Jan 13, 2016 | Art, Interviews, News & Trending
Chile-based architect Alejandro Aravena has won this year’s prestigious Pritzker Prize for architecture, intended to honor a living architect who demonstrates talent, vision, and commitment, and who has produced significant contributions to architecture. As part of...
Jan 12, 2016 | Art, Interviews, News & Trending
By now you’ve heard that the arts community has suffered a devastating loss after David Bowie succumbed to cancer. Though his past was not without controversies, Bowie made a number of significant contributions to the worlds of acting, music, fashion, and fine art. An...
Jan 8, 2016 | Art, News & Trending
If you think creating masterful pieces of art is difficult, try cleaning them. One of Jackson Pollock’s premier paintings, 1950’s Number 32, is the subject of a new, innovative cleaning technique. As it advances in age—it turns 66 this year!—the painting has acquired...
Jan 8, 2016 | Art, Gallery, News & Trending
After two years of closed doors and lots of construction, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is set to reopen in May 2016 with new additions, new exhibits, and beautiful new architecture. With shiny new furnishings and more space for visitors to explore, SFMOMA is...
Jan 4, 2016 | Art, New York, News & Trending
Guy Wildenstein, 70, is heir to one of the largest art dynasties in recent memory, has been put on trial for accusations of tax fraud and money laundering. Two relatives tipped off investigators about the family’s financial activities, prompting a quick response and a...
Dec 30, 2015 | New York, News & Trending
Actor Nicolas Cage has agreed to return the skull of a Tyrannosaurus bataar he purchased—as an anonymous buyer—from a luxury natural history auction in 2007. The skull turns out to have been stolen from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. Cage bought the skull from the I.M....
Dec 28, 2015 | Art, Gallery, News & Trending
Legendary abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly, who helped shape the entirety of the twentieth century art world, has died. Matthew Marks of Matthew Marks Gallery announced the artist’s death of natural causes last week at his home in Spencertown, New York. Kelly is...
Dec 23, 2015 | Art, New York
It’s no secret that much of Western art—the kind that often ends up in places like the Metropolitan Museum of Art—features veritable oceans of white people. And while that’s not great overall, one Manhattan man is very angry at the Met for including four paintings in...
Dec 18, 2015 | Art, News & Trending
It seems unlikely, but it’s possible. There’s a new report making the rounds that a second version of da Vinci’s famous Mona Lisa has been found in a private collection in St. Petersburg. Experts are analyzing the work to determine whether it is genuine or, if like so...
