Balloon Interpretations Of Masterpieces
What do you get when you mix sculpture, puppetry and origami? Rochester, New York duo Larry Moss and Kelly Cheatle have developed 'Airigami,' the not-...
What do you get when you mix sculpture, puppetry and origami? Rochester, New York duo Larry Moss and Kelly Cheatle have developed 'Airigami,' the not-...
Sugar Rautbord | Posted 05.28.2012
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.
David Galenson | Posted 04.20.2012
Hirst's enormous financial success, and the conspicuous delight he takes in it, have produced anguish, envy and outright hostility among many in England's staid and priggish art world, who cling to the ancient ideal that artists should be secular priests, who take vows of poverty and regard money as a source of corruption.
Frank Browning | Posted 04.16.2012
Contemporary art is no longer and can no longer be the special terrain of the aesthetic courtesans to remote powerful elites: it is the collective carnival gathering in which we are inundated by the sounds, sights and symbols of our current collective madness.
Posted 04.02.2012
Keeping up with new developments in the art world is thrilling, but the task of keeping track of who's new on the scene, what paintings are selling fo...
Posted 03.27.2012
Artist Jeff Koons could bring a full-size replica of a 1943 Baldwin 2900 steam locomotive to New York City's High Line. The train wouldn't be on the ...
David Galenson | Posted 05.20.2012
The story of art in the past century is in large part one of young iconoclastic innovators breaking every significant rule, tradition, or convention that they could identify.
Edward Goldman | Posted 03.05.2012
The last day of 2011 ended on a rather dramatic note: something stopped me -- figuratively and literally -- in my tracks. I almost bumped into it. It was big, shiny and made out of stainless steel. And, no, it was not, thank God, any of the shiny nonsense by Jeff Koons.
Daniel Grant | Posted 03.05.2012
Beauty, it is often said, is in the eye of the beholder, and so might be copyright infringement.
Posted 01.11.2012
This week at Huff Post Arts we wondered if we could pass tattoos off as high art and shopped on eBay for dinosaur fossils. We checkout out the new mos...
Posted 01.10.2012
Are tattoos fine art? The medium, which used to be seen as a marker of those on the periphery, is now experiencing widespread acceptance, especially a...
Posted 01.02.2012
If you've ever spent a night in a hospital room, you know that the bare-walled, drab rooms can be enough to make you feel sick in themselves. Lucky...
Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn | Posted 12.26.2011
While unable to get much beyond Simon's Pop definition, "Pop is sex, Pop is brash, Pop is fun," this episode, "Make It Pop," was loads of fun to watch--from the kids in the studio trying their best to define Pop, to the process of making, to teasing banter between Sucklord and Lola.
ARTINFO | Posted 12.12.2011
LONDON--The circus is back in town. The Frieze Art Fair's big tent has once again been pitched in Regent's Park, and this year it's home to 173 contem...
Posted 12.02.2011
As one of France's foremost tourist attractions, the Palace of Versailles is subject to careful scrutiny; it comes as no surprise that French Presiden...
Wyatt Closs | Posted 11.29.2011
What exactly is a Trespass Parade, outside of being something blaring and whirring through downtown LA that is associated with the Pacific Standard Time initiative led by a madcap roster of artists, musicians, and dancers?
artfagcity.com | Posted 11.08.2011
There are moments on the Living website when one suspects that Martha Stewart may have once held fine art aspirations. In an article explaining how t...
Nancy Ruhling | Posted 10.09.2011
To ratchet up recycling, artist Bernard Klevickas created "Twisted Bicycle," a sculpture/planter made of an old bike that is designed to be wrapped around city streetlights.
David Galenson | Posted 10.09.2011
Hirst has not only influenced many of his peers; he is among the small number of artists who have spawned major artistic movements, and influenced important cultural institutions.
David Galenson | Posted 09.17.2011
London's Royal Academy of Arts claims that its Summer Exhibition is "The largest open contemporary art exhibition in the world." This year's show includes 1,200 works by more than 700 artists. Much to my surprise, I loved it.
Posted 09.13.2011
Since 1975, BMW has commissioned 17 racing cars painted by famous artists from all over the world. Now, they're offering a virtual tour online of the ...
Posted 09.13.2011
(Via Mutual Art) The equally beloved-and-berated Royal Academy Summer Exhibition is back, now on view from June 7th-August 17th. It is the world’...
Bettina Korek | Posted 09.11.2011
Salon 94 Freemans currently has an exhibition, For the Kids, that borders on the line of pop art and sports nostalgia.
ARTINFO | Posted 09.02.2011
Damien Hirst is one savvy businessman. His publishing company Other Criteria, devoted to producing affordable limited editions and multiples, announce...
Bloomberg | Posted 08.28.2011
It looked like the food lines in my old hometown of Leningrad. That’s how long the queue is to get into the hit show at New York’s Metropolitan...
Posted 05.30.2012