds sterling ($60 million).
Get ready for a new world order: art market experts make their predictions for 2022
U.S. dominance, industry collaboration and growing concerns about climate change are all on the minds of art market experts - and, of course, NFT. Art market experts interviewed by The Art Newspaper gave their thoughts on what to expect from the art market in 2022.
The National Museum of the Netherlands presented the world's most detailed photo of Rembrandt's "Night Watch"
To create the image, the Rijksmuseum team used 8,439 individual photographs, which were connected by artificial intelligence. From computer and cell phone screens, the Dutch masterpiece can now be viewed in great detail.
Artist sold a digital model of a house for $500,000 through NFT
Canadian artist Krista Kim was the first in the world to sell a digital model of a house. Futurism reports about it. Kim offered a non-exchangeable token (NFT) of the house, in which only virtual characters can live. The buyer gave 288 units of Ethereum cryptocurrency for it, which exceeds $520,000.