Britain’s Turner Prize has long stirred debate in the art world with its unconventional choices, and this year may be no different with a song performance and an architecture collective among the contenders. An exhibition of the four finalists’ work begins in a room of modern chairs with fur coats sewn onto them, by London-based German artist Nicole Wermers. “Both projects are about crystallising fleeting social gestures — the placing
The Netherlands and France will jointly buy two rare Rembrandts for 160 million euros, the Dutch culture minister said Wednesday after the two states defused a potential bidding war. The 17th-century paintings, which currently belong to the wealthy French Rothschild banking family and have rarely been seen in public, will alternate between the Rijksmuseum and the Louvre, Jet Bussemaker said in a letter to the Dutch parliament. “We believe these
Grab the tissue box because this is absolutely heartbreaking. A Georgia mom discovered a sweet note her 6-year-old son left for her and her husband before he died from a brain infection….
NEW YORK (AP) — The accolades are piling up for one of the country’s top writers about race.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man said he had no idea an 18th-century painting hanging in his home for over 20 years had been looted from a Polish museum by the Nazis during World War II.
