Insane 'Pencilism' Paintings
We have seen artists work with pencils before, but never like this. Born in Colombia, Frederico Uribe makes pop art masterpieces out of unexpected...
We have seen artists work with pencils before, but never like this. Born in Colombia, Frederico Uribe makes pop art masterpieces out of unexpected...
Posted 05.22.2012
The largest exhibition of Roy Lichtenstein's work to date will be traveling to a number of museums in the U.S. and Europe this summer. First stop: the...
William Bradley | Posted 05.08.2012
Don't look now, but something important just happened on Mad Men. A major character, someone with real talent in the field, just rejected advertising. Someone who happens to be ad guru Don Draper's bright and shiny new wife.
AP | Posted 05.07.2012
ROCKLAND, Maine — An art buyer from Monaco has filed a lawsuit against Pop artist Robert Indiana, the sculptor known for his "LOVE" works. Joao...
The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.11.2012
Today is the birthday of Pop-street art darling Keith Haring. The artist, who mastered the rare combination of super happy and super cool, would turn ...
Posted 04.04.2012
Andy Warhol was a social animal. Ravenous to get in with the cool crowd, Warhol's life's work surrounded around social interaction. (Although his cool...
Posted 04.03.2012
While the majority of garage sale treasures include old family photos, broken VCR's and stained baby clothes, don't give up hope! If you keep scouring...
Posted 03.24.2012
Usually the arts and the world of sports don't share too much in common. The archetype of the jock and the artistic outcast has been perpetuated enoug...
Posted 03.22.2012
Ed Ruscha's paintings look simple, which is what makes their complexity so confounding. Like a short poem, you can enjoy a Ruscha work in a matter of ...
Posted 03.22.2012
Pinocchio tells the story of a wooden puppet who turns into a living boy. Jim Dine, an influential pop artist who has been actively working for over 5...
AP | Posted 03.16.2012
NEW YORK -- An Andy Warhol portrait of Elvis Presley depicted as a cowboy is being auctioned in New York City and is expected to sell for between $30 ...
The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.11.2012
Ron English is an outlaw of sorts, known for converting cultural icons into agitprop creations that make us pause and reconsider the objects, cultural...
Posted 03.07.2012
Fashion photographer Herb Ritts captured so much of the glitz and glamour that epitomizes that L.A. image-centric air. The skin, the sun, the models, ...
Posted 02.22.2012
Jayson Keeling's photographs are violent and sexy, glam and grotesque, they invoke stereotypes only to have them come crashing down. His work pulls fr...
David Galenson | Posted 04.15.2012
On a cold, sunny day in Paris, the Sunday before Christmas, I met Camille Saint-Jacques for lunch at a beautiful traditional bistro near the Drouot auction house. He agreed to talk about what it had been like to be a young artist in Paris.
Posted 02.10.2012
Like many North Koreans, Song Byeok was brainwashed into believing Kim Jong Il loved and cared about his country. At 24, he was hired to be a propagan...
Posted 02.07.2012
Hahn-Bin is an exquisite melting pot of talent and style, of the classical and the strange. A prodigy violinist Pop Art icon, he is what happens when ...
Posted 03.26.2012
Yayoi Kusama forever changed the polka dot. What was before a cute if not ordinary pattern was, to her, a hallucination, an absolute fixation on a rep...
Gabrielle Selz | Posted 03.25.2012
In Wheeler's art case it is purely the medium of light that we explore, touch, see, and sense. His simplified use of material heightens and distills the experience. Being inside his space is at once ethereal and dense.
Posted 01.12.2012
At first glance, it's kitschy. Cherubic and wide-eyed figures in baby blue dresses stare sweetly at the viewer. But when you scope out the details of ...
Posted 01.11.2012
Andy Warhol's career was based on repurposing well-known celebrity images and brands, but now the Warhol Foundation has found itself in a heated battl...
John Wellington Ennis | Posted 02.22.2012
When you're Thierry Guetta, your biggest challenge may be how to top yourself. After a debut art show that drew thousands in 2008, there may be little else but to live the life of an artist whose work is in demand.
Posted 12.12.2011
Many great artist personas get 'discovered' from their eccentric appearances before they even make any great art. Such was the case with Pockets Warho...
G. Roger Denson | Posted 02.02.2012
Posted 11.21.2011
René Magritte was born in Belgium 113 years ago today. Since then, he has pleased our eyes and tickled our minds with his poetic subversions of reali...
Posted 05.25.2012