December 2021

In May, we took a big step here at Artnet News. We launched Artnet News Pro, a new members-only section, to provide readers with the tools they need to navigate the high-stakes terrain of the art market. Since then, thousands of…

A&E pick of the weekEditor's Note: In view of the rapid spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19, please take into account the safety recommendations of local health authorities as they are updated, and check your event's website…

It's hard not to think of its first appearance.Of course, Kathryn Hahn's Agatha Harkness has a number of defining moments in WandaVision on Disney +, but its entry is zero for all. In the first episode "Filmed Before a Live Studio…

A retired designer who loves the Alberni Valley and has an eye for detail is the latest addition to the Alberni Valley Community Arts Council's “meet the artist” series. Jillian Mayne moved to Alberni Valley in 2005 after her…

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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have opened up possibilities previously unimagined for many artists, allowing them to create or “craft” unique works of art and reach a global collector base with…

A confessional, hidden behind the wall of a gallery; a forest of withered white trees; a ritual of public mourning, illuminated by candlelight. In 2021, artists have transcended conventional museum presentations to engage the full…

Darrell Troppy, a low-key and private man but quite a public artist, left a legacy that almost anyone who drives the streets of Beaumont can see every day and lights up the most unlikely of canvases - the steel gray utility boxes that offer…

When Nooksack artist Louie Gong began trying to make a living from his craft in 2006, he found opportunities to collaborate with larger companies as an Indigenous artist almost non-existent. When the opportunities presented themselves,…

In a few weeks, the eventful year of 2021 will be over and we will all be feeling 22... 2022 is. From family-friendly activities to pub crawls and other nightlife activities, here are some fun events to help celebrate the New…

Wayne Thiebaud, the Californian painter whose lush, dreamlike landscapes and luminous images of hot dogs, deli counters, marching band majorettes and other charmed relics of mid-century America were intricate meditations on the life and…

Bump isn't the kind of production you're likely to describe as kitchen sink drama, or truth, or any other brain-sounding word - it's too accessible and unpretentious.And yet, this very enjoyable and intelligently produced series, co-created…

As soon as I stepped into the Museum of Modern Art's chronological retrospective “Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Living Abstraction”, I felt delighted, like a kid again. I was captivated by the expressive movement, the pure geometric shapes and the…

PENDLETON - Most of us have had the experience of looking at something and only seeing a jumble, then marveling when everything suddenly resolves into crystal clarity.Pendleton artist Jason Hogge cultivates these moments in the art he…

Curator Max Fields stands in front of Baseera Khan's “Receive and Give” tapestry at FotoFest's “In Place of an Index” at Silver Street Studios, showcasing new artwork from 12 artists from or currently living in Texas, the Wednesday,!-->…

This week on our favorite show, Alexia Echevarria does things, Alexia Echevarria does things. She wears high heels for an artistic opening of a tall…

LIMA - The Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan Park District and ArtSpace / Lima continue to host the 45th Annual Photography Competition Exhibition at the Veterans Memorial Civic Center located at 7 Town Square.The event, which is free, ends…

The pandemic is on and the confusion persists - and I'm not talking about the Omicron variant. You can't talk about art in 2021 without mentioning NFTs non-fungible tokens stormed the doors of the contemporary art establishment in March,…

An exhibition of landscape paintings featuring masterpieces by prominent Chinese artist Li Keran (1907-1989) and his son, contemporary artist Li Xiaoke (1944-2021), opened in Beijing on Monday. , focusing on the legacy of Li Keran's!--enpcontent-->…

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Robert Cumming, an artist known for his conceptual photographs which were instrumental in a major transformation of camera work in the 1970s and early 1980s, died December 16 in Desert Hot Springs, Calif. . He was 78 years old.According to…

Try to remember when you didn't know Eve Babitz.I first read Eve as part of a book of photographs by artist Zoe Crosher. Zoe's work is not about the city per se. Through photography and detective archive projects, she maps a certain…

In the contemporary art world, the ability to survive - and even thrive - largely depends on freedom of expression and a certain level of permissiveness if not support from official channels. But in countries like Hungary,…

Megan Williamson made hundreds of portraits from interviews she saw on the TV news. (WTTW News) Landscaper ditches dirt for more formal paintings in new series titled "100 zoomed portraits. " What started as 300 screenshots of Zoom…

