To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ART LOANED AND LOST. In July, Tehran’s Imam Ali Religious Arts Museum loaned 30 paintings for an exhibition that never materialized, and the paintings have since disappeared, according to Iran International. A member of Tehran’s City Council announced on Sunday that…
She was known as the Nine Day’s Queen. In 1553, at just 15 years old, Lady Jane Grey was reluctantly thrust onto the English throne following the death of Edward VI, her first cousin once removed. The erudite young Jane was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII, and fifth in line to the throne. But Jane…
Music generates passion and emotion, so it’s little surprise that popular tunes have been featured in presidential contests since the days of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. But as a scholar of music’s role in American politics and patriotism, I’ve never seen music assume as much electoral importance as it has in recent months. Taylor…
Safeya Binzagr, a pioneering artist who eternalized folk heritage in her native Saudi Arabia, died on September 12 at 86. The news was first reported by the Abu Dhabi–based publication The National. Binzagr’s trailblazing career revolved the idiosyncrasies of indigenous Saudi culture, which was increasingly imperiled by modernization in the mid-19th century. Aware of the…
On view through October 31, 2024, Munich gallery Filser and Gräf presents the three-artist exhibition “Dreistigkeiten – Mehr dioptrien bringen uns auch nicht weiter,” or “Audacity – More diopters won’t get us anywhere.” Featuring the work of Sebastian Herzau, Torsten Mühlback, and Jessi Strixner, the show takes a wry and inquisitive look at the myriad…