Art

By Sarah McFalls

Movies
Why Aren’t You Watching TV’s Last Serious Show About Movies?
indiewire.com - Christian Blauvelt
"Talking Movies" is the last place on TV to watch truly substantive reports on global cinema, but you may have never heard of it. We’re sitting in the …
Creativity
German artists brilliantly honeypot 'Nazis' into exposing themselves and their friends
TNW - Alejandro Tauber
In an elaborate scheme, the German political art collective Center for Political Beauty (ZPS) tricked thousands of potential far-right supporters to unknowingly reveal themselves. Earlier this week ZPS
The Killing of Hypatia
laphamsquarterly.org
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Art
Norway's favourite painting to go on display in London
The Guardian - Matthew Weaver
Edvard Munch’s The Scream is a classic symbol of dread that has been hailed as the ultimate icon of contemporary politics – but a very different Norwegian painting is the country’s favourite. And as the
Music
Watch Thom Yorke Play Solo ‘Bloom’ at Electric Lady Studios
Rolling Stone - Simon Vozick-Levinson
When it first appeared on Radiohead’s 2011 album The King of Limbs, “Bloom” was an expansive wash of interlocking guitar parts, polysyllabic …
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler Painting Depicting A World War One Battlefield Goes Up For Auction
The Inquisitr - Tim Butters
The Nazi dictator combines his twin hobbies of war and art in a recently unearthed painting As well as being a bloodthirsty tyrant, Adolf Hitler was …
Avant-garde
What The Section d'Or Exhibition Meant for Cubism
widewalls.ch
January 16, 2019 At IdeelArt, you’ll find work by some of the greatest abstract artists in the world. Cubism emerged from the minds and paint brushes …
Serena Williams
What is MasterClass selling? - Vox
Vox - David S. Rudin
Can a video of Serena Williams teach you tennis? Probably not. After surviving for five months in space, astronaut Chris Hadfield has a new, tougher challenge: teaching me, a grown man whose only qualifications
Bread
Families of Carrots, Miniature Mountains, and Baguettes Crafted from Needle Felted Wool by Hanna Dovhan | Colossal
thisiscolossal.com - Kate Sierzputowski
Ukraine-based designer Hanna Dovhan (previously) consistently delights us with her needle felted wool sculptures of anthropomorphic mushroom pairs, …
Art Museums
Sakai Hōitsu | Cherry and Maple Trees | Japan | Edo period (1615–1868) | The Met
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Artist: Sakai Hōitsu (Japanese, 1761–1828) Period: Edo period (1615–1868) Date: early 1820s Culture: Japan Medium: Pair of six-panel folding screens; …
Travel
The best holidays for art lovers in 2019
The Telegraph - By Telegraph Travel
Our experts round up the most exciting holidays in 2019 for art lovers. 1. Hermitage museum, St Petersburg A landmark Piero della Francesco show runs until March 11 together with another on trompe l’oeil
Framing
The myth of ‘We don’t build houses like we used to’
Curbed - Kate Wagner
The common lament misses crucial context about the style trends and building materials of the past “We just don’t build houses like we used to.” Whether we’re criticizing an individual home or a wave boxy
Art
Why Has China Arrested Award-Winning Photographer Lu Guang, and Hundreds of Other Artists in Xinjiang?
frieze.com - Nick Holdstock
Lu’s detention has elicited moderate international concern, in stark contrast to the general indifference to the targeting of Uyghur artists in the …
Art
Crowds, vandals, chaos: what happens when Banksy sprays your wall?
The Guardian - Dave Simpson
When the council sent someone to clean it off, the locals went mad and chased them down the street The Thekla are very proud of his success and our artwork. It's an honour to be Banksied After a Banksy
Andromeda
How black women were whitewashed by art
BBC Culture - By Sophia Smith Galer
Where are all the beautiful, powerful, black-skinned females from mythology and history? They were erased by Western art, argues Sophia Smith Galer. Clash of the Titans was one of the most popular films
Personal Organizing
This Small Project Will Change the Way You Think About Artwork — The 2019 January Cure
apartmenttherapy.com - Taryn Williford
The January Cure is all about refreshing and organizing your home for 2019. We tackle one assignment each weekday throughout the entire month. It's …
World News
A Sculpture of the Devil Smiling and Taking a Selfie Is Causing Controversy in Spain
TIME - By Eli Meixler
A Spanish city is up in arms over a proposed sculpture of Satan that residents say is portrayed too positively. Segovia, a city in central Spain, is …
San Francisco
American Experience
pbs.org
Ansel Adams | Article Photographing the American Wilderness "Views of California," an exhibit of 300 photographs by Robert Vance, captivated New …
Drawing
Hyper realistic colored pencil drawingsBrazilian-native Sheila R
artworkmag.com
3 hours ago - By Cross Connect Magazine Hyper realistic colored pencil drawings Brazilian-native Sheila R Giovanni strikes again with a new batch of …
Art
How a grieving artist 'gathered strength' from painting groundbreaking women
The Guardian - Nadja Sayej
Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel prize for physics. Frida Kahlo was a pioneering Mexican artist. And the ballet dancer Janet Collins was one of the first African Americans to take the in
Garden Design
100 Gardens to Visit Before You Die
Gardenista - Michelle Slatalla
Our list of the top 100 gardens to visit worldwide is very personal; many of these destinations are favorites our editors and contributors discovered …
Denver
Denver Art Museum says nearly everything broken in vandalism spree can be repaired, downgrades damage estimate
denverpost.com - By Saja Hindi | shindi@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
Nearly all of the artifacts damaged in a vandalism spree last month can be repaired, Denver Art Museum officials said Tuesday as they downgraded …
Michelangelo
Painting stolen from Belgian church days before appraisal might be a Michelangelo
cbc.ca
A pastor at a Belgian church had a hunch about an artwork that hung in his parish. Now, he may never find out the truth. The 16th-century painting, …
Sculpture
Meet the Neon Light Artist Beloved by New York Cool Girls
VOGUE.COM - Kristen Bateman
Stepping into Juno Shen’s minimalist Flatiron studio, a soft glow emanates from the table where she keeps the neon light sculptures she personally designs. The objects aren’t even plugged in, but they
Bands
these photographers documented new york’s legendary punk scene
i-D USA - Nicole DeMarco
From Blondie to the Ramones, i-D spoke to Roberta Bayley and GODLIS to find out just what made CBGB’s so special. In the 45 years since CBGB's opened its doors on the Bowery, the club’s legend has hardly
Art
Art as Healer: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Never Look Away
theartnewspaper.com
Despite the nosebleed territory his paintings occupy in the market, Gerhard Richter is not the likeliest of subjects for a commercial feature film. …
Art Museums
A New Goddess in the Galleries: Max Klinger's Galatea
metmuseum.org - Alison Hokanson
We recently welcomed a major new acquisition in the galleries of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European paintings and sculpture: a statue …
11 Tips to Make the Most of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris
tripsavvy.com - By Courtney Traub
The Musee d'Orsay is, hands-down, one of the world's richest and most exciting fine art museums. Its permanent collection houses hundreds of …