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Internationally renowned artist Julie Mehretu will create the 20th BMW Art Car: Start of BMW M Hybrid V8 Art Car at the 24 Hour race of Le Mans in 2024

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
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MUNICH and NEW YORK, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BMW announced a collaboration today at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum with internationally acclaimed New York-based artist Julie Mehretu to create the 20th BMW Art Car.

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  • MUNICH and NEW YORK, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BMW announced a collaboration today at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum with internationally acclaimed New York-based artist Julie Mehretu to create the 20th BMW Art Car.
  • BMW will enter Mehretu's BMW M Hybrid V8 Art Car in the 24 Hour race of Le Mans in June 2024.
  • It is from that space that I'm really excited to be working on the next BMW Art Car more than anything," says Julie Mehretu.
  • The outcome of the workshops will be presented together with the 20th BMW Art Car at the Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town in 2025.

Internationally renowned artist Julie Mehretu will create the 20th BMW Art Car: Start of BMW M Hybrid V8 Art Car at the 24 Hour race of Le Mans in 2024

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
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MUNICH and NEW YORK, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BMW announced a collaboration today at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum with internationally acclaimed New York-based artist Julie Mehretu to create the 20th BMW Art Car.

Key Points: 
  • MUNICH and NEW YORK, June 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BMW announced a collaboration today at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum with internationally acclaimed New York-based artist Julie Mehretu to create the 20th BMW Art Car.
  • BMW will enter Mehretu's BMW M Hybrid V8 Art Car in the 24 Hour race of Le Mans in June 2024.
  • It is from that space that I'm really excited to be working on the next BMW Art Car more than anything," says Julie Mehretu.
  • The outcome of the workshops will be presented together with the 20th BMW Art Car at the Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town in 2025.

Architects Lina Ghotmeh and Asif Khan appointed for two major museums in AlUla, Saudi Arabia

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Thursday, May 18, 2023
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ALULA, Saudi Arabia, May 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) announces Lina Ghotmeh and Asif Khan as architects for two upcoming museums in its constellation of cultural assets.

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  • ALULA, Saudi Arabia, May 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) announces Lina Ghotmeh and Asif Khan as architects for two upcoming museums in its constellation of cultural assets.
  • Ghotmeh will design the contemporary art museum and Khan will design the museum of the Incense Road.
  • Both museums are situated in AlUla, a destination in northwest Arabia with 7,000 years of continuous human history.
  • Award winning Ghotmeh, who is designing the 2023 Serpentine Pavilion, creates work that sits at the intersection of art, architecture and design.

Grenfell: Steve McQueen's film is a silent, unflinching reminder of lives devastated by fire

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Saturday, April 15, 2023
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The 24-minute film – which the artist captured by helicopter in December 2017, six months after the fire – rotates around the Grenfell Tower in silence.

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  • The 24-minute film – which the artist captured by helicopter in December 2017, six months after the fire – rotates around the Grenfell Tower in silence.
  • The fire at west London’s Grenfell Tower broke out in the early hours of the morning, on 14 June 2017.
  • A government inquiry was launched, but the recommendations of the first phase of the report have yet to be implemented.
  • McQueen’s project aims to ensure that Grenfell “lives on in the mind of the nation and the world long after the covering went up”.

MELANIE GRANT APPOINTED AS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RESPONSIBLE JEWELLERY COUNCIL

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Monday, January 23, 2023
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Melanie Grant has been a journalist for over 20 years -- having worked at The Times, The Financial Times, The Independent, The Guardian, The BBC and -- until 2022 -- The Economist, where she was luxury editor of 1843 Magazine, its lifestyle sister publication. She worked at The Economist for 16 years as jewellery editor and picture editor and took a sabbatical to write her first book on the jewel as art, entitled Coveted: Art and Innovation in High Jewellery, published by Phaidon in October 2020.  She has been on a mission for the last decade to dismantle boundaries between art forms so that jewellery is considered equal to fine art.

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  • LONDON, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), the world's leading sustainability standard setting organisation for the jewellery and watch industry, today appointed Melanie Grant as its new executive director.
  • A celebrated thinker, writer and curator, Ms. Grant brings more than 20 years of experience in the watch and jewellery industry's biggest and most influential outlets.
  • David Bouffard, Chairman of the Board of the RJC said, "On behalf of the board, staff and all our members, I am proud to welcome Melanie as our new executive director.
  • Melanie Grant, RJC Executive Director, is available starting today for interview requests.

