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 28, 2016 | Art, News & Trending
This week, art teacher Allison Wint told the Detroit Free Press that she believes she was fired from her job after using the word “vagina” in her lecture about the art of famed American artist Georgia O’Keeffe. While it certainly should not be problematic to refer to...
Apr 25, 2016 | Art, News & Trending
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s rooftop garden has been a site for art and architecture shows for nearly 20 years now, with varying degrees of popular success. But their newest installation will definitely reach a good level of popular acclaim. “Transitional...
Apr 22, 2016 | Art, Auctions, News & Trending
In this week’s exciting auction finds, Sotheby’s Paris will auction off an illustrated diary that belonged to Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí in a sale of Dada and other Surrealist items, April 26-27. The diary is expected to fetch about $57,000 or 50,000 pounds. Its...
Apr 20, 2016 | Art, News & Trending
This week, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel said that he intended to move forward on a plan to bring George Lucas’ museum to the city waterfront. It seems like a charming idea: a museum of narrative art—stories told through imagery, like movies—seems like a pleasant place...
Apr 18, 2016 | Art, News & Trending
It wasn’t such a long time ago that colonizers or tourists were buying art from indigenous artists with food, alcohol, or a handful of cash, and then reselling that art for thousands of dollars. Though the Indigenous Art Code was developed in 2007, its implementation...
Apr 15, 2016 | Art, Gallery
San Francisco’s de Young Museum has a new, innovative way for visitors to experience the museum. The project was created by Guidekick, a startup and expansion of the de Young’s phone app. There are plenty of great things to see at the de Young Museum in San...
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,...
Apr 13, 2016 | Art, News & Trending
It’s been a little while since we wrote about Stockholm’s SUPERMARKET Art Fair, an independent art exhibition held and attended by artists, but the fair is still going strong. Since 2007, SUPERMARKET has been a resource for art lovers and art creators alike. From...
