contemporary art
Angelina Jolie shares photo of sculpture at the Pyramids of Giza
Culture
October 26, 2021
Angelina Jolie shares photo of sculpture at the Pyramids of Giza
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie shared an image of a sculpture set at the Pyramids of Giza on Instagram on Friday.…
New Amsterdam museum opens with Warhol and Banksy shows
Art news
April 4, 2016
New Amsterdam museum opens with Warhol and Banksy shows
April 9 is the opening date for a new contemporary art museum in Amsterdam. The Moco/Modern Contemporary Museum’s first exhibitions…
Sursock reborn as Beirut’s first interactive museum
Art news
October 8, 2015
Sursock reborn as Beirut’s first interactive museum
From nighttime walks around the city to workshops on art conservation, Beirut's grandiose Sursock Museum reopens this week as Lebanon's…
How has art in Egypt changed since the revolution? – Video
Art news
September 14, 2015
How has art in Egypt changed since the revolution? – Video
Since the outbreak of the January 25 revolution, Egypt's art scene has undergone dramatic changes. Art has become the voice of…
Locals turn forgotten Liverpool streets into art prize favorite
Art news
July 5, 2015
Locals turn forgotten Liverpool streets into art prize favorite
In Liverpool's Granby neighborhood, proud residents and a group of architects have brought back to life the area's four remaining…
Africa: ‘the next China’ for contemporary art
Art news
May 17, 2015
Africa: ‘the next China’ for contemporary art
Giles Peppiatt, from Bonhams in London, had good reason to make the trip to Nigeria's financial capital, Lagos, for the…
‘What does a drawing want?’: Beirut’s second exhibit is both mysterious and topical
Art news
January 6, 2013
‘What does a drawing want?’: Beirut’s second exhibit is both mysterious and topical
“What does a drawing want?” is Beirut in Cairo’s second exhibition, and its first group show. Presented as “a draft…
Daily notes of nonexistence: Constructing a communal history through a personal archive
Art news
December 18, 2012
Daily notes of nonexistence: Constructing a communal history through a personal archive
“He swore it all took place under a giant glass dome,” reads a sentence printed in silver below a photograph…
Internet art in real life
Art news
October 26, 2012
Internet art in real life
Internet art can bypass galleries, museums and the money that gives the art world its glamorous hierarchy of exclusivity. People…
Why water? Read CIC’s new book ‘Hydrarchy’ to find out
Books
October 11, 2012
Why water? Read CIC’s new book ‘Hydrarchy’ to find out
Robert Wedderburn’s mother was a slave who was sold by Wedderburn’s father, a Scottish plantation owner, when she was five…