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Cleveland Museum of Art acquires rare Giambologna marble sculpture

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Photo courtesy of Gary Kirchenbauer In 1989, an unpromising-sounding but alluring marble sculpture of a female nude came up for sale at a Christie’s auction held at an English country house in Hertfordshire. “It The other marble sculpture by Giambologna in the US, another nude dated to 1571-73, was bought by the Getty in 1982.

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Introducing Julia Day, the Frick’s new chief conservator

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Critics and visitors alike oohed and aahed at the restored 1914 mansion, still the centrepiece of its celebrated holdings of Old Master paintings, Italian and French sculpture, fine decorative objects and furniture. That will not change. Frick Collection Renewed Frick Collection balances tradition and transformation J.

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At Baltimore Museum of Art, a new exhibition asks us to consider the connections between race, colonialism and the climate crisis

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Whether in painting, sculpture, textiles, film or photography all the artists in Black Earth Rising are dedicated to exploring questions of history, power, climate change, and social and environmental justice.

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Amid geopolitical tensions, Pakistani and Indian art worlds unite in London exhibitions

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While Giacometti's ragged, attenuated sculptures reflect the horrors of the Second World War, Bhabha's totemic hybrid figures address the permanence of global warfare in the modern age. "Works by both artists powerfully summon the repercussions of ongoing conflicts on everyday life," Jhaveri says.

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July Book Bag: from a monograph of Vincent Namatjira’s headline-grabbing portraits to a book of Chinese art heists

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The book features the work of 24 established and emerging artists who reinterpret the motifs and imagery of tatreez across various media, including painting, sculpture, textiles, film, photography and street art. Essays by the art historians Tina Sherwell, Wafa Ghnaim and Rachel Dedman place works in a historical and critical context.

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Home of murdered Pakistani artist Ismail Gulgee becomes a museum

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Alongside Lahore’s Shakir Ali Museum, which is dedicated to another Modernist icon, and Karachi’s textile-focused Haveli Museum, the Gulgee offers a possible answer to the problem of how to preserve cultural heritage when state institutions lag far behind private collectors.

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In pictures: Art Basel's Unlimited section offers visions of utopia

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There is a particular focus on sculpture, which, Carmine explains, “was a challenge. There is also a healthy dose of textile, performance and painting from the 1960s onwards. It’s good because it’s open, but it was a bit more difficult in terms of getting our rhythm in the space.” Here, Carmine picks some of his favourite works.

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