Art

Kids Create Tote Bags For Versace's 'Art Unites' Initiative

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.02.2009 | Style


Versace's newest designers were hard at work at the Whitney Museum on Wednesday night, using fabric markers to draw their favorite memories onto tote ...

What's Your Favorite Method of Nature-Connection?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 07.01.2009 | Living


Linda Buzzell

Research has shown that nature-connection of almost any kind turns out to be a powerful healing force.

American Renaissance At The Met

Nicolaus Mills | Posted 06.30.2009 | New York


Nicolaus Mills

This May, in a ceremony presided over by Michelle Obama, the Met opened a series of new period rooms, plus a renovated Charles Englehard Court, and next year the entire American Wing will be accessible to the public.

Arts in Crisis

Michael Kaiser | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics


Michael Kaiser

American arts organizations are threatened, but it is not the economy that poses the largest threat.

Lost World Of New York Art

Kent Jones | Posted 06.29.2009 | New York


Kent Jones

Something is always being lost to those of us who call New York our home.

Deadline: Design Student Makes Film Using Post-It Notes (VIDEO)

Huffington Post via Bang-yao Liu | Posted 06.26.2009 | Style


English humorist Douglas Adams once said, "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." One student at the Savannah College...

Celebrating Art For Its Own Sake (in Chelsea, of all places)

Jonathan Melber | Posted 06.24.2009 | New York


Jonathan Melber

Over 1800 people flooded the old Dia Art Foundation building for in Chelsea the opening of No Soul For Sale. It is a sort of anti-art-fair fair.

Defunct Car Dealership Finds New Life As Art Gallery

treehugger.com | Posted 06.22.2009 | Green


Pete's Motors in Great Barrington, Massachusetts had been around for nearly 80 years when they were forced to close their doors. Today, however the lo...

Hidden Treasure: Art By Public School Kids At Met

Agnes Gund | Posted 06.22.2009 | New York


Agnes Gund

The arts throughout our educational systems are being threatened and pulled out of our children's lives.

Smelling Orange: The Interconnected Realm Of Synesthesia

DivineCaroline | Kathryn Williams | Posted 06.17.2009 | Living


You've probably heard Mondays referred to as "blue" or a brightly colored shirt as "loud." For most people, these descriptions are figurative. Mondays...

Artomatic Celebrates Anniversary

Jill Yaworski | Posted 06.16.2009 | Home


Jill Yaworski

WASHINGTON--Tim Tate remembers his first time participating in Artomatic, an annual multimedia art show featuring local artists. "I had the best spot ...

Protecting Your Art with Paper: Invoices and Art Consignment Forms (VIDEO)

Jonathan Melber | Posted 06.15.2009 | Business


Jonathan Melber

In this video, I explain two important ways to keep track of your art and minimize misunderstandings whenever you sell or consign your work.

Nude Mona Lisa-Like Painting Found (PHOTO)

Huffington Post | Posted 06.12.2009 | World


Could Leonardo have painted a version of the iconic Mona Lisa in the nude? As comical as that might sound, a painting that recently surfaced and is on...

On Painting For Obama

Chaz Guest | Posted 06.12.2009 | Style


Chaz Guest

In a letter President Obama wrote me, he stated that it's all about standing on the shoulders of those who came before us.

Iowa Woman Discovers New Cloud Type

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 06.12.2009 | Living


DES MOINES, Iowa — Looking out the 11th floor window of her law office, Jane Wiggins did a double take and grabbed her camera. The dark, undulat...

Top Ten Reasons Why Art is Essential to the Human Spirit

Maria Rodale | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living


Maria Rodale

Art makes you think. I thought about what the artist was trying to say. I thought about how he or she did that. I thought about why I like some things and not others. Even art I don't like makes me think about why.

Frick's Basement Holds Hidden Treasure: Century-Old Bowling Alley

New York Times | Alan Feuer | Posted 06.10.2009 | Local


"It's one of those hidden places in New York, now isn't it?" says Colin Bailey, the museum's chief curator. After welcoming you in, Mr. Bailey will go...

Brad Pitt Hits Up Art Basel, Buys $1 Million Painting (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 06.09.2009 | Entertainment


Brad Pitt popped up in Switzerland on Tuesday at Art Basel. An AP photographer snapped the actor checking out the work "end of knowledge" (24K gold o...

Tim Burton To Get MoMA Exhibit

Variety | Posted 06.09.2009 | Entertainment


The visually inventive filmmaker behind "Edward Scissorhands," "Batman" and "Sweeney Todd," among others, will be the subject of "Tim Burton," a major...

Picasso Sketches Stolen: French Police

AP | JEAN-PIERRE VERGES | Posted 06.09.2009 | World


PARIS — A red notebook of 33 pencil drawings by Pablo Picasso has been stolen from a specially locked glass case in the Paris museum that bears ...

It's Art's Time

Steven Weber | Posted 06.08.2009 | Style


Steven Weber

Officially marginalized in our schools and practically vestigial in the anatomy of our systems of education and business, art -- its creation and enjoyment -- is in need of rediscovery.

Venice Biennale Starts With A Splash

AP | Colleen Barry | Posted 06.08.2009 | Style


VENICE, Italy - Quieter parties. Harsher art. That's one view from the 53rd Venice Biennale, the oldest and one of the most influential contemporary...

The Poetry Of The Brooklyn Bridge

John Lundberg | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living


John Lundberg

It's times like this I wish I lived in New York City. Poets House, a national poetry library and literary center, is sponsoring its 14th annual poet...

Can You Teach Creative Writing?

newyorker.com | Louis Menand | Posted 06.02.2009 | Living


Creative-writing programs are designed on the theory that students who have never published a poem can teach other students who have never published a...

Pakistani Truck Artists Brighten Karachi

GlobalPost | Posted 05.22.2009 | World


KARACHI, Pakistan (Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting) -- At first glance this is not a colorful city. An aerial view of Karachi reveals a sprawl of ...