Jamie Okuma (Luiseño/Shoshone-Bannock, b. 1977), Boots, 2013–14. Glass beads on boots designed by Christian Louboutin. 19 1/2 x 9 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches (49.53 x 23.114 x 8.89 cm). Museum commission with support from Katrina Carye, John Curuby, Karen Keane and Dan Elias, Cynthia Gardner, Merry Glosband, and SteveRead More →
X Hong’s Drama NFT series consists of 10,000 algorithmically generated digital art collections. NFTs or Non-Fungible Tokens aim to lock the value of digital properties. This caused a lot of uproar in the music and art industry globally. They now extend to the more traditional spheres of the media. TheRead More →
WINNIPEG- Indigenous knowledge keepers help the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq rename works of art that have been given inappropriate titles. Julia Lafrenière, Indigenous Initiatives Manager at WAG-Qaumajuq, worked with researchers and Indigenous knowledge keepers to identify 57 gallery works that need a name change. It is part of the art gallery’sRead More →
Brad Pitt is known for his admiration for Banksy, while P. Diddy is amassing a collection of works by Kerry James Marshall. Buying high-end artwork is one of the main ways celebrities increase their investments. Much like stocks, art gains value over time, building the net worth of the individualRead More →
Emily Mullin on creating ceramic sculptures with her husband Teaming up with her husband for a new show “Get a Room”, ceramic artist and sculptor Emily Mullin celebrates collage, collaboration and the beauty of imperfection While many couples would countersign how the pandemic has tested the limits of their relationship,Read More →
SARATOGA SPRINGS – As part of a celebration of the reintroduction of visual art for live public viewing and as a delayed celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College is sharing its collection of art with six other institutions inRead More →
Diane K.Bert “We do this out of love, without compensation. I love the idea of bringing the museum to people,” says Bloomfield Hills resident Carlene Van Voorhies. “I have always been interested in art. I give 200 to 250 talks and tours a year Van Voorhies. She is an InterpretiveRead More →
More and more wealthy art collectors are taking advantage of low interest rates to borrow against their Picassos and Basquiats, increasing the risks of an art market boom and bust. The Fine Art Group, an art consultancy and finance firm, said loan applications jumped 30% in 2020 from 2019 asRead More →
A Chinese porcelain bowl dating back at least 900 years has been unearthed in the Dresden State Art Collections (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen) in Germany. According to a report speak art diarythe presence of a rare Ru bowl in the collection was revealed during a research effort that began in 2014. RuRead More →
In partnership with BMW Group Culture and the Independent Collectors. On the occasion of the latest edition of BMW art guide, ART news spoke with Christian Kaspar Schwarm, founder of the Independent Collectors digital platform, and Hedwig Solis Weinstein, head of BMW Brand Cooperations, Arts & Design, to learn moreRead More →
A bronze horse by Barry Flanagan, part of UBS’s corporate art collection at his London office. BLOOMBERG NEWS Last week (September 7-29), Christie’s Swiss Art Auction included two works sold by Unicredit, an Italian bank. Lot 10, a sculpture by Jean Tinguely, fetched CHF75,000 ($82,552) which the bank says willRead More →
A team of MIT researchers has created an algorithm to identify similar works of art. Their work could help drive innovation in datasets, survey systems, and more. Image: MIT CSAIL In recent years, researchers have exploited computer algorithms for a multitude of applications in all sectors, including the arts. InRead More →
Episode 2 of “Ms. America,” the new TV show dramatizing the battle against the Equal Rights Amendment, features a glamorous evening at the Guggenheim Museum. It’s 1972 and Gloria Steinem is launching her new magazine, Ms.. She mingle, dance and then shop talk with another leader of the women’s movement,Read More →
Nearly two dozen Chicago public schools have received free art collections since the start of the school year, thanks to a nonprofit organization dedicated to art in education. The Chicago-based company IPaintMyMind wants to ensure that art is accessible to all students. So she created an “artistic subscription” program withRead More →
Portrait of President Barack Obama by Kehinde Wiley at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian… [+] Institution in Washington DC, Smartify app Smithsonian Institution Institutions that hold the world’s art have often been slow to create digital databases and user-friendly websites to display their collections (let alone retail them). The challengesRead More →
The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College announced the donation of two major art collections and supporting endowments from Colorado Springs philanthropists Kathy Loo and Jim Raughton on July 10, 2018. Birger Sandzen. St. Mary’s Glacier, 1923. The Katherine and Dusty Loo Colorado Collection Kathy Loo reaffirmed herRead More →