Verity Babbs, Author at Art News Global

21 Dec 8 Artists Share Their Unlikely Studio Essentials—From Shovels to Medieval Manuscripts

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You might think that when artists are faced with the question “what’s your favourite studio tool or art supply” they’d be limited for choice: oil paint, acrylic paint, watercolor, maybe oil pastel at a push—lots of brushes. In fact, artists have been using experimental and adventurous...

20 Dec Who Is Lucie Rie? Meet the Ceramicist Beloved by Issey Miyake

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Two decades after her death, works by a Viennese ceramicist beloved by connoisseurs of the form are gaining in the market, and were the subject of a white-glove auction at Phillips New York this month. On December 11, the auctioneer held “Moved by Beauty,” featuring 71...

20 Dec Roman Villa with Heated Bathhouse Discovered in the U.K.

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Ancient history continues to surface in England, as the only Roman villa known to have stood in the country’s Chalke Valley has come to light. The villa was discovered after metal detectorists alerted Wiltshire firm Teffont Archaeology to a high number of finds in the area....

20 Dec A Deep Dive Into 5 Artists in the Guggenheim’s Orphism Showcase

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19 Dec Rare Terracotta Warrior Unearthed in China's Legendary Imperial Tomb

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Fifty years since the discovery of the hoard of life-sized terracotta warriors in the Lintong County mausoleum of China’s first emperor, archaeologists have uncovered a rare new figure resembling a senior army commander. Since 1994, archaeological teams in China have unearthed more than 2,000 of the...

18 Dec Rare Portrait of the Last Byzantine Emperor Unearthed

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A portrait of the final Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palailogos, has been discovered by archaeologists in Greece. The portrait was found on a mid-15th century fresco uncovered at a monastery in Aigialeia in the Achaea region of Western Greece. Constantine XI Palaiologos ruled the Byzantine Empire for...