Mar 21, 2016 | Art, News & Trending
Five paintings by British artist Francis Bacon were stolen from a Madrid home. The paintings, worth an estimated combined 23.2 million pounds or 30 million euros. This theft is the largest one to take place in Spain in the last several decades. Though the heist took...
Mar 16, 2016 | Art, News & Trending
Tethered for support to two metal poles, the two delicate stalks of realistic white blooms frame the southeast entrance of New York’s Central Park like a pair of fairy-scale lamp posts. Stainless steel somehow made delicate by the sculpture’s skill, they...
Mar 11, 2016 | Art, News & Trending
After a long career with the Art Institute of Chicago, Martha Tedeschi will move to a new position as the Director of Harvard Art Museums this year. She was named deputy director for art and research at the Art Institute in 2012. Tedeschi will fill the absence former...
Mar 9, 2016 | Art, Music, Music, News & Trending
For the first time in its long history, the Kennedy Center will focus on hip-hop music and culture for the 2016-2017 season. The organization has appointed rapper and producer Q-Tip to curate the selection, a year-long festival of performances and the arts. This is...
Mar 7, 2016 | Art, News & Trending
The artistic community is outraged over a color that’s actually a new material. A new product called Vantablack is considered the blackest black in the world, absorbing a whopping 99.96% of light. To look at the stuff is to think you’re looking at a small hole in the...
Mar 4, 2016 | Art, News & Trending
It’s probably a bad day to try to enjoy shows from China’s booming online television industry. The nation’s government has issued new regulations for its online television that prohibit certain content themes, like gay relationships, underage romances, extramarital...
