Modern Art

Whitney To Open Renzo Piano-Designed Museum At Entrance To Highline

nytimes.com | Carol Vogel | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York


Three years after reaching a tentative agreement with the city, the Whitney Museum of American Art is forging ahead with plans to build a second museu...

Obama's Modern Art (PHOTOS): White House's New Art On Display

AP | NANCY BENAC | Posted 10.07.2009 | Style


WASHINGTON (AP) You can't see it, but there's a quiet cultural revolution under way at the White House. The Obamas are decorating their private space...

Culture Zohn: Pianissimo from Renzo Piano: The New Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago

Patricia Zohn | Posted 07.12.2009 | Chicago


Patricia Zohn

2009-06-11-799_northfacade400.jpg New York, LA, San Francisco, Houston, eat your hearts out: Renzo Piano has saved his best US work so far for Chicago.

A Warhol for the West Wing

Jonathan Melber | Posted 03.29.2009 | Style


Jonathan Melber

It's a good sign that Obama has shown an interest in contemporary art. Let's hope it extends beyond the White House walls.

Greening Hollywood: L.A. Art Show's Visually Moving Feast

Paige Donner | Posted 02.27.2009 | Style


Paige Donner

Los Angeles Arts Month is an opportunity for the Los Angeles art community to synergize the Los Angeles Art Show with the City's artists and art institutions to create a cultural mecca.

Credit Crunch Not Affecting Art Auctions

Reuters | Jeremy Lovell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Rather like the premature reports of the death of Mark Twain, forecasts of the collapse of the art market as a result of the global credit crunch appe...