MELANIE GRANT APPOINTED AS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RESPONSIBLE JEWELLERY COUNCIL

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Monday, January 23, 2023
Diamond, Vogue, The Times, Financial Times, Interview, Central Saint Martins, RJC, Goldsmith, BBC, Human, Vanity Fair, British Museum, Serpentine Galleries, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Movement, Royal College of Art, Sotheby's, Knowledge, Boston, Albert Museum, NGO, The Economist, UN, Copenhagen, Economist, Growth, 1843 (magazine), The Independent, Phaidon, The Goldsmiths' Company Assay Office, Creativity, Sustainability, Science Museum, London, Royal college, Jewellery, Guardian, Art

Melanie Grant has been a journalist for over 20 years -- having worked at The Times, The Financial Times, The Independent, The Guardian, The BBC and -- until 2022 -- The Economist, where she was luxury editor of 1843 Magazine, its lifestyle sister publication. She worked at The Economist for 16 years as jewellery editor and picture editor and took a sabbatical to write her first book on the jewel as art, entitled Coveted: Art and Innovation in High Jewellery, published by Phaidon in October 2020.  She has been on a mission for the last decade to dismantle boundaries between art forms so that jewellery is considered equal to fine art.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), the world's leading sustainability standard setting organisation for the jewellery and watch industry, today appointed Melanie Grant as its new executive director.
  • A celebrated thinker, writer and curator, Ms. Grant brings more than 20 years of experience in the watch and jewellery industry's biggest and most influential outlets.
  • David Bouffard, Chairman of the Board of the RJC said, "On behalf of the board, staff and all our members, I am proud to welcome Melanie as our new executive director.
  • Melanie Grant, RJC Executive Director, is available starting today for interview requests.

Cordell Broadus Partners With Tezos Foundation to Launch the Champ Medici Arts Fund $1 Million Initiative to Support Emerging Artists

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Thursday, December 1, 2022
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Crypto and Web3 entrepreneur Cordell Broadus today announced the launch of the Champ Medici Arts Fund, a $1 Million philanthropic effort in partnership with The Tezos Foundation to support emerging artists across the globe looking to build and create works on the Tezos blockchain.

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  • Crypto and Web3 entrepreneur Cordell Broadus today announced the launch of the Champ Medici Arts Fund, a $1 Million philanthropic effort in partnership with The Tezos Foundation to support emerging artists across the globe looking to build and create works on the Tezos blockchain.
  • I am excited to announce this partnership with The Tezos Foundation, that will bring new artists to Tezos, one of the worlds most advanced and artist friendly blockchains.
  • Im honoured that Champ Medici has selected Tezos for this initiative and will be joining this flourishing community of creative talent.
  • The Tezos Foundation is a non-profit organization which deploys resources to entities and initiatives in support of the Tezos ecosystem.

State of the Art Exhibition at Paris+ par Art Basel 2022, Presented by Tezos

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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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The contemporary renaissance of generative art will be in the spotlight at this years Paris+ par Art Basel at the groundbreaking exhibition State of the Art, Presented by Tezos .

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  • The contemporary renaissance of generative art will be in the spotlight at this years Paris+ par Art Basel at the groundbreaking exhibition State of the Art, Presented by Tezos .
  • State of the Art, Presented by Tezos will be on public view from October 20-23, 2022, at Paris+ par Art Basel in Paris, at Grand Palais phmre.
  • The Tezos art community has been featured at Art Basel in Miami Beach 2021, Art Basel in Hong Kong 2022, Art Basel in Basel 2022, Venice Biennale 2020, SXSW 2022, and more.
  • Art Basels engagement has expanded beyond art fairs through new digital platforms and new initiatives such as The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report, Intersections: The Art Basel Podcast, and The BMW Art Journey.

Emerging Crypto Art Platform Outland Raises $5M Seed Round Led By OKG Ventures

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Monday, June 20, 2022
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Outland , an emerging crypto art platform based in Los Angeles, CA, has announced that it has raised $5 million in its first seed round in March 2022.

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  • Outland , an emerging crypto art platform based in Los Angeles, CA, has announced that it has raised $5 million in its first seed round in March 2022.
  • Led by OKG Ventures, IMO Ventures, Dragon Roark, and JDAC Capital have all invested in the burgeoning Web3 cultural leader.
  • Launched in February 2022, Outland has received widespread global attention from both crypto tech, and traditional art audiences.
  • Outland is the first international NFT platform founded by a core group of executives from major art institutions, galleries, and museums.

Unfinished Camp Convenes Artists and Technologists at Opening Week of Venice Biennale to Explore a Better Digital Future

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
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VENICE, Italy, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An international group of artists, technologists, game designers, changemakers, museum leaders, and curators will gather April 18-23 at Venice Meeting Point during the week of the 59th Venice Biennale, hosted by Unfinished Camp. Responding to one of the three thematic areas of Biennale – "the relationship between individuals and technologies" – they will engage in discussions about how to build a better and more equitable digital future, and how artists and art institutions can participate.

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  • Spanning six continents, Unfinished Camp collaborates with a growing network of artists and nine innovative art institutions for emerging artists to explore the intersection of art and technology, while collectively imagining a thriving and equitable civil society for the digital age.
  • "I'm thrilled these globally-recognized artists and technologists are joining forces, all with the sole purpose of helping to build a digital future that better serves the common good."
  • "Adding the voices of artists to important conversations about creating more ethical technology has never been more urgent," said Obrist.
  • "This Unfinished Camp experience is designed to bring world-class artists to the center of the debate around the creation of a more equitable digital future."