Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons is the latest artist selected to design BMW’s Art Car. He will be the 17th artist, including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and…
Salinger Portrait
There is nothing phony about the legacy of J.D. Salinger, who was immortalized in a portrait hanging at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery on February 1. The beloved author, who passed away on January 27, is depicted in Robert Vickery’s 1961 Time cover, looking...
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Record Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti’s six-foot-tall sculpture shattered the world record for a work of art at an auction, selling to an unidentified telephone bidder for a total of…
Magnum Archive Sold
The legendary Magnum Photos archive has found a new buyer—billionaire businessman Michael Dell. His investment firm, MSD Capital, has acquired the 185,000 prints in the renowned collective, including works…
Super Bowl Bet
Though the art and sports are not typically known to collide, New Orleans Museum of Art director John Bullard and Indianapolis Museum of Art director Maxwell Anderson made a friendly wager on the Super Bowl: the loser must lend the other’s museum a priceless piece of artwork. The bet began…
Renoir's Second Act
A pioneer of iImpressionism, Pierre-Auguste Renoir longed to do what most groundbreaking artists take years to escape—traditionalism. But Renoir’s late work has generally been removed from art history until now as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art opens “Renoir in the 20th Century” on February 14. The show, previously at Grand Palais in Paris, includes…
Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse’s signature beehive has been molded into something more creative than a Marlboro holder thanks to a British pop artist who depicted the notorious singer as a 1950s housewife in a screenprint. Veteran UK silkscreener Gerald Laing…
Met Troubles
When the Metropolitan Museum of Art is suffering, as it did enormously in this past fiscal year, one can only imagine how difficult money matters have been for the rest of the art world. New York’s best-attended museum lost 14 percent of its staff (about 250 employees), investments declined by…
Hope Diamond
A recent discovery revealed the hard truth about the origins of the illustrious Hope Diamond and its dazzling competitor, the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond—despite similarities, the two were reportedly not cut from…
A whimsical new exhibit reveals the rarely seen art of photocollage made by aristocratic Victorian women, including works from Queen Elizabeth II’s private collection. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
Man Ray, Brassai, Ilse Bing, and Others Capture the City of Light in the '20s and '30s
A Gravity-defying Show of Dancers Flying High
Early 20th Century Photographs Reveal the Art of the Snowflake
The Rock Goddess Talks About Her New Retrospective and Years with Mapplethorpe
The Torn Picasso, Broken Michelangelo, and Other Expensive Art Disasters
From February 12 to September 12, feminist artist Kiki Smith will present a celebration of the life cycle and women artisans at the Brooklyn Museum. In this video, she describes some of her creation process.
While the curtain may close on the London production of Red on February 6, it will rise once again in March when the show moves to Broadway’s Golden Theater. For its 15-week limited run, the acclaimed play will dramatize Mark Rothko’s fatal decision to turn down the chance to paint the murals for New York’s Four Seasons restaurant. Alfred Molina and Eddie Redmayne will revive their roles as Rothko and his studio assistant respectively for the move from London's Donmar Warehouse to the Broadway stage.
Like the splatters of paint that covered Jackson Pollock’s canvases, his mentor Thomas Hart Benton played a pivotal role in the abstract expressionist’s success. In Tom and Jack: The Intertwined Lives of Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollock, renowned art historian Henry Adams details that career-changing relationship, which began when Pollock and his brothers began studying under Benton, a struggling New York-based artist. For the first time, Adams sheds light on the abstract drips of color that Benton helped breathe into Pollock’s world.
Looking for an art gallery to visit after lunch? Maybe a museum exhibition? A smart, new app for iPhones and BlackBerries, artnear will find the closest venues, complete with an address, phone number, and hours of operation. The global guide even supplies a calendar of upcoming shows.
Ligne Blanche Paris brings creativity to the table with Andy Warhol chocolates, Keith Haring cookies, Robert Mapplethorpe china, and Tom Sachs candles. Iconic images by influential artists now delight the senses.
Amidst the wildlife and sporting art at the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) in Charleston, South Carolina from February 12 -4, the Audubon Gallery will host an exhibit and sale of Mark McNair’s work. The Virginia-based artist is known for his carvings of shorebirds, which have previously sold for tens of thousands of dollars at auctions.
