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“Theatrical Violence Against Works of Art is Violence Too”: An Interview with Eike Schmidt, Director of the Uffizi Gallery

David Boos December 1, 2022

It is often claimed that these actions are completely free of violence, but this is not the case. There is verbal violence, there is simulated, theatrical violence against works of art, and that is violence too.

Famous Mondrian Artwork Hung Upside Down for 77 Years Without Anyone Noticing

David Boos November 19, 2022

A famous artwork of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian has been found to be hanging upside down for 77 years without anyone noticing. Despite the finding, it will continue to remain on display, flipped.

A Matter of Death: Flemish Primitives Grapple with Mortality in Bruges Exhibit

Tristan Vanheuckelom November 7, 2022

“Face to Face with Death. Hugo van der Goes, Old Masters, New Looks” at Sint-Janshospitaal in Bruges is open for visitors until February 5th, 2023.

Breakthrough: An Interview with Fen de Villiers

Mario Laghos November 4, 2022

You have to disconnect people from the idea of the heroic if you want to weaken a nation… The arts establishment doesn’t want heroes, because a hero represents something that is ‘unequal.’ Heroes represent something that has achieved greatness.

Soup Nazis: Climate Activist Tools Take on Vincent van Gogh

Paul du Quenoy October 21, 2022

There is no indication that anyone’s opinion of climate change is different now from what it was before the souping.

My Guilty Pleasure

Mario Laghos October 16, 2022

The initial sense of accomplishment gave way to the realisation that it was like completing Guitar Hero on the hardest difficulty—only to consider your time would have been better spent actually learning to play the real instrument.

Kitsch and the Common Good

Joshua Hren October 2, 2022

Though kitsch wears the costume of reality’s vocabulary, it does not describe things as they are. You could only call it good without qualms of conscience after downing a Dionysian dose of expired boxed wine.

Renaissance Man: Raphael at the National Gallery, London

Paul du Quenoy September 27, 2022

London’s National Gallery ventured to assemble what it described as the first exhibition outside Italy “to encompass all aspects of Raphael’s artistic activity across his career.”

Van Eyck’s “Just Judges”:
Ghent’s Great Unsolved Art Theft

Erwin Wolff September 25, 2022

The theft of the “Just Judges” panel of the Ghent Altarpiece is still unsolved. In the first of a series of essays, the story begins.

Benin Bronzes Repatriated to Edo State, Nigeria

Carlos Perona Calvete September 5, 2022

The bronzes were removed from the Edo kingdom when admiral Sir Harry Rawson led British soldiers into Benin City in 1897

Tag: art

“Theatrical Violence Against Works of Art is Violence Too”: An Interview with Eike Schmidt, Director of the Uffizi Gallery

Famous Mondrian Artwork Hung Upside Down for 77 Years Without Anyone Noticing

A Matter of Death: Flemish Primitives Grapple with Mortality in Bruges Exhibit

Breakthrough: An Interview with Fen de Villiers

Soup Nazis: Climate Activist Tools Take on Vincent van Gogh

My Guilty Pleasure

Kitsch and the Common Good

Renaissance Man: Raphael at the National Gallery, London

Van Eyck’s “Just Judges”:
Ghent’s Great Unsolved Art Theft

Benin Bronzes Repatriated to Edo State, Nigeria

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