The game-changing message hidden in Botticelli’s Primavera
A new book, Under the Guise of Spring, by Eugene Lane-Spollen, argues for a game-changing message believed to be hidden in Sandro Botticelli’s universally important masterpiece, Primavera, writes SAJID RIZVI. Also known as Allegory of Spring, the tempera panel, about two metres tall and a little more than three metres wide, is currently housed in the Uffizi gallery in Florence. The painting generally is believed to have been started...
MAK Vienna unveils Asian art reinstallation
The Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna unveiled its permanent collection of Asian art after its reinstallation following a concept and design by Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata. The MAK Asia Collection is one of the most comprehensive and important European collections of art and applied arts from the Asiatic region. As of 19 February 2014, it will be presented in an exhibition gallery “conceived in a fundamentally new...
Handkerchiefs from Tohoku children
Yasashii Hankachi: Gentle Heart Project / Handkerchiefs for Tohoku Children, at the Daiwa Foundation Japan House galleries, is a creative response by children and collaborative designers in Japan to the devastation left by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the Tohoku (northeast) area of Japan, in which more than 18,000 people lost their lives and many more faced the difficulties of being relocated, leaving a strong impact on local...
The horse in contemporary art
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New Order II: British Art Today
The second part of Saatchi Gallery’s New Order series opens 24 January 2014 with an impressive line-up of artists following the selections that featured in the first part which opened last year and ended 16 January this year. New Order II: British Art Today features work by Dominic Beattie, Sarah Dwyer, Nick Evans, Tom Gidley, Kate Hawkins, Virgile Ittah, George Little, Oliver Osborne, Hannah Perry, Martine Poppe, Mary Ramsden,...
Tate secures Hyundai partnership for Turbine Hall
Tate and Hyundai Motor have announced a major new long-term partnership which secures healthy funding for the gallery and also opens new links potentially beneficial to the world of Korean contemporary art, writes SAJID RIZVI. Confirmed to 2025, the 11-year partnership is the longest initial commitment from a corporate sponsor in Tate’s history, a reflection of Korea’s economic strength in comparison with the current travails of...