Mar 14, 2018 | News & Trending
After former President Barack Obama’s official portrait was released Feb. 12, 2018, rumors surfaced that New York-based artist Kehinde Wiley had previously painted black women decapitating white women. While these rumors might sound outlandish at first, Snopes has...
Mar 5, 2018 | Art, News & Trending
Krzysztof Wodiczko’s 1988 artwork—featuring a mighty gun, a lit candle, and four microphones—was to be projected on the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden’s exterior wall Feb. 14-15, according to The Washington Post. However, in light of the recent...
Feb 16, 2018 | Art, News & Trending
It’s been nearly five years since Amazon launched its online marketplace for fine art, with success seemingly mixed. Initially the marketplace partnered with more than 150 galleries and dealers across the US in order to sell fine art, with users initially being...
Feb 12, 2018 | News & Trending
After more than six months of bitter disagreement, it looks as if the Berkshire Museum controversy is finally being settled in court. A brief backstory: In July 2017, the museum announced that it would auction off 40 of its works—a move that angered activists,...
Feb 6, 2018 | Art, News & Trending
Hollywood A-lister and avid art collector Leonardo DiCaprio has just invested in a new app called Magnus. The app has been described as “Shazam for art,” as it allows users to quickly identify artworks much the same way the Shazam app can pinpoint music, movies, and...
Jan 2, 2018 | News & Trending
In an age where people consume most of their media electronically, it might be surprising to hear that paper planner sales have been up $50 million in the last two years. Perhaps it stems from the same reason that some people still choose to hold onto their paperbacks...
