Art News

Swiss museum accepted part of Nazi art trove

Kunstmuseum Bern which contains more than 1,200 artworks.

Swiss Kunstmuseum Bern fine art museum's president agreed to accept part of Gurlitt's Nazi-era. The collection of modernist masterpieces, which have been recently discovered, include paintings by Marc Chagall, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and more.

Anri Sala wins Vincent Award

The 2014 Vincent Award winner Anri Sala

Installation Albanian artist Anri Sala wins this year's Vincent award which is one of the most prestigious awards for contemporary art in Europe. Sala was able to beat four strong nominees including Gillian Wearing who won the British Turner award in 1997. 

Shanghai Exhibit

The 10th Shanghai Biennale 2014 exibit at the Power Station of Art shows China's new openness to the art world since it is a country with high censorship for media and art.

Visitors enjoying art pieces at the 10th Shanghai Biennale 2014. (Photo by Gao Erqiang)

Some of the art displayed use themes that are avoided in Chinese art academics for example. Through this exhibit the Beijing government is trying to inform the world that they are becoming more open to creative social criticism. 

MoAD Reopens 

The Museum of African Diaspora, which is located in San Francisco, reopened this week after six months of construction. Dramatic changes have been done to the museum to make it look more inviting like the glass exterior.