A View of the Acropolis
A View of the Acropolis. Caricature by Boris Efimov, 1962
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ARTPLAY Visual Dominant Open Call Terms and a Call to Read Contracts
How is this even a thing? Will there be any comment from the very party in question? And yes: young and not so young, seasoned hands and novices, the naive and the prudent alike, let us always read the contract with the utmost care. Whoever proposes that we sign it,
The Centre Pompidou in Paris is closed for renovation until 2030
My beloved Centre Pompidou is now wrapped in scaffolding. Until 2030, Paris has one fewer brilliant place of pilgrimage. But, honestly, every time I glance at it in passing, I am afraid: what if it never reopens?
James Heath's 1806 engraving after Fuseli showing Patroclus's shade before Achilles
The engraving by the celebrated English master James Heath, executed in 1806 after an original drawing by the eminent Swiss-British artist Henry Fuseli, re-creates one of the most mystical and poignant scenes of Book XXIII of the Iliad. It is the moment when the Greek hero Achilles tries
New exhibition on animals in the work of the artist opens at the Eugène Delacroix Museum
The Eugène Delacroix Museum has unveiled a new small-scale thematic display devoted to animals in his work