Tag: Island

  • Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo’s New Art Island Made a Sunny Splash in a Rainy Venice Vernissage Week

    The international art world visiting Venice for the preview week of the Biennale woke up Thursday with great relief to a sunny forecast after two days of rain. For some, the day got even better with a visit to the island of San Giacomo, in the Northern Lagoon, where ARTnews Top 200 collector Patrizia Sandretto read more

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    Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo’s New Art Island Made a Sunny Splash in a Rainy Venice Vernissage Week

  • We Spent a Week Quarantined on an Uninhabited Island with 80 Artists

    A muscular Englishman in a khaki kilt and black beret hops atop the edge of an old well clad in traditional Spanish tile, his sleeves rolled up to his elbows in what can only be called an act of bravery. High winds and rain pelt a group of visitors from all directions, and yet, this read more

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    We Spent a Week Quarantined on an Uninhabited Island with 80 Artists

  • Trustees of Renowned West Coast Artist Residency Visited Epstein’s Island

    News Djerassi board members Michael Molesky and Alexander Maxwell Djerassi, nephew of Ghislaine Maxwell, visited the notorious private island in 2011. Alexander Djerassi and Michael Molesky attend the Djerassi Resident Artists’ Program “Artful Harvest” Annual Fundraiser on September 28, 2025. (photo Drew Altizer Photography) Two board members of the esteemed Djerassi Resident Artists Program in read more

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  • Fly’s Eye Dome’ sculpture collapses in Long Island blizzard

    The LongHouse Reserve is fundraising for the restoration of Buckminster Fuller’s iconic fiberglass sculptureFly’s Eye Dome(1976), which sustained damage during the blizzard that blanketed the East Coast on Sunday. According to the Long Island institution, the outdoor sculpture buckled under heavy snow and collapsed. “It’s devastating,” LongHouse directorCarrie Rebora BarratttoldArtnet News. “It’s our most iconic read more

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    Fly’s Eye Dome’ sculpture collapses in Long Island blizzard

  • Newly Unearthed Documents Propose That the Eastern Island Head Was Not Stolen

    A British archaeologist has proposed a revised account of the excavation of Hoa Hakananaiʻa, the moai better known as the Easter Island Head, arguing that its removal was not a unilateral act of imperial extraction but a collaborative effort between British explorers and Indigenous Rapa Nui islanders that ultimately led to its voyage to England. read more

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    Newly Unearthed Documents Propose That the Eastern Island Head Was Not Stolen