Author: Ann Williams

The British Museum has sued former curator Peter Higgs for serious theft. The London museum has today, March 26, granted access to the eBay and PayPal records of a departed employee after detailed allegations were made at London’s High Court detailing years of theft from its collections. Higgs, who worked in the museum’s Greek collections department for 30 years before being fired last August, will be ordered by the judge to release information about the artifacts he is accused of stealing. The museum says that Higgs sold objects from the stolen collection to more than 45 buyers over a 10-year…

Richard Serra (© 2021 Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS); photo by Kai Jüenemann, courtesy of Gagosian) Artist Richard Serra, whose monumental sculptures distort the sense of space and time, died at his home on Long Island, New York on Tuesday, March 26. He was 85 and the cause was pneumonia, his lawyer John Silberman said. New York Times. Serra was born in San Francisco in 1938 and graduated in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara, before studying painting at the Yale School of Art and Architecture, primarily under the tutelage of Bauhaus alumnus Josef Albers. Despite his basic…

After nearly three weeks of picketing and eight bargaining sessions, 120 workers at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) reached a new wage agreement with the museum yesterday, March 26. Within 30 days, workers unionized with UAW Local 2110 will win. $18 hourly minimum wage and collect The annual salary increases of 3.5% are retroactive until January 1, 2024. In addition, the union also guaranteed extra pay for time and a half for days of more than 10 hours; the standard Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday pay; Extra pay for New Year’s Day, Independence Day and Labor Day; and…

Elizabeth Okie Paxton, “The Breakfast Tray” (c. 1910), oil on canvas, 21 x 17 inches (all images courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington) Elizabeth Okie Paxton, “The Breakfast Tray” (c. 1910), oil on canvas, 21 x 17 inches (all images courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington) Elizabeth Okie Paxton, “The Breakfast Tray” (c. 1910), oil on canvas, 21 x 17 inches (all images courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington) Washington, DC’s National Gallery of Art (NGA) has acquired two more paintings by women artists from the Boston School, enhancing its collection of artworks from…

One of Ukraine’s leading art and design academies was severely damaged by a Russian missile attack in Kiev on Monday, in the latest blow to Ukraine’s cultural heritage after a full-scale invasion by Russia in 2022.The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine said in a statement “As a result of falling fragments of a missile launched by the Russian Federation, the center of the building of the Kyiv State Institute of Applied and Decorative and Applied Arts and Design named after Mykhailo Boichuk was destroyed.” In addition, “the premises of the departments and the institution’s auditorium were heavily…

Richard Serra, an American artist who liked to “work on the edge of what was possible”, creating giant steel works on the scale of ancient monuments such as Stonehenge or Egyptian tombs, has reportedly died at his home in New York. He was 85 years old.Serra’s oxidized steel works, which earned him the citation of being “the greatest living sculptor,” are in major collections around the world, including the Guggenheim Bilbao, where the 1,034-ton work circuit. The matter of time (2005) fills the main hall. Other pieces have been commissioned and created for outdoor spaces: the Dukhan Desert in Qatar,…

Shahzia Sikander talks to Ben Luke about her influences—from writers to musicians and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped her life and work. Sikander, born in Lahore, Pakistan in 1969, was trained in the Indo-Persian tradition of manuscript painting and has used its forms, techniques and language as a springboard for a wide-ranging engagement with colonial and postcolonial history, feminism, gender and sexuality. , and with narratives about cultural identity and race. of Shahzia Sikander the witness (2023) in Madison Square Park Havah… breath, air, life (2023)Photo: Yasunori Matsui, courtesy of the artist and Madison Square…

Hong Kong is full of cultural events this month. In addition to Art Basel Hong Kong and its satellite fairs, there are regulars on the calendar, such as the Hong Kong International Film Festival and the Hong Kong Arts Festival, and newcomers such as the city’s first ComplexCon, which focuses on contemporary pop culture. . Sensory overload could be on the cards; therefore, planning is essential to enjoy the season. To help you navigate the options, here are nine unmissable works to see, some of which will appear exclusively for Hong Kong Culture Month.Lee Ka-sing at the Asia Art ArchiveThe…

Over 35 years of collecting, Hong Kong-born Patrick Sun has been one of Asia’s foremost patrons and promoters of queer art.Through the Sunpride Foundation, founded in Hong Kong in 2014, Sun has organized pioneering group exhibitions of works from his collection in Asian museums. The inaugural show, at the Taiwan Museum of Contemporary Art in 2017, was said to be the first LGBTQ+ themed exhibition held at any museum in Asia. Subsequent iterations of the exhibition were presented at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center in 2019 and Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun in 2022-23. The Sun’s collection includes works by…

The 1-54 brand is known for its contemporary African art fairs in London, New York and Marrakech. However, a different kind of event is being organized in Hong Kong this week. After launching a program to sell exhibitions in New York and London last year under the title 1-54 Gifts, the fair has brought the new format to Asia. As before, the show is organized by Christie’s auction house, 1-54’s global partner.Coalescent lights It has been curated by Kami Gahiga, who joined the fair last spring as head of VIP and gallery relations. It features 27 artists, including industry heavyweights…