Jun 20, 2016 | Art, New York, News & Trending
Public art is usually chosen by one of two kinds of committee – either corporate or bureaucratic. Sometimes both! So one of the draws of one of Long Island City’s newest outdoor works is in its unusual selection. A committee, yes, but one of teenagers. “Meridian...
Jun 10, 2016 | Auctions, New York, News & Trending
Just ahead of his divorce from Amber Heard over abuse allegations, Johnny Depp will be auctioning off millions of dollars’ worth of paintings from his private art collection. The actor plans to sell nine paintings in total, all by Jean-Michel Basquiat. The paintings...
May 25, 2016 | Art, New York
Monumental minimalism would be a good way to describe the works of abstract sculptor Richard Serra. The 76-year-old artist works in steel and iron on a nearly architectural scale. The gallery at West 21st Street is a vast space, but Serra has filled it utterly with...
May 4, 2016 | Art, Donations, Gallery, New York, News & Trending
Billionaire and philanthropist David Geffen, considered one of the world’s top art collectors, has made a generous gift of $100 million to New York’s Museum of Modern Art. The funds will go to its newest expansion project, and so far Geffen’s donation is the largest...
Apr 15, 2016 | Art, New York
The humble and much-insulted pigeon has been an icon of New York City since the first skyscrapers went up. And now, thanks to artist Duke Riley, public arts organization Creative Time and their Fly by Night project, it’s the pigeon’s time to shine. Riley, 43,...
Mar 28, 2016 | Art, New York, News & Trending
Artists have a way of saying so much with so little (as the case actually is with a piece of art by Illma Gore, but we’ll get to that). Of course, that’s a misleading way to open this blog: presidential hopeful Donald Trump has given artists and comedians a lot to...
