A furniture maker and decorator in China created a stir — and inspired copycats — by casting a ceramic sculpture of the former president in a meditative pose that evokes the Buddha.
Tag: Art
The Louvre Recovers Armor Pieces Stolen Nearly 40 Years Ago
At the end of May 1983, two pieces of Italian Renaissance armor went missing. The circumstances around their disappearance still remain a mystery.
‘Guernica’ Tapestry Is Taken Back From U.N. by a Rockefeller
The replica of Picasso’s famed painting depicting the horrors of war had hung outside the Security Council chamber since 1985, on loan from the Rockefeller family.
In Myanmar Coup, Paint, Poems and Protest Art Equals Defiance
The creative classes are providing a mass uprising in the country with an imaginative verve and rebellious spirit that has caught the military generals off guard.
French Mayor Opens Museums, Defying Coronavirus Orders
Cultural institutions in France have been clamoring to reopen for months. They found an unlikely champion in a far-right civic official in Perpignan.
5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now
From a lavish armory in Florence to a tiny gallery near the Arctic Circle, here are five far-flung museums that deserve more followers.
Kehinde Wiley’s Black Rock Resident Artists Are Named
Members of the global group share the painter’s passion for using art to explore social change.
For Britain’s Art Dealers, Post-Brexit Trade Isn’t So Free
New taxes, fees and red tape have some in the trade worried they will go out of business. Others see opportunities as the market readjusts.
With a Gift of Art, a Daughter Honors, if Not Absolves, Her Father
Douglas Latchford, a scholar of Khmer antiquities who was accused of trafficking in looted artifacts, bequeathed his world-class collection to his daughter. She has returned it to Cambodia.
Pompidou Center, Aging Symbol of the Future, to Close for Renovations
The striking, inside-out museum and cultural center in the heart of Paris will close for construction in 2023, France’s culture minister said Monday.