Chiura Obata was among the thousands of people incarcerated during World War II because of their Japanese ancestry.(Chiura Obata | Utah Museum of Art) Chiura Obata's 1943 watercolor "Topaz War Relocation Center by Moonlight" is now part of…

In many ways, it seemed symbolic. Just two hours before Thursday's face-off, the Montreal Canadiens, in last place, said no fans would be allowed into the Bell Center for their game against the Philadelphia Flyers. The announcement came…

After every Duke Men's Basketball game this season, check back here for Player of the Game and more. Today, the Blue Zone breaks down Trevor Keels' performance and the team's paint presence in…

I was leafing through an old man Book by Terence Conran on interior design and met an interesting opinion. Conran claims that a single lamp or desk lamp is superior for reading than a ceiling lamp, because "a pool of light gives a pleasant…

Content of the article An author from Chatham looked to the days of the First World War to tell the story of a woman who found her place in the art world in Canada. Content of the article Gillian Andrews has published a novel called Gift…

Breadcrumb Links Local entertainment Entertainment Author of the article: Kamille Parkinson Release date : Dec 17 2021 • 1 hour ago • 4 minutes to read Stop by the Woods, oil on canvas, by Karen Fox.…

Judge overturns Sackler decision - A federal judge overturned the Purdue Pharma settlement agreement, opening the Sackler family members to civil lawsuits. Sotheby's has a banana year, selling billions - The auction house…

The protagonist of Chicory: a colorful tale is perhaps the most relevant character of 2021. Just because this dog is wearing cool t-shirts and constantly calling home asking for help from his parents. This is because they are facing…

(CNN) - While China still hasn't announced any solid plans to reopen its border to international leisure travelers, there's no harm in starting to dream about your next visit now. There are hundreds of worthy destinations in the country to…

On a frosty Friday night, the brightly lit art gallery was hopping around, with people continually entering the space and examining the works on display, some waving to friends or chatting with the artist whose paintings had just been…

Photo of Shelley Hanson Crystal Thornebrooke of Wheeling receives instructions from Wheeling artist Greg Siegwart during a painting class…

Penélope Cruz started acting when she was a child and played with her friends. “I would pretend to be someone else. A different character. Sometimes from a movie I saw, sometimes from my own imagination. Cruz said Tuesday night when…

The beloved staple "A Charlie Brown Christmas" has moved from network TV to the Apple TV + streaming service, but you don't need to subscribe to watch it on certain days. Photo: ABC1. "Very happy pops"Michael Krajewski conducts the!-->…

La BomboneraOpened in 1902, the pillar of La Bombonera is the pan de Mallorca dish: a sweet and savory mashup in the form of a sandwich with Swiss cheese, eggs and ham coated with sweet bread in butter and sprinkled with powdered sugar.…

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The art scene is buzzing again with Kochi Art Week (KAW) which kicked off this weekend. It has several galleries pooling their resources for shows, art tours, heritage walks in Fort Kochi and Mattancherry, children's workshops and…

Loving art to the point of having the desire to open and run a gallery takes passion. It also requires an understanding of the art born of observation and deep reflection. In addition to these things, some people also have a knack for…

BY JAN M. OLSEN - Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - An architect-designer from southern Finland returned to a frozen lake with a snow shovel to draw a…

He spoke and wrote of African civilizations as infinitely varied ethical, philosophical and aesthetic systems. To capture their complexity and sophistication, he said, a “guerrilla scholarship” was needed that combined art history,…

What would Emily Carr think? The Canadian icon whose First Nations coastal art paintings and Pacific forest landscapes put Victoria on the world art map was born in Victoria 150 years ago. In recent years, the two subjects she…

Suppose you see a Vermeer in a museum and you want to express your reaction to some companions. You might say, “It's a beautiful painting. Or you could tell them, "I think the paint looks good." Either of these…

When the Empress Joséphine asked the architect Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine to rearrange her room at the Château de Fontainebleau, she naturally wished to consult her husband Napoleon. But he was absent from the battlefield. So…

LONDON - When he was little Oscar Murillo told his best friend he was moving to London, but his boyfriend refused to take him seriously: their close-knit community in southwest Colombia was the kind of place where families stayed for…

