AN art exhibition with a difference has opened in Worcester. Art created by disabled people who attend art sessions with city charity Worcester Snoezelen is being shown alongside works by local and professional artists. The works are on display at the charity’s headquarters in Turnpike Close, at the edge of the University of Worcester’s St John’s Campus. The gallery, which features more than 40 pieces ...
A VIRTUAL art gallery has been launched by a district NHS care trust. Behind the initiative is Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, which says the aim of the project is to help spotlight the benefits of art in fostering good mental health. The gallery features artwork created by patients in the trust's inpatient units at the Airedale Centre for Mental Health – located ...
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This summer, Forever 21 is partnering with Art Bridges the Gap and Boys & Girls Clubs of America to create and paint a new series of murals designed to recognize that there’s a little LA in everyone. Starting with a mural at Sunset & Highland in Hollywood, which was completed last week, the collaboration will engage local Boys & Girls Clubs, extending ...
The Uffizi Galleries in Florence, Italy, has unveiled plans for a €50 million ($51 million) landscaping project that aims to safeguard its beloved Boboli Gardens against the effects of climate change. Dubbed “Boboli 2030” the redesign plan will be carried out across 40 separate projects, some of which will also upgrade the gardens’ energy efficiency. The sprawling garden park, a vast section of the Uffizi ...
"Our unique strength is that we join studies of the human past (through archaeology, the classics, ancient and more recent history) with those of how we think (philosophy), communicate (linguistics) identify (gender and cultural studies) and construct our belief system (studies in religion). Our teaching and learning emphatically demonstrate the value of the humanities in society and the special edge they give to our ...
Christie’s announced Monday that it has launched Christie’s Ventures, an investment fund that will target emerging tech companies whose product could have an impact on the art market. While Christie’s would not disclose the exact amount of the fund, a representative offered a ballpark figure of “several million dollars.” The auction house was one of the very first art institutions to understand the impact ...
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NFT Grade, an application for generating condition reports for NFTs with the level of detail akin to those in traditional art markets, launches today. A co-creation by NFT infrastructure company InfiniteWorld, which announced entry into an business combination agreement with Aries I Corporation (Nasdaq: RAM) in December 2021, and artist Sean Shim-Boyle, NFT Grade brings a new level of trust and confidence to ...
The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh has launched a $60 million development project that will transform the museum’s surrounding neighborhood into a cultural hub drawing on the Pop artist’s legacy. The plan for the expansion project, which will be rolled out over the next decade, spans six blocks and is aimed at turning the local area home to the museum’s campus into a tourist ...
Gurr Johns is launching Gurr Johns Capital, a specialty finance house that promises “innovative and flexible financial solutions for clients in the high-value global art, luxury and collectibles market”, according to a statement.The global art appraisal and advisory group already offers loans, but the new finance house aims to enhance this service significantly on a scalable basis as it develops new products to capitalise ...
A new museum in Senegal dedicated to exhibiting African art and storing repatriated artifacts is poised to open its doors in early 2025, the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation announced this week. The forthcoming museum, Bët-bi, which translates in the West African dialect Wolof to “the eye,” will be located in the southwestern Senegambia region of Senegal. Spanning 3,280-square-feet, the building will include an ...
