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Exhibition to showcase David Hockney’s ‘love for life’

London (PA Media/dpa) – A collection of rarely seen drawings by David Hockney which “encapsulate his love for life” is to go on display. The Wolfson Gallery at Charleston – the home of painter Vanessa Bell in the British village of Firle – is holding the exhibition of examples of Hockney’s early works named “Love Life.” The display is named…

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New Monet show in Monaco highlights time he spent on French Riviera

Monaco (dpa) – It was December when Claude Monet painted Monaco’s Monte Carlo from the nearby French headland of Roquebrune during a two-week stay on the French Riviera in 1883. The French artist (1840-1926), who by that time had already set up camp in Giverny, was soon to return to the Mediterranean, heading just across the border to the Italian…

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Veronica Ryan wins Turner Prize 2022 evoking Windrush, Covid

British artist Veronica Ryan on Wednesday won the prestigious Turner Prize for her installations focused on the Windrush Generation and Covid. Ryan, 66, won the £25,000 ($33,000, 30,000 euros) prize for contemporary art for marble and bronze sculptures placed on a street in Hackney, east London, that depict tropical fruits from the Caribbean — custard apple, breadfruit and soursop. This…

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East Germany’s hidden LGBTQ life uncovered in Wittdorf exhibition

An exhibition of over 250 art pieces created during the communist era (1949-1990) by the deceased East German artist, Jürgen Wittdorf (1932 – 2018), has been a success. The exhibit has attracted more than 20,000 visitors since it opened last month in Biesdorf Castle, a suburb far from Berlin’s historic city centre. At a time when sexual freedom is under…

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