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Colorado police are seeking the public’s help to find five artworks that were stolen last month from a delivery truck in the city. The theft occurred on the night of December 14 just outside a hotel around the 5300 block of South Boulder Road, as the truckers stopped to rest from a cross-country voyage. The next morning, the drivers found the padlocks protecting the trunk broken off and the artwork and several tools missing. According to a release by the City of Boulder, the artwork stolen included a bullfight painted by Elaine de Kooning, Taos Pueblo by Joseph Henry Sharp, Laguna Pueblo by Ernest Marin Hennings, Burnett’s Barn by Jane Freilicher and Taos Pueblo at Night by Eanger Irving Couse. Together, the paintings have an estimated worth of over $400,000 USD. Anyone with information re...

Javier Calleja had a busy 2022 filled with collaborations and exhibitions — from a solo show at Almine Rech, a hybrid bottle sculpture with NANZUKA, to a capsule collection at Hypebeans in Hong Kong and Seoul. The Spanish artist is ringing in the new year with a new sculpture entitled NO WINGS TO FLY. Made in conjunction with AllRightsReserved, Calleja depicts one of his signature wide-eyed characters as he optimistically gets ready to soar. “To fly was always a dream of mine as a child and this is why NO WINGS TO FLY is mimicking birds wings or feathers with his outstretched fingers,” said the artist in an interview with the Hong Kong-based creative studio. NO WINGS TO FLY is an edition of 888 made in mixed media, vinyl and crystal glass. The sculpture sizes at roughly 11 x 10 x 7-inches ...

The British Museum has confirmed that it is in discussion with Greece on returning several of the Parthenon Marbles. A report first published by the Telegraph detailed how senior Greek ministers had met with the institution’s chairman George Osborne for over a year and a deal to return the artwork was drawn up as part of a “cultural exchange.” Another Greek official, however, spoke with the Guardian this week stating that “no such deal” has taken place. The Parthenon Marbles, also known as the Parthenon Sculptures or Elgin Marbles, are a series of reliefs and architectural metopes that were once placed at the temple of Athena (the Parthenon) on the Acropolis in Athens. Built between 447BC and 432BC, the marble works recount ceremonial processions to the Greek goddess Athena, war scenes suc...

Embrace Boston is preparing to unveil The Embrace, a massive 45,000-pound, 20-foot-high and 40-foot-wide bronze sculpture crafted by artist Hank Willis Thomas and revered design firm MASS Design Group. The Embrace will land inside Boston Common, America’s oldest public park, as one of the largest memorials championing racial equity in more than 30 years. The sculpture’s design, which is five years in the making, was selected from 126 submissions by a committee of teachers, visual artists, curators and community members. Willis’ concept illustrates the powerful embrace between Coretta Scott King and Dr. Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., when he received the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. Residing in the 1965 Freedom Plaza, which honors 69 local civil rights heroes whose work proved p...

Kunsthalle Basel will play host to a new solo exhibition by emerging Chinese artist LuYang. Born in Shanghai and now based in Tokyo, LuYang conflates various cultures, such as anime, Buddhism and video games, to create video installations, paintings and performance-based artwork that examines the human condition. As her first solo show in Switzerland, LuYang Vibratory Field transforms each room into a portal into the artist’s mind. Emblematic of her career, each of the videos showcases LuYang as she designs herself into manga-inspired characters, spiritual beings and future-dystopian robots that are not just intriguing and grotesque, but reflect a deeper exploration into topics such as life, death and reincarnation. “I don’t like being called an artist – I’m more like an entertainer,” the ...