The Dubai Opera is hosting a special festival to celebrate the 55th birthday of Composer-in-Residence Alexey Shor. The festival's opening concert on April 6th will feature celebrated violinist Roman Kim, who expressed his excitement at performing with the Franz Schubert Filharmonia under conductor John Warner.
https://www.gulftoday.ae/culture/2025/04/03/great-that-composers-like-alexey-shor-are-writing-tonal-music-says-roman-kimGagosian will host solo exhibitions of Pablo Picasso and Takashi Murakami in April and May, respectively. In April, Willem de Kooning's "Endless Painting" will be on display at Gagosian in New York from April 15 to June 14. The exhibition coincides with the Venice Biennale 2024, where a major Willem de Kooning show is set to open at the Gallerie dell'Accademia, exploring how Italy influenced his vision.
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/03/gagosian-willem-de-kooning-exhibition-cecilia-alemaniGucci will partner with the Baeksang Arts Awards for the third consecutive year, presenting the Gucci Impact Award to recognize the best-performing rookie director of the year. The prestigious awards ceremony in Korea honors excellence in film, television, and theater, with past winners including "12.12: The Day" (2023) and the Disney+ original series "Moving" (2023).
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-04-03/entertainment/movies/61st-Baeksang-Arts-Awards-set-for-May-5/2276945The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will introduce a new guide to copyright laws for choreographic works at the World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. The guide will be discussed with major countries including the US, China, and Brazil, and is available in English on the ministry's website and the Korea Copyright Commission's website.
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-04-03/entertainment/kpop/Culture-Ministry-to-protect-choreography-copyrights/2276756The dancer was born in San Martín, Buenos Aires Province, and trained at the prestigious Teatro Colón ballet school in Buenos Aires from age six before joining the school's company at 14.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/culture/ballet-dancer-marianela-nunez-honoured-with-obe-from-king-charles-iii.phtmlThe rose is a multifaceted symbol in various artistic works. In "Women Who Survive," Ethyl Eichelberger's video features montages of performances that include the line "a rose is a woman's best friend," highlighting its association with femininity and endurance. The flower also appears in Peter Hujar's "Candy Darling on Her Deathbed" (1973), where Warhol superstar Candy Darling lies surrounded by roses, despite her terminal illness. In contrast, Genesis Belanger's ceramic bouquet "Double Standard" features grotesque, human-like fingers emerging from the flowers, subverting traditional notions of beauty and desire. The rose is also explored in Sara Cwynar's "Rose Gold," which examines consumerism and power through its association with the Apple iPhone's rose gold color.
https://hyperallergic.com/1000441/artists-meditate-on-the-rose-as-a-symbol-flag-art-foundation/Joe Goode's artwork challenged traditional notions of Minimalism with his "stair" sculptures, which hovered between familiarity and formality. His cloud paintings sliced through painted skies to reveal a second layer, while his Environmental Impact series used industrial tools to create jagged, monochromatic canvases. Goode's Flat Screen Nature series merged lyrical beauty with visual violence, showcasing his unique blend of skill and prickly subject matter.
https://hyperallergic.com/999094/los-angeles-artist-joe-goode-dies-at-87/Luis Fernando Benedit's first major exhibition in New York since 1972 has opened with a room of bright Pop Art-esque paintings, followed by a conceptual world of bioart habitats. The show spans from 1966 to 1972 and marks a crucial period in Benedit's practice, showcasing his transition from painting to exploring outdoor spaces, biology, and ecology after graduating from the University of Buenos Aires in 1963.
https://hyperallergic.com/1000452/luis-fernando-benedit-exposed-the-politics-of-world-making/Solbi is set to participate in a cyberbullying prevention exhibition at the National Assembly, which she describes as a tribute to her late father and an exploration of how art can evoke emotions like love and yearning. The exhibition, titled "Flowers from Heaven," features Solbi's humming and paintings alongside installation artist Shin Ye-jin's tree objects, with the goal of sparking conversations about relationships.
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