Oct 9th, 2025 - Hot on the heels of the momentous Gaza ceasefire announcement came the release of the exhibitor list for the inaugural edition of Art Basel in Doha, Qatar. There was some uncertainty about the fate of the fair after an Israeli airstrike on Doha in early September threatened Qatar's claimed neutrality and led many to wonder if it would be safe or reasonable to host a major international art event in the region. But as was just announced, eighty-seven galleries will each present one artist in the ...
Oct 6th, 2025 - A collection of essays about the Rijksmuseum's show also fascinating insights into the struggle for loans and what accompanying research revealed about its 17th-century subject The Rijksmuseum's Vermeer exhibition of 2023 is arguably the world's most successful show this century. It was spectacular in terms of ticket sales (650,000, with the main batch selling out only two days after the opening), the presentation of the largest-ever group of the artist's works (28 of the 37 paintings) and for ...
May 6th, 2025 - If the new show at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, " Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits ," were only what the title indicated — an exhibit of the paintings and drawings Van Gogh did in Arles in the last two years of his life of his friend, the postman Joseph Roulin, and his family — it would be a significant event. It would be the first show ever devoted to these intimate portraits, and would tell us some new things about an artist we all think we know through his most popular ...
Apr 11th, 2025 - Eugène Boudin at the Musée Marmottan Monet Video: Musée Marmottan Monet Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz: have just this week opened a new exhibition dedicated to Eugène Boudin (1824-1898) drawn in-part from a single private collection. According to their website: Collector Yann Guyonwarc'h has assembled a collection of works by Eugène Boudin (1824 – 1898) that is unrivalled in any museum in the world. Every facet of the artist's career is ...
Mar 14th, 2025 - Much attention has been paid recently to the life of the Italian Baroque master, Artemisia Gentileschi —specifically, her rape, her torture with thumb screws while testifying during the trial of her attacker and her representations of muscular women inflicting bodily damage on men . She's been the subject of novels, films, Broadway plays and operas, but no attention would be paid to her at all if she were not an artist of exquisite skill, bold vision and striking originality who painted ...
Mar 11th, 2025 - France's landscapes and cityscapes provided the perfect backdrop for the revolutionary Impressionist movement. These artists captured fleeting moments of light, color, and atmosphere, forever immortalizing locations that you can still visit today. From Monet's enchanting gardens to Renoir's lively riverside haunts, these places that inspired Impressionist artists offer a chance to step into the paintings that changed the course of art history. 1. Monet's House and Gardens in Giverny Claude ...
Feb 7th, 2025 - 'তিউনিসিয়ার মতো খাদে পড়তে যাচ্ছে কি বাংলাদেশ' অন্তর্বর্তী সরকারের ছয় মাস পূর্ণ হতে ...
