A rare pair of custom Air Jordan 3s made for film director Spike Lee sold for $50,800 at Sotheby's after the sneakers were found in a donation box at an Oregon homeless charity earlier this year. Find out more here.
The city of Miami Beach is fully embracing public art with several initiatives recently unveiled at the start of Miami Beach Art Week. Find out more here.
In Porto, this Saturday, Fernando Távora's 100th birthday is celebrated with Conferences and Guided Tours. Find out more here.
French President Emmanuel Macron visited Notre-Dame de Paris on December 8 and announced that restoration plans were scheduled to reopen the cathedral to worshipers and tourists on the same date next year. Find out more here.
Painting by artist Rubens allegedly stolen during the Second World War is seized in Moscow. I knew more here.
Edward Ruscha, a prominent figure in contemporary art, transcends the conventional limits of artistic expression. Find out more here
Efforts to return the "Kwer'ata Re'esu" to Ethiopia have faced challenges. The export ban imposed by the Portuguese government in 2002, mentioning possible Portuguese-Flemish origins and without direct reference to Ethiopia or the painting's name, complicated the search for its return. Find out more here.
Isabel Lhano passed away in the early hours of this Sunday, “with an aneurysm”, said her sister, Graça Martins. Celebrating 50 years of career and seven decades of existence, the artist has several exhibitions until the end of the year, both in her homeland and in Póvoa de Varzim. Find out more here.
Narges Mohammadi's twin sons received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on behalf of their mother, imprisoned in Tehran since 2021 for her positions in favor of women's rights in Iran. Kiana Rahmani, her 17-year-old daughter, He hasn't seen his mother in seven years and fears he'll never see her again. Find out more here.
The six winning names of the 2nd Caixa Competition for Young Artists 2023, awarded to artists aged between 25 and 35, were announced. The Caixa Geral de Depósitos initiative is aimed at recognizing and stimulating young artistic production in the area of visual arts.
As is its annual practice, Pantone has chosen the color of the year for 2024 – a color meant to give you a warm feel. Pantone 13-1023 Peach Fuzz is a pinkish-orange hue that evokes feelings of tenderness and compassion while conveying a sense of caring and community. Find out more here.
Russian feminist performance arts collective Pussy Riot will be the subject of a new scripted TV series about its co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova. The activist is an outspoken critic of Putin and, earlier this year, was placed on Russia's most wanted list for creating “obscene” NFTs. Find out more here.
Visitors to New York's Rockefeller Center will now have the opportunity to recreate the iconic 1932 photograph, “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” that captured construction workers eating while sitting on a metal beam 800 feet in the air. Find out more here.
The list of 50 nominees, which includes the Royal Treasury Museum and the Archaeological Center of Rua dos Correeiros, in Lisbon, and the Covilhã Museum among those nominated for the European Museum of the Year award, was published at the beginning of December on the website ' official of the European Museum Forum, responsible for organizing the award. Find out more here.