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Commercial goes pastoral: the draw of showing art in the open air

The Art Newspaper

The Wiltshire gallery attracts 150 to 200 visitors a day and large-scale sculpture shows are the biggest draw, alongside regular talks and symposiums, says its founder Johnny Messum. It also occupies a former farm, the focal point being a cathedral-like, 13th-century monastic tithe barn. Education is a key component.

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Chardin’s strawberries masterpiece forms fruity backdrop to Dior catwalk

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In a room modelled on the Gemäldegalerie at the Kulturforum in Berlin, Jonathan Anderson, Dior’s new creative designer, bedecked models in outfits drawing on 18th- and 19th-century French menswear. The Art Newspaper

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With the help of conservators, one of Van Gogh’s finest Arles landscapes will be heading to Japan

The Art Newspaper

After his first work, Van Gogh went on to complete three more paintings of the bridge, alongside four drawings and a watercolour—evidence that it was an important motif for him. The Illustrated Provence Letters of Van Gogh has been reissued (Batsford 2021, UK and US ).

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How Gretchen Andrew’s AI art is revealing the societal scars of ‘facetuning’

The Art Newspaper

First, an oil paint printer makes the original, unmodified image and then the wet oil painting is put through an XY-axis drawing robot. The robot, instructed by the discrepancies between the original image and an AI-modified (facetuned) version, adds brushstrokes where lines have changed,” Andrew explains.

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Great Discoveries: Rare Revolutionary War Sketch Found in Apartment

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An 18th-century drawing with a partially torn inscription caught her attention. Hernstadt allowed Skic to bring the drawing to Philadelphia to study it. In his investigation, Skic connected with paper conservator Corine McHugh, who confirmed that the drawing’s paper and ink date back to the Revolutionary War period.

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London's pre-contemporary art market gets boost from two new summer events

The Art Newspaper

This bijou, polished pop-up has been founded by Sebastien Paraskevas and Alesa Boyle who in 2023, along with Tom Neville, co-founded Trois Crayons, the specialist drawings and works on paper group selling exhibition. 9 Cork Street, with 35 participating galleries showing over 250 drawings from the 15th to 21st centuries.

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Artwork Preparation: The Blueprint Behind Artworks

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Follow along as we explore the fascinating world of preparatory drawings, from initial gestural sketches to final image transfer. Preliminary Planning: Conceptual Sketches Newell Convers Wyeth – First Farmer of the Land, Composition Drawing. Leonardo da Vinci created many such initial drawings.

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