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Wes Anderson curates Vienna’s Art History Museum
In 2012, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna initiated a new series of exhibitions for which remarkable creative individuals are invited to present their own personal selections of objects drawn from the museum’s historical collections. The third instalment of the series, has been selected and curated by the filmmaker Wes Anderson and his partner, the writer and…
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Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page loans tapestries to Tate Britain
The founder of Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page, says he was “influenced” by the work of influential 19th Century artist, Edward Burne-Jones. The legendary guitarist has loaned huge tapestries of the Holy Grail to Tate Britain for a new exhibition focusing on Burne-Jones’ work. The exhibition features more than 150 works by the Pre-Raphaelite artist. …
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Banksy’s Art Self-Destructs at Sotheby’s (Video)
Banksy just shared a video of how he staged his art’s self-destruction in front of startled auction-goers at Sotheby’s, moments after it was sold for £1.04 million. The spray-painted canvas “Girl With Balloon” went under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London, fetching more than three times its pre-sale estimate and equaling a record price for…
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Léon Wuidar’s Typographic Forms at White Cube
During the 1980s and 1990s, Léon Wuidar’s interest in typographic forms and the rhythm of language fed into works featuring colourful abstract forms. These can also be seen in Wuidar’s numerous sketchbooks and notebooks, several of which are included in Léon Wuidar’s exhibition — on display at White Cube Bermondsey until 1 July 2018. Wuidar…
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Developing VR experiences for cultural institutions
The Vive Studios program will fund and develop VR experiences for cultural institutions. Whether examining a priceless collection of ancient treasures or exploring an exhibit of historic war artifacts, museums have always provided an exceptional way to preserve and educate the public. But now institutions are aiming to make museum experiences more interactive and…
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Darwin’s long-lost beetle specimen found in museum dusty drawers
Millions of animals unknown to science languish in the world’s natural history collections. Just open a forgotten cupboard and you could find a new species. A COUPLE of years ago, Stylianos Chatzimanolis received a box of insects in the post. The package came from London’s Natural History Museum: Chatzimanolis was updating the classification of an…
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‘David Bowie is’ travels to Brooklyn for final show
Organized with unprecedented access to David Bowie’s personal archive, this exhibition explores the creative process of an artist whose sustained reinventions, innovative collaborations, and bold characterizations revolutionized the way we see music, inspiring people to shape their own identities while challenging social traditions. David Bowie is has been touring globally for the past five years…
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Unlocking the stories behind the art
Through the Smartify free app, users can unlock the stories behind art and create a digital personal art collection. Smartify has now partnered with some of the world’s most popular museums. Love visiting art galleries but hate not knowing the stories behind the artworks? Wish you could carry your favourite art with you, and…
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Condo collaborative exhibition opens in London
Condo opened across London last weekend – a collaborative exhibition spanning fifteen different London galleries that have teamed up with spaces from outside the UK including ones from New York, Oslo, Shanghai and Guatemala City. East London is the most populated, beginning with Project Native Informant near Farringdon— hosting Dublin’s Mother’s Tankstation and New York’s…
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Martin Boyce’s Turner-prize winning installation
Experience the union of architecture and nature in Boyce’s Turner-prize winning installation on show at Tate Britain. Glasgow-based artist Martin Boyce is interested in the physical and psychological experience of the built environment. His installations explore the modern urban landscape, particularly with reference to twentieth century modernist design, and its connections to utopian notions of living.…
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