The sun is out, the weather is warm and the blockbuster art exhibits are upon us. Yes, dear readers, we're on the cusp of summer and we couldn't be ha...
The New York-based artist is debuting his new work, Amazon nesting and his popular work, Luxury Explosions, which debuted at Art Basel in 2009.
This Saturday is a big day for Vincent Van Gogh geeks like me. This day is the 160th anniversary of the birth of our beloved hero. But what to do when the world's largest collection of works by Van Gogh is unavailable until early May while the building undergoes extensive renovations?
March is here, which means the last month of winter is finally coming to a close and art admirers everywhere are slowly venturing out of their seasona...
Before he surrendered himself to the radiant rectangle -- the shape that would come to symbolize his best-known works -- Mark Rothko had a figurative,...
If you didn't know Bob Dylan's art exhibit opened this week at Gagosian Gallery in New York City, you're not alone. The Freewheelin' musician seems to...
When it comes to mundane materials, there is perhaps no artist alive today who can unearth the poetic beauty of found items like Gabriel Orozco. In a ...
"The models' nakedness is a powerful visual statement imbued with symbolism. They are not nude but naked, for they had courage to shed the many layers...
We've always heard that Berlin is a bastion of liberalism, but a new exhibit at the city's Galeria Casablanca has us aghast at just how open-minded so...
Ever since the dawn of elections in the United States, there have been members of both ends of the political spectrum who have sought to voice their o...
The artist Polly Apfelbaum is not one to shy away from colors. She embraces them, all of them. In fact, the brighter and bolder they are, the better.
Yayoi Kusama, Fireflies on the Water, 2002. Mirror, plexiglass, 150 lights and water, Overall: 111 x 144 1/2 x 144 1/2 in. (281.9 x 367 x 367 cm), a...
ARLINGTON, Va. -- For the first time in the United States, vistors can view more than 250 personal images from Frida Kahlo at Artisphere. From an asto...
WASHINGTON -- While the Walter E. Washington Convention Center has been the scene of plenty of protests since it opened in 2003, nobody should be pick...
The credits roll and you notice the name of the producer. Stock-in-trade for a film, but what about that role in the world of art?
Deciding what price to put on artwork is one of the most difficult problems for lesser-known or "emerging" artists, since there is no obvious point of reference.
Last week we told you about Grazia editor-at-large Melanie Rickey's petition to "bring McQueen home." Sounding off in Grazia as well as the Guardia...
Vast numbers of tourists have been delighted by the work of Jean-Michel Othoniel without knowing it. Every year, thousands of visitors to Paris stop to photograph the entrance to the Palais Royal metro station, such a popular success that it was commemorated by a postage stamp.
WHO: Dan Bayles WHAT: CONTRACT-W914NS-04-D-0009 WHEN: December 18 - February 5 2011 WHERE: François Ghebaly Gallery 2600 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los...
Manuscripts often contain written accounts and visual representations of history, but sometimes the history of a manuscript -- who commissioned it, ho...
Whether he's striking down the pope with a meteorite or restraining his dealer to a gallery wall with masking tape, Maurizio Cattelan does it with wit and panache. This promises to be an unprecedented and, likely, unorthodox installation.
WHO: Edgar Arceneaux WHAT: "The Algorithm Doesn't Love You", an ongoing series WHEN: November 6 - December 11, 2010 WHERE: SUSANNE VIELMETTER LOS A...
