Fine Arts

Pritzker Architecture Prize for Riken Yamamoto

Riken Yamamoto is awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture. The 78-year-old Yamamoto is already the ninth winner from Japan – no country has produced more winners in the history of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The architect is best known for his residential complexes in South Korea, the University of the Future in Hakodate in Japan and The Circle at Zurich Airport. With his projects he focuses on social interaction and community. The…

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10/03/2024
Fine Arts

Brâncuși’s long-lost sculpture exhibited

The bronze bust “Portrait d'Achille Baldé”, a work by the Romanian-French sculptor Constantin Brâncuși (1876-1957), was considered lost for a long time. Now it is being shown to the general public for the first time at the Bucharest auction house Artmark. Created in Paris between 1905-1906, this bronze bust was the last that the young Brâncuși created in the symbolist style of his teacher Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). Brâncuși then began carving in stone, found his own, increasingly abstract style and…

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21/02/2024