Jul 28, 2021 | Art, Auctions, New York, News & Trending
Victor Langlois is 18, and in only 7 years has gone from a runaway youth to a millionaire, even before his art sold in auction at Christie’s for $2.16 million. Langlois, who goes by FEWOCiOUS online, sold five lots of art on Wednesday, July 21. Each lot included...
Jul 19, 2021 | Art, Exhibitions, New York, News & Trending, Organizations
The “Women Who Dared” collection, assembled by Sandi Nicholson, is the largest private collection of women-created art, and you can see parts of it in any New York area hospital. Nicholson spent over thirty years traveling the world to collect art by women. Her...
Jul 9, 2021 | Art, Exhibitions, News & Trending
The Firelei Báez art installation in the Watershed is bringing the Caribbean to Boston. In 2018, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston opened the Watershed, a space for large-scale installation art set into the industrial maritime setting of the East Boston...
Jul 2, 2021 | Art, Exhibitions, News & Trending
A bookmark drawn by the hand of Vincent Van Gogh is on display now, after over 230 years tucked away – where else – in a book. In June 1883, Vincent Van Gogh lent a novel to his friend, the Dutch artist Anthon van Rappard. The novel, Histoire d’un Paysan...
Jun 25, 2021 | Art, Museums, News & Trending
Two masterwork paintings recovered almost a decade after a 2012 art heist, according to Greek police. In January 2012, “Woman’s Head” by Pablo Picasso and “Mill” by Piet Mondrian were stolen in a lightning quick raid on the National Gallery of Greece, in Athens....
Jun 11, 2021 | Art, Culture, Exhibitions, Museums, News & Trending
It’s finally happening – The Obama portraits are going on tour. And they’re starting at the Art Institute of Chicago. Unveiled in 2018, the official state portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald have been a large draw in the National Portrait Gallery in...