Hat On, Hat Off

Amedeo Modigliani’s 1908 Nude with a Hat is hung upside down because another painting by him, Maud Abrantes, on the reverse side of the same canvas is oriented correctly, while on display at Haifa University’s Hecht Museum. Photo: Ariel Schalit/AP.

The Clothesline

A detail from Peace by Russian-born, London-based artist Helga Stentzel, whose art — especially her creatures created with hung-up clothes — was the subject of a pictorial article by Alice Fisher for The Guardian of May 21, 2022. Photo © Helga Stentzel.

After Magritte

尹欣 (Yǐn Xīn), After Magritte: “Chinese wedding”, 2018. Copyright and courtesy of 尹欣 (Yǐn Xīn).

A Life in a Day

尹欣 (Yǐn Xīn), During Rehearsal, 2009. Courtesy of Tanya Baxter Contemporary.

Mona Lisa after da Vinci

尹欣 (Yǐn Xīn), Mona Lisa after da Vinci, 2003. Courtesy of la Repubblica.it.

Venus after Botticelli

尹欣 (Yǐn Xīn), Venus after Botticelli, 2008. Photo: Guillaume Duhamel/Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A).

Sistine Chapel of the ancients

Tens of thousands of prehistoric paintings have been revealed for the first time since they were discovered by a British-Colombian archaeological team in the Amazonian rainforest a year ago. Hailed as the “Sistine Chapel of the ancients”, the drawings of animals and humans were created up to 12,500 years ago on nearly eight miles of cliff in Colombia. Photos: Marie-Claire Thomas/Wild Blue Media.

Drei Primaballerinen

Drei Primaballerinen is the title of a bronze ballerinas water fountain by Małgorzata Chodakowska that stands in the middle of public space in 苏州 (Sūzhōu), 江苏省 (Jiāngsū province), China. Photo courtesy of Kant faut y aller... (@sisyphe007).

Classroom

Hicham Benohoud, untitled from the series La Salle De Classe, 1994–2000. Photo courtesy of Galerie Katharina Maria Raab, Berlin.

Hand in Hand

Artist Saype poses in his giant land art painting entitled Beyond Crisis, Leysin, Switzerland Photo: Valentin Flauraud/EPA.

The Flying Umbrella

An installation entitled Umbrella Sky Project created by Portuguese artist Patricia Cunha and composed with pink umbrellas is on display in Paris, France. Photo: Benoit Tessier/Reuters.

Words into Images

The Dance of Words

Production is underway by sculptor David Field on life-size dynamic statues of comedy icons Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, which will soon be installed teetering from a Leicester Square rooftop in London, inspired by the 1929 film Liberty. Photo: Joe Pepler/PinPep.

Homework for Saturday

The Things that Nobody Knows

Photo © Christopher Doyle, from the exhibition “画影之间|张恩利×杜可风" | “Nobody Knows Where: 張恩利 (Zhāng Ēnlì) × Christopher Doyle”, which took place at Aurora Art Museum in 上海 (Shànghǎi), China from June 9, 2015 to September 20, 2015. Courtesy of Christopher Doyle/Aurora Art Museum.

Press

Fine art student Hugo Harris alongside his sculpture, entitled Press, at the 6th Degree Show to be staged from 1–9 June at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo: Jane Barlow/PA.

Brief (but not brief enough to be forgotten because of its brevity)

Anonymous, Lot 55: Brief Encounter, Palazzina Cinese, 2018, 2018. Photo courtesy of Art on a Postcard.

The Storyteller

“The Storyteller” by British fine art photographer Kirsty Mitchell, “Wonderland”, 2010. Photo © Kirsty Mitchell.

The Art of the First Date

Pigcasso, a rescued pig, paints on a canvas at the Farm Sanctuary in Franschhoek, outside Cape Town, South Africa. Photo: Reuters.

Taking Charge of Change

• Reuters, Putin rap: Kremlin should “take charge” of music not shut it down, president says, The Guardian, December 16, 2018

Russia’s president, Vladimir [Vladimirovich] Putin, has said the Kremlin should play a leading role in Russian rap music and youth culture, rather than trying to shut it down. His comments on Saturday follow a spate of concert cancellations by venue owners and local authorities across Russia and the brief arrest of a popular rap artist, Husky. The crackdown has sparked considerable discussion in recent months, especially among young people. Putin said such heavy-handed measures were often counterproductive, and suggested an alternative approach. “If it’s impossible to stop something, you’ve got to take charge of it”, he said during a live broadcast of a meeting of his advisory council on culture and the arts. [Read more].

Russian rapper Husky, whose songs have criticised the government, has had some of his shows cancelled. Photo: Artyom Geodakyan/TASS.