Edinburgh art festival 2022 review – sunstruck blockbuster steals the show A Greek chorus of clay busts, an audience with some molluscs and a magnificent show of impressionist masterpieces captivate The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2022
French riverboat tour was worth the pandemic wait “We’ve been waiting for you” was the common theme among our cabin crew, bartenders, waiters, tour guides and the Tapestry II River Boat captain. It had been two years of waiting for the riverboats to take to the water since the boats were shut down for the pandemic. Pioneer Press · Jul 25, 2022
Kate’s choir, hidden portraits and J-Lo’s spouse – take the Thursday quiz Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare? The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2022
Tickets on sale for new permanent interactive art installation Technology will put you inside iconic paintings Wales Online · Jul 19, 2022
Dürer in Birmingham, Hockney in Normandy and a not-so-hot climate crisis show – the week in art Stunning works from Renaissance grandee Albrecht Dürer, David Hockney’s French spring scenes and the Royal Academy’s dull take on global heating The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022
Travel for Two: Prague's past beauty still radiates today If there is such a thing, I’m a church tourist. When I travel, I revel in visiting churches, and, when I can, and even if I don’t understand the language, attending services. Certainly I don’t travel to see only churches, but the mere act of being an occasional church tourist… Tribune News Service · Jun 13, 2022
Waterloo Bridge masterpiece by Claude Monet expected to sell for £24m Work is part of a series painted by the artist while he stayed at Savoy hotel with views across the Thames The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022
How the scientific equivalent of impressionist paintings can make you feel data A group of artists shook the world in the 1860s by painting what they saw, thought and felt. They became known as the impressionists and they weren’t interested in recreating perfect visual appearances like hundreds of artists before them. The Conversation · May 25, 2022
‘The rich have got much richer’: why art sale prices are going through the roof Auction houses are recording a boom in sales after a return to pre-pandemic levels of supplies of works The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2022
Picasso, Monet and Cézanne lead the way in $400m New York art auction Ten works sell for more than $10m each in sale featuring giants of art, also including Gauguin and Magritte The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2022
Monet’s Le Grand Canal et Santa Maria della Salute sells at Sotheby’s for record £45m The piece has joined a series of Monet masterworks that have sold for more than £40.1m in consecutive New York sales at Sotheby’s The Independent UK · May 18, 2022
Monet’s Le Grand Canal et Santa Maria della Salute sells for record £45 million The piece has joined a series of Monet masterworks that have sold for more than £40.1 million in consecutive New York sales at Sotheby’s. The Independent UK · May 18, 2022
Warhol Monroe Portrait Set to Smash Records at New York Sales An Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe worth an estimated $200 million headlines this month's spring sales in New York that collectors say are among the most anticipated ever. Christie's expects Warhol's 1964 "Shot Sage Blue Marilyn" to become the priciest 20th century artwork when the auction house puts it… Asharq Al-Awsat · May 7, 2022
The Philippines may vote Bongbong Marcos into office, even though his parents stole billions from the country On a plane stuffed with diamonds, art, gold and $1 million in cash, Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines in disgrace. Three decades later, their son is set to become the country's next president. ABC News · Apr 23, 2022
Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 26, 2022 Berlin Exhibition Offers Immersive Experience Focused on Monet, da Vinci Immersive experiences dominate today’s digital art world. Visitors wear virtual reality headsets or explore exhibition spaces made of walls of LEDs responding to their movements in various museums around the world. Berlin is now doubling down on this interactive art trend with two exhibitions bringing big names into virtual worlds…
Evening Standard · Jan 18, 2022 Millions for Claude Monet masterpieces as artworks go on sale Five masterpieces by Claude Monet are expected to fetch £35 million when they go under the hammer.