Art


German show traces Nazi-era artists鈥 success after the war

A new show examining how some of the Nazis鈥 favorite visual artists were able to successfully continue their work in postwar Germany is currently ongoing in Berlin. 鈥淒ivinely Gifted. National Socialism鈥檚 ...

September 5, 2021, Sunday


Amsterdam to return Kandinsky work to prewar owners鈥 heirs

AMSTERDAM says it will return a valuable painting by Wassily Kandinsky to the heirs of a Jewish family that originally owned it, ending years of legal wrangling over the work that was sold at auction ...

September 5, 2021, Sunday


What links humans, nature and technology?

In many of artist Liu Chang鈥檚 digital art projects, she explores the deeper connections human beings have with nature and technology as a whole, and tries to use technology to remind people of the beauty,...

August 22, 2021, Sunday


Examining human bonds with high-tech art

Artist Liu Chang feels 鈥渙bsessed and excited鈥 when she uses data, algorithms, coding and other digital tools to make her artwork and projects, which mainly cover the topics of social interactions, the ...

August 15, 2021, Sunday


Finding inspiration in things small and public

A 2013 Japanese Ukiyoe exhibition at the British Museum sparked artist Liu Yi鈥檚 interest in small-scale paintings. A year later, he made a dozen copies of line drawings, sketching his wife sitting the ...

August 1, 2021, Sunday


A therapeutic tonic to overcome disabilities

FOR artist Liu Yi, art was his magic pill in those bed-ridden teenage years. Born congenitally malformed, Liu had his first surgery when he was 6 months old at Shanghai鈥檚 Xinhua Hospital. Since then, ...

July 25, 2021, Sunday


On a watery stage, La Scala conquers a new public

UNDER the night sky, dancers leaped on the wooden stage floating on an illuminated swimming pool, a fairytale experience from Milan鈥檚 La Scala as it seeks to reach a wider audience. The lights reflected ...

July 18, 2021, Sunday


Frida Kahlo鈥檚 art on a more intimate and immersive level

With larger-than-life projections of her work, music and journal extracts, a new exhibition aims to bring Mexican surrealist Frida Kahlo鈥檚 paintings to life to mark the 114th anniversary of her birth. 鈥淔rida. ...

July 11, 2021, Sunday


Deadly risk of Afghan female empowerment

PHOTOGRAPHER Rada Akbar鈥檚 striking self-portraits are a declaration of her independence and heritage 鈥 but in Afghanistan that carries a deadly risk. The 33-year-old artist鈥檚 latest exhibition was forced ...

July 11, 2021, Sunday


Capturing beauty and desire with pictures and words

I am rooted but I flow,鈥 Virginia Woolf once wrote. It perhaps also best characterizes Belarusian photographer Valery Katsuba and his work. With experiences working for fashion and archive houses, Katsuba ...

July 11, 2021, Sunday


 

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