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‘You must walk close to the edge’—the pioneering German artist Rebecca Horn dies, aged 80

The Art Newspaper

Horn maintained a powerful drawing strand that supported her innovative conceptual sculpture practice around the human body in installations, performances and photographs

Age 138
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Sculpting the Divine: Exploring Religious Statues and Sculptures 

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Throughout history humanity has been fascinated with manifesting the divine in sculptural form to both pay homage to godly figures and to pass down the traditions, rituals, and narratives across different religious faiths. If this interpretation is correct, humans have been venerating religious sculpture for more than 20,000 years.

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Anton van Dalen, who imaginatively chronicled life in Lower Manhattan, has died, aged 86

The Art Newspaper

An East Village fixture for a half-century, Van Dalen created stylised drawings, paintings, sculptures and performances documenting his surroundings

Age 121
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Art and Science Collide: The Beauty of Scientific Instruments Through the Ages

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From the intricate designs and beautiful functionality of ancient astrolabes to the ornate craftsmanship of Renaissance telescopes, and the sleek modernism of personal cameras, the evolution of scientific instruments has provided a fascinating meeting point between aesthetic and functional precision through the ages.

Age 77
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3 Works by Pioneering Artist Rebecca Horn That Changed Contemporary Art

Artnet News

Through performance, sculpture, and installation, Horn explored what it is to inhabit a body in our technological age. The post 3 Works by Pioneering Artist Rebecca Horn That Changed Contemporary Art appeared first on Artnet News.

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Kasper König, pioneering curator and co-founder of Skulptur Projekte Münster, dies aged 80

The Art Newspaper

The former director of Cologne’s Museum Ludwig “shaped the art discourse of the last five decades like no other", the museum says

Age 129
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Henning Koppel: A Jensen Designer That Made a Modern Splash

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When he returned to Copenhagen in 1945, he took a job with the Jensen workshop at the age of 27. When he was younger, Koppel studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the Academie Rancon in Paris, where he concentrated on drawing and sculpture. After a long and prosperous career, he died in 1981 at the age of 63.

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