Spotlight: Art Collector George Kravis

Spotlight: Art Collector George Kravis

Sep 15, 2016 | Profiles

Art collector George Kravis is the latest prominent figure to be featured on Cultivating Culture’s list of eminent profiles. To learn more about George Kravis, click here. Share this:ShareFacebookTumblrPinterestTwitterLike this:Like...
Gay Gotham: Art and Underground Culture in New York

Gay Gotham: Art and Underground Culture in New York

Sep 15, 2016 | Art, New York

On October 7, 2016, the Museum of the City of New York will present Gay Gotham: Art and Underground Culture in New York. The exhibit will explore the counter-culture of the early 20th century queer community and the abundance of creativity that it brought. Gay Gotham...
National Museum of the American Indian

National Museum of the American Indian

Sep 13, 2016 | News & Trending

Last Friday, the Obama administration ordered an immediate halt on the Dakota Access Pipeline, marking a major (albeit temporary) victory for Native Americans. But if there’s one thing that the Dakota Access Pipeline proves, it’s that Native Americans are still being...
Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016

Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016

Sep 12, 2016 | News & Trending

From October 28, 2016 – February 5, 2017, the Whitney Museum of American Art will be hosting Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016. The exhibit will explore the evolution of film throughout history, primarily as it relates to changes in technology and...
The Early Works of A.R. Penck

The Early Works of A.R. Penck

Sep 8, 2016 | Art, New York

A.R. Penck was born into the Germany of World War II, and grew up in East German isolation and poverty. As an artist, he had no formal training, and very little contact with the artistic products of his contemporaries in the West. But in the 1980s, in the mad burst of...
How to Be a Nude Model for an Art Class

How to Be a Nude Model for an Art Class

Sep 6, 2016 | Art

For most people, posing naked in front of a classroom full of students sounds absolutely terrifying. But believe it or not, it’s not as nerve-racking as one might expect. That’s because artists view nudity in a completely different light than non-artists. Whereas the...
Donation Offers Free Tuition for LA Music Majors

Donation Offers Free Tuition for LA Music Majors

Aug 31, 2016 | Donations

The Herb Alpert Foundation is making a $10.1 million dollar donation to two-year academic institution Los Angeles City College (LACC). The hefty donation will cover tuition for all LACC music majors. The donation comes from world-renowned trumpet player Herb Alpert...
“Public, Private, Secret” Photography Exhibit

“Public, Private, Secret” Photography Exhibit

Aug 30, 2016 | News & Trending

“Public, Private, Secret” is the first exhibition at the newly re-opened International Center of Photography, which has finally found a new home on the Bowery after losing its place in Midtown. The new exhibition, a massive aggregate of every kind of photography from...
Glass Pigeons Adorn New York City

Glass Pigeons Adorn New York City

Aug 29, 2016 | Art, New York

200 more pigeons almost sounds like the last thing that New York City needs. But not when those pigeons are made of fused glass, decorating unlikely spots like lamp post skirts and bus stop shelters. The artist known only as GB began as one of New York’s many...