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Artist Erna Rosenstein, whose work about memory and loss resonates today, celebrated with major Vienna exhibition - The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (187+ words) Screens (1951) is one of Rosenstein's many works that reference her parents' murder in the Second World War " Muzeum Sztuki, "d; courtesy of Foksal Gallery Foundation and Hauser & Wirth Influential during her lifetime, yet largely unfamiliar outside of central and eastern…...
Historic Tallinn Art Hall to reopen this November following "13m renovation
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (366+ words) Designed by Estonian architect Edgar Johan Kuusik, Tallinn Art Hall has been located in Freedom Square in the Estonian capital since its opening in 1934 One of Estonia's oldest and leading contemporary art institutions, the Tallinn Art Hall (Tallinna Kunstihoone), is…...
President and general manager of leading Marseille art institution Mucem suspended amid workplace allegations
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (277+ words) The six elected representatives of the Mu CEM staffbase immediately "welcomed a decision" to suspend Costa Also in March, Mu CEM registered a complaint by an employee, now on medical leave, who alleges he was sexually and morally harassed by…...
19th century bronze Laoco'n leads London Old Master auctions, selling for "13. 6m at Sotheby's
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (413+ words) Auguste-Jean Marie Carbonneaux's The Hamilton Laoco'n. Sold for "13. 6m Old Masters are the latest collecting category to demonstrate how the Big Two international auction houses, with their global brands and marketing, have become an ever-more dominant force in the international art…...
Le'n Ferrari exhibition cancelled in Chile amid cuts to culture budget
18+ hour, 4+ min ago (389+ words) The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) in Santiago, Chile, has canceled a Le'n Ferrari retrospective after almost three years of preparations. Ferrari (1920-2013), one of Argentina's most important artists and the winner of a Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale…...
The small Ohio town getting an Aboriginal art museum and a James Turrell 'Skyspace' installation
19+ hour, 41+ min ago (316+ words) Rendering of the Modern Aboriginal Art Museum under construction in New Bremen, Ohio Image courtesy of Freytag & Associates. Inc A Turrell-approved engineering team will install the Skyspace in New Bremen's Kuenning-Dicke Natural Area, a former family farm that features 77 protected…...
Dutch national photo collection opens in new Rotterdam home
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (419+ words) While the ground floor, library and'darkroom are open free of charge to the public, upstairs on the museum floors, the temperature varies, light is'limited and certain images will be frequently rotated. "We have 30 works'from the collection that are temporary because…...
At New York's Swiss Institute, Soi L Thornton ponders the role an art institution can play in the face of a housing crisis
22+ hour, 18+ min ago (480+ words) Part of Soi L Thornton's evict relief (2026), which chronicles the artist's costly and complex struggle to avoid eviction from their New York home Dan Bradica Studio. New York's affordability crisis mimics its punishing summer heat. Increasingly, it feels like the…...
Former Nederlands Fotomuseum director awarded "400, 000 after unfair dismissal ruling
23+ hour, 2+ min ago (548+ words) After a five-hour court hearing, a judge in Rotterdam has'ruled that the Nederlands Fotomuseum must pay former director Birgit Donker two years" salary for its "serious" failures as an employer. Donker was dismissed last July by the supervisory board following…...
National Museum Cardiff may temporarily close for renovation work, officials say
23+ hour, 39+ min ago (351+ words) The National Museum Cardiff may need to temporarily close to allow for redevelopment, according to officials. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said that Amgueddfa Cymru (Museum Wales), which runs the historical city-centre site, is "considering the possibility" of…...