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The Victorian government has contributed $500,000 to secure the purchase of two rare artworks by Wurundjeri artist William Barak at auction in New York, in order to bring them back to the state. The Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Corporation had raised $117,627 via a crowdfunding page to buy the […]

[ad_1] May 29, 2022 Artists, BSA Images Of The Week Welcome to BSA Images of the Week! “Let’s dial down the rhetoric. Let’s work sincerely to negotiate a cease-fire. We need serious diplomacy” said no one […]

[ad_1] A colorful student-made mural honoring Pomo culture and history was unveiled at Elsie Allen High School Thursday evening. The approximately 25-by-100-foot mural, called “Spirit of Healing,” depicts traditional dancing, singing and Pomo way of life amid a radiant sunset and crashing waves. “Community murals offer a small slice of […]

Do this right and you can even make a profit. As the market reporter Katya Kazakina recently explained in Artnet News, galleries with a hot market star on their hands increasingly favor collectors who can “buy one, give one”: in other words, purchase two works in a show and commit […]

[ad_1] Showcasing an eclectic range of artworks by 60 emerging and established urban artists, the third 60 Collective Art Exhibition is a cause for celebration. Established back in 2013 by Frankie Velez and Craig Anthony Miller, the 60 Collective continues its tradition of supporting the arts and public education, as […]

[ad_1] Noah Rubin, illus. by Tasia Prince. Chronicle, $16.99 (162p) ISBN 978-1-79721-293-7 “Connection, exploration, and lightheartedness are the most essential ingredients whatever or wherever you roll,” opines former rap producer Rubin in this spirited guide to finding one’s high. Complemented by punchy graphics from Prince, the book provides hands-on tutorials […]

Cops in Germany have released CCTV images of a “striking” brunette who stole a valuable 1561 Pieter Aertsen oil painting from a museum. The brazen heist was carried out by the still-unidentified woman at Bielefeld’s Museum Huelsmann during an exhibition April 27. The woman was described in reports as “striking.” […]

[ad_1] Alice Tye (previously featured here) is a London-based illustrator and painter, represented by Jelly. With a degree in illustration from Camberwell College of Art, Tye has exhibited across London and has worked for numerous companies and publications, including Moët Hennessy, Expedia, and The Guardian. “Cinema and architecture have been […]

Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Nearly four decades after a Willem de Kooning painting was violently cut from its frame at a museum and kept in a couple’s bedroom, the newly restored work, likely worth well above $100 million, will go on view publicly for the first time. “Woman-Ochre” was […]

[ad_1] Creative InsomniaUpdate Perspectives from The Artist’s Road Summer Night     1890     Winslow Homer  “If the insomnia of a musician allows him to create beautiful pieces, it is a beautiful insomnia.”                                        – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry     Common experience informs most of us that sleep is essential for insightful and creative […]