Jan 25, 2017 | News & Trending
“When we go to a museum, we’re encouraged to only bring our heads, not our bodies.” Those are the words of Limer Tomer, General Manager of MetLiveArts, which is the performance branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan. That sentiment is the impetus...
Jan 18, 2017 | News & Trending
When life gave Claudia Vulliamy lemons, she didn’t make lemonade; she made art. Last year, Vulliamy applied to study classics at Wadham College (a constituent of the highly esteemed Oxford University). On January 11, she received a rejection letter. But instead of...
Jan 11, 2017 | News & Trending
Artists from around the country are organizing an event called “Art Strike” in which those in creative lines of work are being encouraged to skip school and/or work in protest of Donald Trump’s inauguration. The event, which was organized on social media, will take...
Jan 9, 2017 | News & Trending
Last spring, a billboard featuring an ad for a butt-lift was put up outside the Brooklyn apartment of artist Caroline Caldwell. Initially amused by the 30-foot-tall naked derriere outside her bedroom window, time and thought made her tired of the blatant...
Dec 22, 2016 | Museums, News & Trending
The Berggruen Gallery will open the doors of its new location on January 13, 2017, across the street from the recently renovated SFMOMA. Though San Francisco was originally thought to be pretty backward when it comes to art galleries and collectors, the Berggruens...
Dec 7, 2016 | News & Trending
Artists unite! There has been an immediate call to action by the Halt Action Group in New York City in the wake of the election of Donald Trump. This group is a coalition of artists, curators, and writers who “felt the need for an immediate response to mitigate...
