Was This 16th Century Japanese Painter the Original Master of Reinvention?
Before his transformation, Tohaku was called Hasegawa Nobuharu, born a commoner in a coastal town in Japan. By his death, he was the chosen artist of warlords and the rich and powerful.
View ArticleWhy Southeast Queens Is Primed to Be NYC’s Next Creative Hub
Spread across the York College Fine Arts Gallery and the Queens Library, the Southeast Queens Biennial explores what makes this area ripe for artistic growth.
View ArticleTop 10 Art Exhibitions Opening Around the World This Spring
The best exhibitions opening around the world this spring, from John Akomfrah's take on J.M.W. Turner at SFMOMA to Wolfgang Tillmans's new photos at David Zwirner Hong Kong.
View ArticleThe Best Public Art Opening in New York City This Spring
Yinka Shonibare, Phil Collins, Diana Al-Hadid and Virginia Overton: here are the best public works opening across the city this spring, right in time for 'outside season.'
View ArticleRefresh Your Art Collection at Spring’s Best Fairs and Auctions
If Frieze New York is prom, then Art Basel in Basel is the art world’s summer camp and if you're looking for a statement piece add to your collection, you shouldn't miss either.
View Article5 Young Collectors on Where They Shop For Art, From Instagram to Paddle8
According to these five collectors, it doesn’t take millions to amass an impressive portfolio of artwork, but it definitely helps.
View ArticleArt World Heavyweights ‘Stupefied’ by Sexist Museum Firings
The firing of Helen Molesworth from LA Moca last week marks the third contentious and abrupt removal of a woman in a position of power at a major art institution in just seven weeks. Here's how they...
View ArticleHow An Affordable Artist Colony Plans to Survive In NYC’s West Village
Westbeth was the first and largest federally subsidized artist colony in the U.S. But with West Village rents reaching astronomical levels, and many residents in retirement, how should the community...
View ArticleArtist Mocked Park Ave With Giant Roses—But Nobody Got It, So He Went to Paris
'I think a lot of people just saw pretty roses on a fancy street.'
View ArticleDamien Hirst Denies Ripping Off Female Aboriginal Artists—Was ‘Unaware’ of...
'They’re like big abstract Bonnard paintings,' the artist said on Instagram, despite the fact they look exactly like Australian Aboriginal dot paintings.
View ArticleMy Kid Could Do That: Famous Artists Put Their Childhood Drawings on View in LA
Flying in the face of the idea that their geniuses are one in a million, artists like Ed Ruscha, Catherine Opie and Jim Shaw are putting their childhood art on view in order to say: “Yes, your kid...
View ArticleThe Hamptons’ Favorite Summertime Gala Embarks on a Manhattan Residency
The Watermill Center—which hosts artist residencies and is known for its enchanted Summer Gala—is branching out of its woodland Long Island location through a partnership with Spring Place, Manhattan’s...
View ArticleWhy I Left My Husband Out of My Memoir About Love
'In retrospect, I left him out because I loved him more passionately than I’d ever loved any man. Confronting my delusions about Tom—figuring out what really happened between us—I knew would take some...
View ArticleDoes MoMA Downplay the Influence of Psychedelic Drugs on Adrian Piper’s Work?
The drawings and paintings that resulted from Adrian Piper's experiments with psychedelic drugs like LSD comprise the opening of a new career retrospective, 'A Synthesis of Intuitions,' at the Museum...
View ArticleHow Women Are Using Digital Platforms to Find Parity in the Arts
'Digital tools offer an opportunity to reach so many more people without needing to fall back on traditional structures that have long excluded women,' said Alex Farkas of UGallery, just one digital...
View ArticleChristie’s Taps Multi-Hyphenate Designer to Lure Young Buyers to Antiques
With a new exhibition, auction house Christie's is hoping that suddenly maybe you CAN see that 18th century gilded porcelain candelabra looking great with your Saarinen chairs, or Ikea furniture, or...
View ArticleArt Is An Accidental Afterthought at CJ Hendry’s Rainbow Fun House
Australian artist CJ Hendry created a rainbow-hued fun house to showcase her latest exhibition of hyperrealistic paintings. But which one is more important to visitors?
View ArticleMet Museum Announces Yet Another White Male as New Director
Hollein's tenure, however successful or forward-thinking, will also be a reminder that the status quo of white men running museums is a stronghold—and it generally prevails.
View ArticleGovernment-Censored Wartime Photos by Dorothea Lange Go Up for Sale
The photos were deemed too sympathetic to their subjects: Japanese-Americans interned by the U.S. Government.
View ArticleThe Best Outdoor and Spring-Inspired Art Exhibitions in and Around NYC
Theres very little time between when the nor'easters stop rolling in and when the heat begins to make the sidewalk trash stink. Make the most of it with these outdoor and spring-inspired exhibitions...
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