The numbers are in. The prices of blue-chip art are bigger than they have ever been at a time when whole countries have contemplated fiscal bankruptcy and currency devaluation. Fine art is a art is a global currency less volatile than the euro, dollar or drachma... or Facebook stock.
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Architect and urban designer Jan Gehl has dedicated a significant proportion of his career to making cities better places for people by studying public spaces and their impact on civic society.
From Larry Bell's striped pants to Ed Kienholz's devilishly combed eyebrows, they created a scene. Knowing these artists as contemporaries, the author serves up a delicious living past.
Whatever the odds, there was a lot to be said about religion and religious art at TEFAF. In virtually ever section of the fair, there were at least dozens of examples of fascinating works with religious content and themes.
Street Art goes high-fashion for '13 with Street Artist Judith Supine One image of a mysterious acid-green faced woman with pink flowers in her hair ...
Translating mythology into minimalism, and using motifs such as age, the undeniable passing of time, and the fading of a once passionate love, Darren Jones is showing at The Museum of Russian Art in Jersey City.
Seeing what other humans can create with passion and intensity (and the right genetic proclivity) does make one wonder: What could I do?
In early 2012, the Andy Warhol Foundation will dissolve their Art Authentication Board. To fill the vacuum, Ca$h for your Warhol has announced a free authentication service. Just because it's funny, doesn't mean it's not serious.
The Bridges of Glendale, 36x48x2, 2010 I painted this. Then I sold it, which is great. But I missed it. I liked it as an object to hang in ...
I am serializing an unpublished book in this column. It's about an amazing, mysterious manuscript I discovered in Scotland.
In the last difficult year of his life, Bill demonstrated the same courageous values that he evidenced as an artist. The following testimonials from friends and colleagues paint a portrait of the artist.
I am serializing an unpublished book in this column. It's about an amazing, mysterious manuscript I discovered in Scotland with nothing in it but 50 watercolor paintings.
I discovered an amazing, mysterious manuscript in Scotland. It's a little book with nothing in it but 50 watercolor paintings.
The mistakes make the rhyme of creative bent. The drawer's inaccuracies take the visage away from just image and turns into a signpost for your heart; that turns the image away from the original source and into Art.
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