Sculpture

Teaching, graphic design most common art careers

When told that a student is majoring in art, a person will often imagine a starving artist on the street offering passers-by their paintings while waiting for a sale. That idea could have died a long time ago, as an art degree...

World famous sculpture brings in the crowds at Sorouh's ArtParis Abu Dhabi lounge

20 November 2008 - Abu Dhabi, UAE: Sorouh Real EstateSorouh Real Estate PJSC estimates that more than five thousand people have already visited its lounge and exhibition at ArtParis Abu Dhabi, showing until 21 November at...

Building on a feeling

'Scalable City” is not one thing, but several. It's a short film; it's game-style animated imagery; it's an installation that encourages your input; it's small scale sculptures; and, implicitly at least, it's a form of visual...

“Human Destiny” - Sculpture by Nakis Tastsioglou (2008-11-20 - 2009-01-17)

On Thursday 20 November at 8 in the evening, Maria Dimitriadi opens at the Medusa Art Gallery in Athens, Greece, the exhibition of the latest work of Nakis Tastsioglou under the title “Human Destiny”. Tastsioglou alters the...

Donatello's David set to return

Florence, November 19 - The first major work of Renaissance sculpture, Donatello's bronze of David, is nearing the end of a complex restoration process. The statue will be unveiled to the public during an inauguration ceremony...

Art Stars on Parade

Lives of the ArtistsBy Calvin TomkinsHenry Holt and Company, 272 pages, $26 Calvin Tomkins’ new book, Lives of the Artists, is pure entertainment. Never mind the bland and even ugly jacket (a shame, since the Oxford edition of...

Antonio Canova (1757-1822)

Venetian Sculptor and Stonemason Antonia Canova is revered for his neoclassical style and his fine attention to the human form depicted in a number of delicately featured marble statues. Antonia Canova was born in a small...

Freedom of expression

CREATIVE juices run deep in artists like Kylie Bickle and Brendan Morse. Bickle and Morse are two of seven professional artists and designers who have come together through their work at UAP and who are showcasing their...

Obituary: Kathleen McFarlane

Multi-media artist known for sculptures in sisal and rope Kathleen McFarlane, who has died aged 86, was an original and powerful artist. During a period of residence in America in 1984, while her husband James McFarlane (known...

Sculptor Struggles to Restore JFK Bust

A Plinth Grows in Brooklyn, but It Stays Empty As Mr. Estern Asks What City Can Do for Him BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- And now that the country has a new first family evoking something of the Kennedy mystique, Neil Estern has been...