Johnny Depp sold his artwork for $3.6 million in a few hours, according to reports. The reports said, the art gallery’s website crashed after the actor announced that his artwork was available. The website read, “For Johnny Depp there has always been art. Before acting, and before music, art has […]
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Slow internet plagues regional artists, as art world moves online during COVID-19 lockdown
When COVID-19 altered the known landscape, regional artists found themselves in uncharted territory that required some seriously creative navigating. Suddenly, every gallery, music venue and dance studio was closed, and every writers’ festival was cancelled or postponed. Artists of all ilks were unable to collaborate with their peers, network professionally, […]
‘Let’s understand the ocean through art’
One “pitch-black night” in 2015, Markus Reymann, co-founder and director of the ocean-conservation non-profit TBA21–Academy, and eminent marine biologist David Gruber were diving in the Solomon Islands. “I was really nervous,” recalls Reymann. Diving after dark, “there could be sharks… or saltwater crocodiles.” But the conditions – “no moon, no […]
World’s first virtual art museum looks beyond ‘the white viewer’
MILAN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The world’s first entirely virtual art museum is set to open next month, hoping to bring masterpieces to anyone in the world with an internet connection, according to its British creator. The Virtual Online Museum of Art (VOMA) will feature art from renowned museums such […]