Chronicler from the Illuminated Chronicle, c. 1360 I started this blog 10 years ago, in August 2010. Originally, the idea was to try another platform, in order to provide up-to-date information – information that was hard to provide on my rudimentary website Art in Medieval Hungary. I created the first […]
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Maggie Frampton | Episode 885 Maggie Frampton is an English potter who trained 50 years ago. 10 years later Maggie’s family got together to start Folly Pottery which is still going today, despite Maggie actually retiring three times! Now Maggie is celebrating 2 […]
The Caribbean-British artist Veronica Ryan, whose sculptural objects and assemblages reflect poetically on the organic world, has won the 2022 Turner Prize, awarded annually by Tate Britain to an artist born in or based in the United Kingdom. She was initially on the shortlist with three others: Heather Phillipson, Ingrid […]
Chest of Saint Simeon in Zadar, 1377-1380 The coronation of King Koloman as King of Croatia in 1102, an act which established the Hungarian-Croatian personal union, was one of the formative events of the Middle Ages for the region. Starting from this point, the two countries were ruled by the […]
Michael Anderson wasn’t in town on March 16, 2002, when the Oklahoma City Museum of Art opened its new downtown home to the public. But as the museum’s president and CEO, he knows just how monumental that move has been. “It was completely transformative. The Oklahoma City Museum of Art […]
Inspired by sneaker culture and driven by injustice, Montreal-based brothers Kevin and Thierry Mofo are launching their first NFT sneaker, minted on the Ethereum blockchain and set to be auctioned. The origin story behind the NFT sneaker is deeply embedded in the duo’s brand, Soles For Justice. Back in 2012, Nike […]
In 1960, people around the world marveled at that year’s Summer Olympics, the first to be commercially televised. Fans watched athletes compete in the oval-shaped Stadio Flaminio, Rome’s new 30,000-seat stadium designed by Italian architect Pier Luigi Nervi and his son. Norfolk civic leaders were watching too and were captivated […]
COLUMBUS (WCMH) – Ohio’s arts and creative industry could be far from recovering from the effects of the COVID-19 health crisis. A recent survey from advocacy group Ohio Citizens for the Arts (OCA) is painting a clearer picture of the pandemic’s toll on the sector. “It’s really gutted this industry, […]
2822 N. Orchard St. No. 3, Chicago: $845,000 | Listed: April 17, 2021 This three-bedroom, two-bathroom home has refinished solid oak flooring, a wood-burning fireplace with a gas starter and a private deck that measures 22 feet by 22 feet and offers sweeping views of the downtown skyline. The kitchen […]
(For what it’s worth, the Biden campaign agreed. In the fall, it approached O’Grady for permission to build its one-and-only post-election triumphal TV ad around her well-known “Art Is …” performances, with the results moving the artist to tears.) “Both/And” brims with defiance and grace, outrage and joy, its complex […]