World’s oldest telecom company builds online museum

The world’s oldest telecommunications company, British Telecom (BT), has created an online archive of nearly 500,000 photographs, documents and letters gathered since 1846. The year-long project, New Connections, is due to be completed by July and…
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Ice Age Lion Man is world’s earliest figurative sculpture

The star exhibit initially promised for the British Museum’s “Ice Age Art” show will not be coming—but for a good reason. New pieces of Ulm’s Lion Man sculpture have been discovered and it has been found to be much older than originally…
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Art worlds collide at Kiev’s Pinchuk Art Centre

Two opposing visions of contemporary art collide at the Pinchuk Art Centre in Kiev (PAC), a private space funded by steel magnate Victor Pinchuk. The glossy, high-impact, market-friendly work of Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Takashi Murakami and Andreas…
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European Union proposes world’s largest ever cultural funding programme

As the economic crisis deepens across Europe, the European Commission plans to launch the world’s largest ever cultural funding programme, with €1.8bn allocated for visual and performing arts, film, music, literature and architecture. The…
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The World’s Best Art Consultancy

The World’s Best Art Consultancy

art-exchange.com unveils Release III of its art tool for designers

The Future Art Consultancy

Locating and placing artwork in a design project is arguably the most difficult part of the project. While some designers take on this task themselves, many enlist the assistance of an art consultant. One limitation of this approach is the consultant’s limited universe of artists. Most art consultants end up with a few “go-to” favorites.