Art Contents Archive

Today, February 10, we remember the legendary Lawrence Weiner on what would have been his 80th birthday. Happy birthday dear Lawrence, a great artist and friend. And thank you for your abounding brilliance and generosity. ⁠ ⁠ Ars longa, vita brevis. ❤️⁠ ⁠ Image: Catherine Opie, 'Lawrence (Black Shirt),' 2012⁠ ⁠ #LawrenceWeiner

US painter Gertrude Abercrombie, The Stroll, 1943 #WomensArt https://t.co/qjowPbM918

The British Museum claims the ancient chalk sculpture is the most important piece of British pre-historic art discovered in the last century https://t.co/7mqzJfrtBo @britishmuseum

🎧 Listen to vibrant expressions of Native sovereignty, identity, and connections to community and family in "Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection" from wherever you are with our new audioguide. Start listening: https://t.co/Q7W0nmM2df https://t.co/utC7LYDPHf

This summer, New York will get its first permanent space for immersive art experiences with the Hall des Lumières, whose first presentation will be devoted to Gustav Klimt https://t.co/i3dYc1Xll7

Retired forest chief Hikmet Kaya has planted 30,000,000 saplings over the course of his tenure. https://t.co/mbaZQDyjQM

The Cy Twombly Foundation has endowed a conservator position at the Whitney Museum, honoring the institution that gave the late artist his first New York museum show. https://t.co/eIXKtCHMf5

The Whitney Museum’s conservation department just got a major boost from the Cy Twombly Foundation, which has gifted the museum $2.5 million to endow a conservator position: https://t.co/I3GqrzOfG1 https://t.co/B2GkGuPHoi

The Paris art fairs La Biennale and Fine Arts Paris are to merge into one event this November. The snappily-named Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale will run at first from 8 to 13 November this year at the Carrousel du Louvre. @FineArtsParis @LaBiennaleParis https://t.co/yLkpYJeCzr

Happy #NationalUmbrellaDay. Our Becoming Artsy correspondent Jessie recently took a trip to the Umbrella Cover Museum to discover the inspiration behind the unique collection. https://t.co/KCV2ooNWVw

There’s a spoon on your hair https://t.co/t2P3DrTlWH @stiftungkunst https://t.co/k5j3EHjIZk

Archaeologists in China have found 20 more statues that were once part of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Terracotta Army https://t.co/iEoAg9mwaT

Whose house?! #RamsHouse #SuperBowl Drop a 🐏 if you're gearing up for game day like Rembrandt. https://t.co/fvDl8F6nFL

Wikipedia’s new initiative commissions artists to increase the visual representation of BIPOC figures who are not currently portrayed on the site. https://t.co/YGJABAqYdz

Keeping it for Myself by georgerouy, available 24th February.  Our upcoming collaboration with George Rouy centres on the cut finger and steady gaze of its fleshy pink figure. Sanguine symbolism connects the work with canonical religious painting, and ultimately serves as a playful yet poignant reminder that “when everything is stripped away, the only thing we own – and yet can’t control – is our mortality.” Link in bio to find out more and register your interest! #georgerouy