Digital Van Gogh
Want to lend an ear to the personal musings of Vincent Van Gogh? More than 900 of the artist’s letters have just been published online in English for the first time. Thanks to Amstersdam’s Van Gogh Museum, the vast collection is ...
Leonard Nimoy
While Leonard Nimoy could have a collection of artifacts any Trekkie would dream of, the actor has instead filled his home with contemporary works, including his own photography. On Halloween night at the Santa Monica Museum of Art, Nimoy displayed several ...
Penn Badgley
Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley was among the stars who turned out for the opening night feast of Performa 09, which runs through November 22.
Performa 09: Food for Thought
Presumably, artist and party planner Jennifer Rubell rested after reinterpreting the story of creation at a benefit for Performa 09, New York’s three-week biennial of performance art. The festivities took place on three floors of the X Initiative in Chelsea, bringing in nearly 600 guests including artist Cindy Sherman, David Byrne, Alan Cumming ...
Lost Warhol
If ever there was incentive to finally clean out your closet, it’s Cathy Naso—the former part-time receptionist at Andy Warhol’s Factory recently found a self-portrait of the famed pop artist in a forgotten closet after 40 years. Sotheby’s will auction off the print that Warhol ...
Madoff Scheme
Ads have been appearing in local newspapers across the country promoting “Bernie Madoff Auction” sales, promoting art by Peter Max, Salvador Dalí, and Norman Rockwell as a result of the Ponzi schemer’s financial losses. But auction attendees have since learned what’s been billed as a Madoff auction may actually just be another scam. “They all thought it was Madoff ...
Caravaggio
Renaissance master Caravaggio may have put a little bit of himself into his work as new technology reveals a miniature self-portrait hidden in his famous 1597 painting of Bacchus. The image revealed itself in the ...
Degas Sale
Christie’s Impressionist and modern art sale on November 3 may have been a disappointment, but a painting by Degas brought in a half-million dollars more than its $9 million high estimate. Ken Yeh, deputy chairman of Chrisite’s in Asia, took in the winning bid on “Danseuses,” the 1896 pastel of ...
Alma Thomas
The art collection Michelle Obama selected for the White House from various national museums received some skepticism from critics, but one particular work from Alma Thomas garnered serious negative attention. The African-American artist was targeted as a plagiarist by right-wing bloggers, who claim one of her compositions is ...
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Creator of the HOPE poster, artist Shepard Fairey has teamed up with Evolutionary Media Group founder Jennifer Gross to compile an Abrams book of new and recent art—inspired by the Obama campaign and victory—that benefits Americans for the Arts.
New York’s Museum of Art and Design surveys 52 international artists and designers that use paper in a myriad of ways to create simple yet inventive sculptures, installations, and video animations in the exhibition Slash: Paper Under the Knife.
Two years in the making, artist Josh Azzarella has seized the video scenery of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” for new potential fantasies by erasing nearly every soul in sight, including the zombies, and replacing the classic pop song with an ambient soundtrack.
Terzo Piano, the restaurant in Renzo Piano’s new Modern wing of the Art Institute of Chicago, serves an innovative menu of fresh, local, and organic Italian dishes. Sleek interior design and scenic views of Millennium Park make it a stellar destination.
Meschac Gaba amusingly mixes the status everyone gives to motor vehicles with the pride they take in their hairstyles in The Street, a show of sculptures woven from synthetic hair, which is ironically derived from petroleum, at Michael Stevenson’s Cape Town gallery.
Following the controversy surrounding his iconic Barack Obama poster, Shepard Fairey has moved onto a good cause. He will be auctioning off his newest mixed media collages to support L.E.A.D. Uganda, an educational leadership program that locates vulnerable children with natural artistic talents and harnesses those skills. Fairey's works, along with work by Joyce Tenneson, Dan Winters, Michal Chelbin, and others, will go on the block on November 12 at New York's Steven Kasher Gallery. Preview the works here.
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