RAGNAR B. VARGA
Country: Norway Birth: 1974 Ragnar B. Varga is a Hungarian-born Norwegian photographer with a passion for emotive storytelling through his photography. He spent several years discovering the world, living in Hungary, England, Spain as a freelance photographer and even sailing around the globe as
Museum Renames Degas’ ‘Russian Dancers’ in Nod to Ukraine
After an outcry from Ukrainians on social media, London’s National Gallery has changed the name of Edgar Degas’ Russian Dancers to Ukrainian Dancers, reports the Guardian’s Ben Quinn. Created around 1899, the pastel drawing depicts figures bent over in motion, legs in mid-stride as they perform a traditional Ukrainian
Jackson Pollock Painting
A modestly sized Jackson Pollock painting with an extraordinary presale estimate will be the top lot of Christie’s 20th-century art evening sale on May 12 in New York. Number 31 (1949), a colorful drip painting made in oil, enamel, and aluminum paint and
The Toledo Museum of Art Will Deaccession Three Impressionist Paintings That Could Fetch More Than $60 Million at Sotheby’s
When Steve Cohen’s 1932 Picasso comes up for sale at Sotheby’s on May 17, it will be joined on the auction block by three Impressionist paintings from the collection of the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA), which could net as much
CAMILLA GORINI
Country: Italy Birth: 1995 Camilla Gorini is an italian photographer born in 1995 and based in Milan. Her photographic research documents and conceptualizes fragility as an expression of the human condition, with a unique approach to portraying common objects. Her work embraces the
An International Three-Museum Matisse Extravaganza Will Kick Off in Philadelphia This Fall
On May 19, Sotheby’s will offer up Kerry James Marshall’s painting Beauty Examined for an estimated $8 million to $12 million. Completed in 1993, the year of Marshall’s debut exhibition at Jack Shainman Gallery in New York, the canvas was acquired by
ROLAND BLUM
Country: Liechtenstein Birth: 1966 Roland Blum, 1966 Grabs, lives and works in Schaan, Liechtenstein. He studied music at the Jazz School and at the conservatory in Lucerne. Work focus: abstract landscape photography with main focus on aerial shots. I have been involved in photography since
OPERA ON OTTOMAN SULTAN BAYEZID I TO BE STAGED IN ISTANBUL
The Istanbul State Opera and Ballet performed the Italian opera of Bajazet, which revolves around the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, also known as Bayezid the Thunderbolt, at Istanbul’s Süreyya Opera on March 31 and April 2. Composed by Antonio Vivaldi in 1735 for the
Jeffrey Cirio: The Adventurous Artist Returns to Boston Ballet
Superhuman. Otherworldly. Next-level. Even words like these don’t encompass Jeffrey Cirio’s performance in the title role of Akram Khan’s Creature, which made its U.S. premiere with English National Ballet in February. In one of the most pivotal roles of his career,
Winslow Homer Was an Essential Portrayer of America’s Greatest Sins
American artist Winslow Homer is best known for his dramatic seascape paintings of fisherman and rescuers battling harsh maritime elements. But an expansive new show at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art aims to delve far deeper into the artist’s rich and varied life,
