Turkey’s president has made a spectacle of the Ottoman past, using monuments and TV shows to rally his voters. His cultural opponents have faced censorship, or jail.
Tag: Art
Rolf Harris, Disgraced British Entertainer, Dies at 93
His career as a musician and a painter over six decades ended abruptly when he was convicted of sexually abusing teenage girls.
Your Friday Briefing: Dueling Summits
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Italian Tourism Campaign With Botticelli’s Venus Faces Backlash
An initiative featuring a computerized version of Botticelli’s Venus aims to bolster tourism, but it has been roundly mocked in Italy for using stereotypes about the country.
Italian Tourism Campaign With Botticelli’s Venus Faces Backlash
An initiative featuring a computerized version of Botticelli’s Venus aims to bolster tourism, but it has been roundly mocked in Italy for using stereotypes about the country.
Soviet Pop Art Duo Reunites for First U.S. Retrospective Since Their Breakup
The rebellious artists Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid founded their own artistic movement. They agreed to their first interview together in 20 years.
A Japanese Island Where the Wild Things Are
In the pantheon of yokai, spooky beings of Japanese folklore embody anxieties ancient and modern. On Shodoshima, an art contest helps bring new ones to life.
Melbourne Art and Design, Past and Present
Two exhibitions in Melbourne — “Radical Utopia” and “Melbourne Now” — trace the city’s art and design from the 1980s to the present.
A Massive Trump Painting Is Mysteriously Missing
A portrait of former President Donald J. Trump by a Salvadoran painter is one of several gifts to the presidential family that is now unaccounted for.
Who Was Leonardo’s Mother? A Novelist Has Evidence She Was Enslaved.
An author has a theory that the artist’s mother, Caterina, was kidnapped as a girl in the Caucasus area of Central Asia.