Hadani Ditmars

6 days ago | theartnewspaper.com | Hadani Ditmars

In the midst of trade wars, tariffs, a looming recession and upcoming federal elections, some good news has arrived on the Canadian cultural scene: the provincial government of Ontario will invest up to C$50m ($36m) to expand the McMichael Canadian Art Collection .

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Hadani Ditmars |Stephanie Sporn |Chinma Johnson-Nwosu |Lee Cheshire

The architect Lina Ghotmeh has been chosen to design Qatar’s permanent pavilion at the Venice Biennale. The announcement was made last week by Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the chairperson of Qatar Museums. Once completed, the Qatar pavilion, located in the heart of the Giardini della Biennale, will be only the third pavilion added to the historic Giardini in more than 50 years. Ghotmeh has described her practice as an “archaeology of the future”.

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Hadani Ditmars |Sarvy Geranpayeh

A young Gazan artist known for her hauntingly beautiful portraits of people killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was herself killed on 12 April by an Israeli airstrike, according to Quds News Network. Dina Khaled Zaurub reportedly died when the strike, on a displaced persons camp located west of Khan Yunis in Southern Gaza, hit the tent where she and her family had taken shelter. She was 22-years-old. Tributes to the artist poured in from around the world.

2 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Hadani Ditmars

On World Health Day (7 April), the curator Richard Hill guided a group of doctors and donors on a meditative tour of a new Emily Carr exhibition on the fourth floor of the Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG). Participants were encouraged to “slow look” at 17 densely packed ‘tree portraits’ from the 1930s, and in a moment of silence they were drawn into the hypnotic deep greens of the British Columbia forests the famous artist captured so well.

3 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Faisal Saleh |Hadani Ditmars |Anni Irish

As the director of the Palestine Museum US, I am thrilled to announce that we have taken the bold step of establishing a permanent presence in the Scottish city of Edinburgh. This marks a significant milestone in our long-planned phase of expanding our museum to major cities in the US and around the globe. Edinburgh will be our first outpost, with similar initiatives planned for Chicago, Washington, DC and London over the next year or two.