VENICE â An opera performance on an artificial beach, in which swimsuited performers break from sunbathing to sing warnings of ecological disaster, won Lithuania the top prize Saturday at the Venice Art Biennale, the worldâs oldest and most high-profile international exhibition of contemporary art.
VENICE â An opera performance on an artificial beach, in which swimsuited performers break from sunbathing to sing warnings of ecological disaster, won Lithuania the top prize Saturday at the Venice Art Biennale, the worldâs oldest and most high-profile international exhibition of contemporary art.
PARIS â Early next year, after a nearly $170 million redevelopment, Parisâ 130-year-old Bourse de Commerce will reopen as a contemporary art museum. Unlike the world-famous state-funded museums nearby against which it hopes to measure up â namely, the Louvre and the Pompidou Center â this one will be financed by one man: French billionaire François Pinault, whose collection consists of about 5,000 works by artists such as Jeff Koons, Cy Twombly and Cindy Sherman.
LONDON â Vittorio Grigolo got his first major operatic break in June 2010, when the Royal Opera House cast him at the last minute in Massenetâs âManon.â Critics and audiences were ecstatic.
PARIS â Late one Sunday afternoon in February, French-Algerian artist Kader Attia welcomed several dozen visitors to a talk in the skylighted foyer of La Colonie, a cultural center and cafe that he opened in 2016 in a former textile factory in Paris. Guests sitting on old sofas and folding chairs listened as Attia moderated a debate between two French philosophers on the politics of race in postcolonial times.
The Cannes Film Festival on Thursday revealed a set of movies in contention for this yearâs Palme dâOr. American director Terrence Malick â who won in 2011 for âThe Tree of Lifeâ â is back with âA Hidden Life,â set during World War II. Pedro AlmodĂłvar of Spain and Ken Loach of Britain are also in the running.
LONDON â Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza comes from one of Europeâs most famous art-collecting families: A museum in Madrid bears his family name. That institution, the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza opened in 1992, when Spain bought the familyâs collection of works by masters including DĂŒrer, Caravaggio, Rubens, Monet and van Gogh. The collection, said to have been rivaled in Europe by only that of the queen of England, was established by a dynasty of industrialists who made a fortune in shipbui...
LONDON â Sandro Botticelli, who died five centuries ago, is best known for his âSpringâ and âBirth of Venusâ paintings, which help draw more than 2 million visitors a year to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. His works are not generally expected to be found outside the worldâs major museums.
At a news conference for the film on Wednesday, I asked Tarantino why Robbie, an Oscar-nominated actress who starred in âI, Tonya,â didnât get more dialogue. It must have been a deliberate choice on his part, I added.
CANNES, France â The Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday with 21 movies contending for the top trophy, the Palme dâOr. A gala premiere of âThe Dead Donât Die,â by American director Jim Jarmusch, kicked off the 12-day extravaganza.
NEW YORK â Paul Nash, the British painter famous for his depictions of World War I, is not widely recognized outside the land of his birth. So itâs something of a surprise to see an all-Nash booth this year at Frieze New York.
The main exhibition at the Venice Biennale is arguably the most coveted gig in curating. Itâs the centerpiece of the international art worldâs highest-profile event, and gives the chosen curator instant prestige. But itâs a tricky one to get right.
LONDON â Wrapped in a turban and a mink-lined robe, the old man sits in his opulent home, smiling wryly. The pouch in his hand is full to bursting. Gold coins are scattered across his desk.
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