Tag: Arts
Arts and culture network offering scholarship
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News To help foster creativity among the next generation, the Chatham-Kent Arts and Culture Network has announced its inaugural Emerging Youth Artist Scholarship. Published Apr…
the 15th biennial of contemporary African art postponed to November
The 15th biennial of contemporary African art was due to open on May 16 in Dakar. Its postponement, due to a lack of funding, is a hard blow for the…
the biennial risks being postponed due to a lack of funding
In Senegal, the 15th biennial of contemporary African art is likely to not be able to open on May 16 as planned due to a lack of funding. This world-renowned…
A new setting for “The Mona Lisa” at the Louvre museum?
It is one of the most famous paintings in the world, perhaps even the best known: The Mona Lisa. Painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the very early 1500s, the…
the National Archives explore the links between the State and religions – L’Express
On July 1, 1766, in Abbeville, in the Somme, François Lefebvre, knight of La Barre, was beheaded at the age of 20, after being condemned on appeal by the Parliament…
The American “rock star” Bridget Polk in a word, a gesture and a silence
His artistic universe oscillates between composition and the collapse of stones. The American Bridget Polk, born in 1960 in Whittier, California, calls her art “rock balancing”. Created on the banks…
the history of the “first impressionist exhibition” – L’Express
It was a Wednesday, one hundred and fifty years ago, almost to the day. On April 15, 1874, in Paris, what would later be called the “first impressionist exhibition” opened…
In Las Vegas, UFC 300 promises to be the biggest event in mixed martial arts history
Announced as the most ambitious event in the history of MMA, UFC 300 in Las Vegas should make history by unfolding a card that will give pride of place to…
On the art market, the renewed appeal of works from the Middle Ages – L’Express
Who would have imagined that heroic fantasy literature, video games, films Dune or the series Game Of Thrones would have an impact on the medieval art market, until then a…
“Israel needs political change, that’s for sure”
At the head of the Batsheva Dance Company, Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin is one of the undisputed leaders of contemporary dance. His shows are sold out all over the world,…