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• A fresh impression of Claude Monet

  21-01-2017 22:00
  Whenever a new Claude Monet show appears, the question it inevitably prompts is, why? What more can we possibly learn about one of the most exhibited artists in history? In the case of the Fondation Beyelers exhibition, marking 20 years of the Swiss gallery, the answer is a great deal.A key aim of the show is to present Monet as a more intellectually curious artist than he is often given credit for. Monet theoretically is much underrated in comparison to Czanne, for example, says the shows cura
  
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• Floral fixation: blooming Belgian statues – in pictures

  21-01-2017 18:00
  
  Belgian artist Geoffroy Mottart’s flowery creations illuminate the forgotten corners of Brussels’s public parks. Frustrated with working in a flower shop, Mottart decided to use his floristry skills in a different context: decorating antique busts across the Belgian capital with unique floral hairstyles and beards. “Most people pass by these statues without paying attention to them,” he explains. “By placing a floral touch in spaces or on objects, spectators pay att
  
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• ‘Speak Out on Inauguration Day’: Words at the Whitney Museum Take Aim at Trump

  21-01-2017 00:28 via artnews.com
  “Good morning, thanks for being together in this temple of art on this terrible day.” So went the opening words at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York for “Speak Out on Inauguration Day,” a program organized by Occupy … Read More
  
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