Shapes of purple glass rise amid green saguaros at the Desert Botanical Garden, one of two Phoenix-area sites showcasing artwork by acclaimed glass artist Dale Chihuly. They are part of "Chihuly in the Desert", a collaborative…

Sir Anthony van Dyck's Portrait of a Woman, JMW Turner's Walton Bridge and LS Lowry's painting of David Lloyd George's birthplace in Manchester are among dozens of artifacts of cultural significance preserved for the nation this year.…

Review at a glancePPerhaps no other contemporary artist has explored the history of Western painting as much as Kehinde Wiley. Wiley, who is now perhaps most famous for his portrayal of Barack Obama, has previously produced paintings…

Mr. Tate's omnivorous nature emerged early on. His family moved to Washington when he was 13, and among their new friends was playwright and poet Thulani Davis. In an interview, she recalled that Greg came to her apartment to listen to…

EDWARDSVIILLE - The past 20+ months of the COVID-19 pandemic have been a challenge for the Edwardsville arts community, but they continue to show resilience.“Sponsorship for the arts this year was a bit behind in previous years, which was…

A groundbreaking new exhibition in New York City features the work of three under-recognized Asian-American sculptors who worked and taught in the city in the 1960s and 1970s.On view at the Tina Kim gallery in Chelsea, The invisible…

Photojournalists in the fieldI'll end on a positive note though, with a tribute to some of the great, and often unrewarded, image-makers of 2021: the photojournalists, professional and otherwise, on the pitch everywhere this year - those…

The IHME Helsinki 2022 Commission titled Learning from Doubt by an Indian Artist and Filmmaker Amar Kanwar, is a ten week online educational course. The course is based on and emerges from the installation and art exhibition The…

My friends, have you ever watched this scene in Ratatouille where he eats cheese and strawberries and wanted that same kind of brain magic while you were away? Well, a woman on TikTok made this fantasy come true, and it's pretty awesome.…

BAY CITY, MI - The craziness of high school hoop season has arrived.MLive is leading the way for the 2021-22 campaign by offering an overview of the Bay City area men's basketball scene, with a look at the top seniors, top juniors and top…

The talented students of "FILMPROD 114: An Introduction to Film and Video Production" showed great potential at Oshman Hall last Friday evening. It was my second time in the University screen room, but this screening was quite a trick,…

Franklin's arts scene returned to downtown Franklin on Friday evening, coinciding with the 2021 Christmas…

Work of the Syrian artist Mamdouh Kashlan. Muhammad Yusuf, Feature Writer Founded in 2016, the Atassi Foundation for Arts and Culture is a non-profit…

People gather at the new Dumke Arts Plaza for a grand opening ceremony in downtown Ogden on Friday, December 3, 2021. A…

Paint Louis, an annual global community…

Warziedea Ahmad lights up a 3D printed sculpture to kick off the inaugural event. MIRI (December 4): The inaugural two-day seahorse sculpture and art exhibition, competition and forum 2021 at the Imperial Palace Hotel here kicked off…

Can you tell me about the benefits of having a library next to your studio?Because I'm a chameleon in a way, I'm going to work on a board and think, "Oh, I need to get my shelf pictogram books out" and then I'm going to dig into my library…

Donna Hirauk's "waterfall"WHEELING - Artworks is proud to present its new members in a show that will begin with an artistic walk on the first Saturday in December. Donna Hirauk and Candace McCarthy joined…

When asked why he became a painter, John Shelton had a simple answer. “This is who I am - this is what I do,” he said. Shelton started painting in eighth grade, and…

Mohammed Kazem is perhaps one of the best witnesses of the country's art history. He is one of them.Considered one of the “five,” a group of artists who led conceptual art in the Emirates in the 1980s and 1990s, he not only supported a…

ENCINITAS - Local artist Kevin Anderson had nearly completed his new mural on Tuesday morning at the Encinitas Library. But he didn't seem ready to quit the project. Anderson began painting the mural in early November after friends at the…

On a recent call with Sanchez, we discussed the artist's early works, which she described as rooted in her own grief and psychology. “It was purely conceptual,” Sanchez said. “I didn't really know what this 'art thing' was. Now I do a…

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A church in Indianapolis offers a different type of nursery in an effort to showcase diversity. Representatives from Christ Church Cathedral say that when it comes to the heart of the city, they…