Fine Art News
- New prize for art that creates social change
The Serpentine Gallery hosted an awards show Wednesday night for a new art prize, Visible 2011. The prize, curated by Matteo Luchini and Judith Weilander, was conceived by the Italian artist and art activist Michelangelo Pistoletto, in collaboration…
- This mural should be a living work
Arts Victoria is expected to lodge a permit application with Heritage Victoria shortly so that it can begin conservation work on Keith Haring’s last surviving large-scale mural in Australia. The proposed move has prompted protest from art world…
- Authorities in bid to save derelict Van Gogh house
The house where Van Gogh lodged in the Borinage, where he was an evangelist among the coalminers, is falling down. Legal measures are being taken by the local authority to compulsorily purchase the dilapidated building. The plan is to restore it and…
- Church seeks return of cathedral
The Russian Orthodox Church is attempting to reclaim the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral of Perm, which has housed the Perm State Art Gallery since the Soviet era, a move that has led to protests within Russia and abroad. Called “the Hermitage of the…
