Anna Sansom

3 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Dale Berning Sawa |Philippe Regnier |Gareth Harris |Anna Sansom

When Paris’s public museums published their annual visitor figures in January, it was another bright day for cultural outreach—but a bit too bright for some. “8.7 million entries to the Louvre, 4.9 to Orsay and the Orangerie, 3.2 to Pompidou,” wrote one journalist. “Are Parisian museums overheating?”Pundits have been quick to make the connection between over-tourism in the Calanques national park, or Venice, or Rome, or Amsterdam, and the high museum attendance in the French capital.

2 months ago | theartnewspaper.com | Larry Humber |Lee Cheshire |José Da Silva |Anna Sansom

The Textile Museum of Canada will close its doors on 16 February, with a re-opening date still to be determined but tentatively expected in September. Funding is a major concern, along with accessibility—the building’s elevator is in need of serious repair. Board chair Urmi Desai, who has been involved with the downtown Toronto museum for nearly a decade, told the Toronto Star the building is “no longer safe”. “We were already going to close due to the elevator,” Desai tells The Art Newspaper.

2 months ago | theartnewspaper.com | Louisa Buck |Ben Luke |Anna Sansom

For more than six decades Liliane Lijn has been working at the interface of visual art, poetry, performance and science. Born in New York in 1939 and based in London since 1966, her multifaceted work spans sculpture, installation, collage, painting, video and performance. And she has never ceased to experiment and push the limits of her practice.

2 months ago | theartnewspaper.com | Joe Ware |Sophia Kishkovsky |Anna Sansom

The largest Soviet-era cinema in Central Asia is to open its doors to the public after being transformed by British architect Asif Khan into the new permanent home of the Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture. Located in Kazakhstan’s largest city of Almaty, an opening programme of exhibitions, performances and panel discussions titled Barsakelmes will take place from 25 April, examining issues around ecology, climate change and Kazakh identity.

Jan 10, 2025 | artnewspaper.fr | Anna Sansom

L’exposition « Elles, les élèves de Jean-Jacques Henner » réunit, jusqu’au 28 avril 2025, plus de 80 peintures, dessins, lettres et photographies d’une dizaine de femmes artistes de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle. L’idée de cette exposition, fruit de trois années de recherche, est née à l’occasion de la crise due au Covid-19. « Pendant la pandémie, j’ai été contactée par beaucoup de chercheurs qui travaillaient sur les artistes femmes », confie Maëva Abillard, laconservatrice du musée.