This Brooklyn Art Gallery Helps Young Adults Clean Up Their Criminal Records
Recess Art, a Downtown Brooklyn art space, has a court-mandated program designed to help youth who have been arrested avoid permanent criminal records.
View ArticleThe 6 Must-See Exhibitions at Miami Art Week 2018
From the Haas Brothers' furry furniture to the self-taught art of Purvis Young, these are the six exhibitions to see during Miami Art Week.
View ArticleAn Artist at Art Basel Is Telling Fairgoers to Go Fly a Kite (Literally) and...
Tomás Saraceno invites Art Basel Miami Beach fairgoers to fly giant balloons on the oceanfront—but really he's luring patrons to imagine a world free of fossil fuels.
View ArticleWalmart’s Acquisition of Art.com Reveals the Superstore’s Strategy for...
It's no secret that Walmart sees Amazon as its No. 1 competitor. The superstore's recent acquisition of art.com shows how they're trying to compete.
View ArticleCan This Social Network Solve Artists’ Financial Woes?
Called 'Dada,' this social media site is about to launch a system they say could change the way artists earn—naturally it involves cryptocurrency.
View Article6 Paul Klee Masterpieces That Reveal His Eclectic Style
Paul Klee said it himself: 'I cannot be grasped in the here and now.' These six works show why.
View ArticleWho Is Stanislav Szukalski, the Obscure Artist Leonardo DiCaprio Is Trying to...
Netflix's 'Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski' is Leonardo DiCaprio's attempt to find fame for the polish artist Stanislav Szukalski, whom the actor met as a child. But the documentary...
View ArticleWhen Priceless Art and Antiquities Get Destroyed, Who Should Pay?
Collector Bryan Miller has filed a lawsuit against New York's Astro Gallery of Gems after a 500-million-year-old fossil he purchased was smashed in transit.
View ArticleIs Banksy Trying to Orchestrate His Own Unmasking?
His recent stunt made headlines, but was Banksy trying to do something even more surprising?
View ArticleHow Sister Wendy Observed ‘Controversial’ Art Through a Progressive Lens
'You see, real art makes demands,' Sister Wendy explained to us. The Roman Catholic nun always advocated for appreciating controversial art, and she didn't feel that went against her religion.
View ArticleArtists and Museum Staff React to D.C. Institutions Closing Due to Government...
The National Zoo's giant panda live stream has also been switched off.
View ArticleLawyers Can’t Get the Uffizi’s Nazi-Looted Art Back—But the Gallery’s Public...
When it comes to Nazi-looted art, public shaming is now the most effective way to get work returned. The Uffizi Gallery is hoping it will prove successful for them.
View ArticleParker Day’s Furry, Fleshy New Photo Exhibition Lets You Take a Selfie in Her...
Parker Day's new LA exhibition includes a set in the style of her photography series where you can take a selfie revealing your own inner freak.
View ArticleThis Monet Exhibition Uses 8 Masterpieces to Show How Our Eyes Make Sense of...
Through eight of Monet's masterpieces, an unconventional exhibition looks at how our eyes process color—and explains why our brains sometimes get tricked.
View Article6 Actors Turned Artists Who Make Work Worth Talking About (Other Than Jim...
Jim Carrey is hardly the only actor to turn a passion for painting into a noteworthy side gig. Check out the art of Anthony Hopkins, Lucy Liu, Billy Dee Williams and more.
View ArticleBruce Nauman’s Iconic, Brutal ‘Clown Torture’ Video Gets a Timely Feminist...
Bruce Nauman's 1987 video 'Clown Torture' became known for making viewers uncomfortable. Ondine Viñao takes that further, using common female 'coming of age' stories to unsettle.
View ArticleSotheby’s Female-First Masters Sale Seems Like a Press Stunt—Here’s Why It’s Not
Sotheby's sale of masterworks by women from the 16th to 19th centuries genuinely tries to address the sidelining of women in the pre-modern art world.
View ArticleWith New Museums Opening Rapidly, Old Institutions Must Turn Tactical to...
With new museums opening rapidly and funding scarce for all, older institutions are increasingly embracing a new operational model to stay afloat.
View ArticleMary Boone Tax Fraud Case: A Whistleblower Could Receive $300,000 in Reward...
'It is more likely than not that a disgruntled employee said something to the IRS,' tax attorney Richard Champion told Observer.
View ArticleMeet the Model Who Started His Own Agency to Address the Lack of Authentic...
The photo essays Josef Adamu creates under the umbrella of his creative agency, Sunday School, show how authentic black narratives could be better represented in media.
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