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Latest News in Black Art: Orange County Museum Commissions Sanford Biggers Sculpture, Theater Gates ‘Black Chapel’ Debuts at Serpentine, Miranda Forrester Joins Tiwani Contemporary & More

  Latest News in Black Art features news updates and developments in the world of art and related culture   Rendering of “Of many waters…” (2022) by Sanford Biggers on the Sculpture Terrace of the forthcoming Orange County Museum of Art, opening to the public in October 2022. | Photo: Morphosis   Commissions When the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) opens in its ...

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‘Aquaman’ Star Jason Momoa Got Hung Out to Dry for Posting Illicit Sistine Chapel Footage on Instagram + Other Stories

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know this Monday, May 16. NEED-TO-READ U.K. Museums Have Looted Cambodian Statues – Cambodia’s culture minister Phoeurng Sackona is petitioning the U.K. to return important cultural treasures that “wrongfully ended up” in British warehouses and museums in the wake ...

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Theaster Gates Unveils ‘Black Chapel’ for 2022 Serpentine Pavilion – ARTnews.com

A salvaged church bell is set to ring as sunlight pours through an open roof of Theaster Gates’s Serpentine Pavilion, plans for which were revealed today by the Chicago-based artist. That work, titled Black Chapel, will be realized by the Serpentine Galleries in London this summer, and will resemble a wooden structure inspired by the bottle-shaped pottery kilns of the industrial Stoke-on-Trent, paying homage to ...

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Medieval Chapel Discovered Beneath 17th-Century Maltese Church – ARTnews.com

Underneath the floors of Madonna Tal-Ħniena Church in Qrendi, a village in Malta, archaeologists discovered the remnants of a chapel dating to the late Medieval period. The discovery announced by Malta’s Superintendence of Cultural Heritage came as the team completed the first phase of an archaeological study in partnership with the Restoration Directorate. Madonna Tal-Ħniena (Our Lady of Mercy) was built in Qrendi in ...

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Immersive Experience Brings Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Frescoes to the U.S. | Smart News

Every year, millions of people visit the Sistine Chapel to admire Michelangelo’s meticulously painted frescoes. Those who can’t make the trek to Vatican City can explore the artworks online—but the experience isn’t always quite as awe inspiring. Luckily, an ongoing exhibition offers a welcome alternative to both of these options. As Dana Nichols reports for the San Antonio Current, a new display in the ...

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Community Art Walk Launches in Chapel Hill; Some Paintings Reported Missing

Downtown Chapel Hill became a little more colorful this weekend than it was before, as a pop-up art walk appeared along Franklin Street. The Science and Hope Art Walk, which began its display on Thursday, features more than 80 pieces of original art celebrating achievements made by local, state and national leaders over the last year. Much of the artwork thanks scientists, healthcare workers, ...

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Student news: Fox Chapel Area music accolades, art awards and science and engineering fair

Ten Fox Chapel Area School District students won awards at the virtual Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair (PRSEF), and two students qualified for an international science and engineering fair. Junior Zoe Lakkis and sophomore Arvind Seshan were named two of seven overall winners and qualified to participate in the virtual Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF) — the Olympics of student ...

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Sistine Chapel Restorer Dies—and More Art News – ARTnews.com

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines GIANLUIGI COLALUCCI, WHO LED EFFORTS TO RESTORE the Sistine Chapel, has died at the age of 92, Agence France-Presse reports. The art restorer worked on the masterpiece from 1980 to 1994, removing built-up dust and smoke, and defended the cleaning  against charges it work would diminish the quality of the frescoes or put them at risk of damage. “Every ...

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Art openings around Aspen this week include Chapel Gallery and House of Hart

The Aspen Chapel Gallery has partnered with nonprofit Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers (RFOV) to open the watercolor and sculpture exhibition “Happy Trails.” The show will open on Wednesday, Feb. 17 with artists in attendance, from 4-7 p.m. for a limited number of viewers following COVID-19 protocols. It will run through April 11. Participating artists are Larry Day, John Doyle, Jennifer Jones, Axel Livingston, Julia ...

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