In honor of Jasper Johns' 83rd birthday, we are revisiting a post originally published last year honoring the artist's life and work. Today is the ...
Fifty years. Nine hundred artists. Two thousand grants. At its most succinct, this is the story of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA), the unique and timeless organization established by Jasper Johns and John Cage in 1963.
By Mark Joseph Stern The Museum of Modern Art currently has on display a wonderful, compact installation titled simply “Johns and Rauschenberg....
In 1989 Frank Stella donated an original print of his work "The Symphony" to every U.S. embassy in the world. Frank Stella, The Symphony, 1989 ...
Thursday is opening day of the first U.S. retrospective of director Stanley Kubrick. This exhibition covers Kubrick's career, beginning with his early photographs for Look through his directorial works of the 1950s through the 1990s.
Today is the birthday of American painter and pop art precursor Robert Rauschenberg. The artist, known for his tendency to incorporate found objects a...
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Thieves broke into a Rotterdam museum on Tuesday and walked off with works from the likes of Picasso, Monet, Gauguin and Matisse pot...
I am not really a "nature girl," so promises of fly fishing lessons and campfires in the Vermont woods did not entice. But to the woods I went -- and I was absolutely floored.
LGBT artists have continually challenged mainstream understandings of gender and sexuality, and the impact of this on our society is immeasurable. Lik...
Today is the birthday of Jasper Johns, the prolific contemporary artist and master of the familiar. Most famous for his depictions of the American fla...
When a big break comes in an artist's career, will that person realize it, or know how to take advantage of it?
Elaine Sturtevant made her controversial artistic debut in 1965 when she showed an exhibition of replicates of Andy Warhol's silkscreen floral prints ...
Early in September, David Zwirner opened its doors to preview "Artists for Haiti," an upcoming benefit auction at Christie's sponsored by the dealer a...
McLean artist Georgia Nassikas has an exhibit opening Thursday night at the McLean Project for the Arts. The exhibit is in MPA's Ramp Gallery, and run...
"Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980" makes the case for the many ways in which Los Angeles has been a partner, catalyst and home to a unique, prolific and influential artistic vision.
Our recent author-on-author, filmmaker-on-filmmaker and musician-on-musician insults have proved that creative folk are only human, and occasionally e...
Chuck Close is well known for his photorealistic portraits, and as an artist with numerous parties vying for control of his work, he is in a unique po...
Since we've made it halfway through 2011, we thought we'd take a look back at the art moments that have defined this year so far. From the defacing of...
The legal battle over Brandeis University's Rose Art Museum's collection is finally over. According to reports published Thursday morning, the univers...
The Castelli Gallery was perhaps the most prominent commercial venue for art in the world, starting from the late 1950s and continuing through the 1970s.
The 150-object Merce Cunningham Dance Company collection of set pieces, costumes and painted drops created for the visionary choreographer by leading artists, designers and musicians finally has a home.
Imagine going back in time to an era in art history, talking to the artists themselves at work in their studios and hearing first-hand what their concerns, processes and influences are.
Among the politicians and investors, contemporary artist Jasper Johns received the Presidential Medal of Freedom at The White House Tuesday afternoon....
(From: ArtFixDaily) Exceptional beauty, rarity, and historical significance are among the factors that drive collectors to compete furiously for art, ...
