August 16, 2026

Fine Art

Fine Art

LS Lowry drawing of Maryport to be auctioned in November

[ad_1] Earlier this week, a historic painting of Maryport created by the legendary artist brought in over £800,000 at an auction in London. And now, a signed pencil drawing by Lowry titled Maryport – The Estuary is to be sold by Mitchells Antiques & Fine Arts next month. Lowry and Bennett looking at their painting together

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Call for applications: Department of Site-Specific Art

[ad_1] Call for applications: Department of Site-Specific ArtJanuary 15–29, 2025 University of Applied Arts Vienna Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2 1010 ViennaAustria The Department of Site-Specific Art invites applicants for its Fine Arts diploma program of the academic year 2025/26. Site-specific art confronts and explores material locations and sites to study the “spatial manifestations” of the world surrounding

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Markel appoints Dena Furmanek as Senior Underwriter

[ad_1] LONDON, Oct. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Markel, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc. (NYSE: MKL), today announced that it has appointed Dena Furmanek as Senior Underwriter – Fine Art, North America, with immediate effect. Furmanek will support the profitable expansion of Markel’s North American Fine Art book, as part of the insurer’s strategic

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‘I’d love to know what Madonna thinks!’

[ad_1] Boy George has unveiled a blockbuster new art collection meditating on fame, otherness – and Madame X-era Madonna. The Culture Club frontman’s colourful new show for Castle Fine Art vibrates with energy, fun and humour and features everyone from BG’s childhood hero David Bowie to Drag Race UK‘s Veronica Green. One of the showpieces

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Who took home Halloween glory in this year’s Great Barrington window painting contest? Here’s the complete list of winners | South Berkshires

[ad_1] The grand prize winner in this year’s downtown Great Barrington Halloween window painting contest is Ryan Baumgart for his art in the Bernay Fine Art gallery window at the corner of Main and Railroad streets. The painting contest is sponsored by the Great Barrington Rotary, which provides the supplies and gives out cash prizes

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An interactive exhibition brings works of art to life at the O’Parinor shopping center (93)

[ad_1] From October 28 to November 3, 2024, the O’Parinor shopping center in Aulnay-sous-Bois will be transformed into an interactive museum accessible to all, offering a new way to discover famous works of art, through our senses. What if you could chat with Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl? That’s what the O’Parinor shopping mall in

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Smart Museum celebrates 50 years of examining the world through art

[ad_1] For Malloy, this approach is what sets the Smart Museum, and UChicago, apart. “What I love about this community is there an interdisciplinary spirit, where people, scholars and students are open to thinking outside the box,” she said, “and are curious about how things that are unexpected fit together.” Plans for the future As

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Fine Art Museum of Sedona opens its first exhibit

[ad_1] A dream more than a decade in the making came true on Oct. 3, when the Fine Art Museum of Sedona opened its doors at Suite 4 in the Harkins Plaza in West Sedona. “We gently opened,” board Chairman Harley Todd joked. For the moment, the museum will welcome visitors from 11 a.m. to

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Odyssey: A journey into an artist’s realm

[ad_1] Abiodun Olaku is no doubt one of the grandmasters of fine arts in Nigeria, leveraging art to tell stories about contemporary societal issues and promoting the intuitive artistic skills to encourage the young and the up-and-coming artists. At the National Museum in Lagos, his works of art were displayed at an exhibition which attracted

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Museums Around the Country Explore Democracy

[ad_1] This article is part of the Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on the art world stretching boundaries with new artists, new audiences and new technology. It’s always nice to put a face to a name, and visitors to the new exhibition at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston — “Power of the People: Art

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