03/02/2022 -

EXHIBITIONS

Artworks from Ukrainian museums appear as monumental projections in California

Five days before Russia invaded Ukraine, a towering image of a Ukrainian warrior appeared on the exterior of a building in Oakland, California. The artwork, a striking assemblage of bold, geometric shapes arranged to convey a striding soldier with a shield in one hand and a weapon in the other, […]

MUSEUMS

Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo ready as designers promise ‘theatrical’ Tutankhamun gallery

Editors of Live Art News 5 years ago

Twenty years since the late Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak laid its foundation stone, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is inching closer to completion. A press release issued by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on 7 February gave oddly precise percentages to indicate progress. While 100% of the structural work, […]