#5 Open Call for Drawings!
#5 Open Call for Drawings! DEADLINE: 9 September 2013 To promote the visibility of the arts on a local and international scale, ikono invites Berlin based artists to take part in a year-long series of...
View ArticleNew light on da Vinci’s anatomical drawings in Edinburgh
New light on da Vinci’s anatomical drawings in Edinburgh Almost 500 years after Leonardo da Vinci’s death, an exhibition that sheds new light on the his groundbreaking studies of the human body opened...
View ArticleMoMA establishes Department of Prints and Drawings
The Museum of Modern Art will combine its Department of Prints and Illustrated Books with the Department of Drawings, effective July 1, it was announced by MoMA Director Glenn D. Lowry. The Department...
View ArticlePardon My Dust
Pardon My Dust, takes you into a world of art very much unexplored and discovers a unique sketch adventure that has become a very special art form. A canvas, many of us have seen, but never used,...
View ArticleLost Caspar David Friedrich drawing found at Sotheby’s
A lost drawing by German artist Caspar David Friedrich known only from an archive photograph has resurfaced on the international market for the first time since circa 1900. On 20 November 2013...
View ArticleThe Young Dürer in London: Drawing the Figure
Don’t miss your chance to see outstanding early works by Dürer as well as rare drawings and prints by his contemporaries at the at Courtauld Gallery, many of which have never been seen in the United...
View ArticleGods and Heroes: European Drawings of Classical Mythology at the Getty
The stories involving the mythical gods and heroes of Greco-Roman antiquity have inspired artists for centuries, testing their abilities to represent complex narratives in visual form. The likes of...
View Article“Moon” by Ai Weiwei and Olafur Eliasson
Artists Ai Weiwei and Olafur Eliasson have launched their Moon project, a platform where users can browse a rotating orb and cover it with their drawings. Moon was launched at the Falling Walls...
View Article“Schwabing Art Trove”– 39 Toulouse-Lautrec Works and more
It’s hard to believe that this press release about the “Schwabing art trove” from 11 November is the only reaction from the “the Bavarian State Ministry of Justice, the Bavarian State Ministry of...
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