Marjan King TorrieSteve Martin Steve Martin Describes How He Looks at Abstract Art laughingsquid.com - Lori Dorn In a colorful episode of the BBC series The Way I See It, the incredibly talented Steve Martin picked out two of his favorite pieces of abstract art …
Marjan King TorrieCulture New Book Collects ROA’s Black-and-White Creatures in Photographs from Around the World | Colossal thisiscolossal.com - Grace Ebert Those unable to experience the black-and-white murals of Belgian artist ROA (previously) in person can admire photographs of his works in the …
Marjan King TorrieArt Painting found hidden in Italian gallery wall may be stolen Klimt The Guardian - Lorenzo Tondo in PalermoItalian police are investigating after a painting believed to be a Gustav Klimt stolen almost 23 years ago was discovered hidden in a wall of the gallery where it had previously been on display. The location
Marjan King TorrieLifestyle Brussels emerges as Europe’s epicenter of contemporary art The Washington Post - Ceil Miller Bouchet“It feels really authentic here,” my friend Tessa Perutz told me, dabbing cadmium green oil paint onto one of her happy-hued abstract landscapes. The 31-year-old British American was prepping for an upcoming
Marjan King TorrieJean-Michel Basquiat The show that reunites Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring DAZED - Emily DinsdaleThe febrile art scene that arose in New York’s East Village in the 1980s has produced some of the most significant artists of the late 20th century. Nan Goldin, Jeff Koons, Jenny Holzer and David Wojnarowicz
Marjan King TorrieArt Art Forgery Is Easier Than Ever, and It's a Great Way to Launder Money VICE - Mary PilonIt was the mid-1980s and at 41, he was a working painter who never made a splash—or a profit—in the London gallery scene. His wife left him, and he struggled to provide for his two young children. Partnering
Marjan King TorrieArt In a year of upheaval, the best art was also the bravest The Washington Post - Sebastian SmeeThe Leonardo show at the Louvre, marking the 500th anniversary of da Vinci’s death, was surely the most anticipated of the year. But it had competition: the Venice Biennale, a brave exhibition of Renoir’s
Marjan King TorrieEntertainment Storytelling is the key ingredient in the year’s best dance works The Washington Post - Sarah L. KaufmanMark Morris Dance Group in 'Pepperland,' at the Kennedy Center For this piece, created to mark the 50th anniversary of the Beatles album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” Morris drew inspiration
Marjan King TorrieArt Elgin's casts of Parthenon marbles reveal details since lost from statues The Guardian - Esther AddleyAs the man who removed many of the Parthenon marbles in circumstances that are still disputed, Lord Elgin’s association with the famous sculptures remains controversial, to say the least. But the British
Marjan King TorrieArt Artists assemble! How collectives took over the art world The Guardian - Oliver BascianoLast week, the four artists shortlisted for the Turner prize turned themselves into a four-strong collective in order to win as a group – a move that caused controversy in the press, consternation over
Marjan King TorrieCulture A Great Wave of Hokusai smithsonianmag.com - Roger Catlin Katsushika Hokusai was in his 70s by the time he created his best-known image, the majestic The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Often known simply as The …
Marjan King TorrieNews Man eats $120,000 banana taped to wall at Miami art exhibition DW News - DW English A "hungry" artist caused a stir at an art show after he ate a piece by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan in front of an astonished crowd. The gallery, …
Marjan King TorrieMaurizio Cattelan Opinion: This Art Is Bananas NPR - Scott SimonWhat makes a banana taped to a wall worth $120,000 to someone? If it has been put there by the right artist. This banana was duct-taped to a wall by Maurizio Cattelan, the Italian artist, and it's on this
Marjan King TorrieMaurizio Cattelan The Price Of This Art Is Bananas NPRThe artist Maurizio Cattelan made an artwork that is a banana duct-taped to the wall. It's priced at $120,000 in Miami. Good morning. I'm David Greene. Like any good artist, Maurizio Cattelan went through
Marjan King TorrieArt 101 Women Artists Who Got Wikipedia Pages This Week artnews.com - By Robin Cembalest Last Saturday, about 600 volunteers in 31 venues around the globe engaged in a collective effort to change the world, one Wikipedia entry at a …
Marjan King TorrieArt Experts Discover the Secrets of a Dutch Old Master After Nearly 400 Years artnet.com - Caroline Elbaor Eagle-eyed conservators spot Pieter de Hooch's cleverly concealed signature, fingerprint, and a fleet of ghost ships ahead of a major exhibition. When …
Marjan King TorrieArt Remembering Michael West, a Forgotten Founder of Abstract Expressionism VOGUE.COM - By Grace Edquist“Fear is lack of perspective,” the artist Michael West wrote in August 1946. West had no such lack. As a prolific painter and poet at the forefront of the Abstract Expressionist movement in mid-20th-century
Marjan King TorrieThe Arts John Adams on Boulez, a Composer Worth Wrestling With The New York Times - John Adams“Boulez is perfect,” a composer friend said to me with a resigned shrug sometime in the late 1970s. My friend, an American, had just returned from a residency at Ircam, the state-of-the-art electronic
Marjan King TorrieCulture Photographer Tim Flach Highlights Unusual and Endangered Birds in Striking Portraits | Colossal thisiscolossal.com - Laura Staugaitis London-based photographer Tim Flach travels the world capturing the nuanced expressions, unique patterning, and unusual profiles of animals large and …
Marjan King TorrieThe Arts The 10 Most Influential Films of the Decade (and 20 Other Favorites) The New York Times - Manohla Dargis and A.O. ScottThe most popular movies and the movies we love most aren’t always the ones that shape the industry, reflect the times or change the terms of cultural discourse — for better or worse. The films on the list,
Marjan King TorrieArchitecture OPEN Architecture's Rhythmic Music Hall Nears Completion archdaily.com - Dima Stouhi OPEN Architecture’s anticipated project Chapel of Sound has finally topped out on November 15th with the pouring of its broad concrete roof. The …
Marjan King TorrieMetropolitan Museum of Art Making Marvels: Science and Splendor at the Courts of Europe metmuseum.org Between 1550 and 1750, nearly every royal family in Europe assembled vast collections of valuable and entertaining objects. Such lavish public …
Marjan King TorrieThe Arts Picassos in the Garage? Artist’s Handyman Is Convicted of Hiding Stolen Works The New York Times - Elian PeltierLONDON — One September day in 2010, a man who said he was the former electrician of Pablo Picasso entered the Paris office of the Picasso estate, wheeling a suitcase filled with 271 of the Spaniard’s The
Marjan King TorrieArt Pop Culture Icons Become Ancient Ruins in Artist's Dystopian Future My Modern Met - Emma TaggartHave you ever wondered what our planet will look like after we’re gone? Prague-based artist Filip Hodas visualizes a post-apocalyptic future, where all that’s left behind are the relics of our not-so-distant
Marjan King TorrieArt 10 most famous paintings in the world CNN - Forrest Brown, CNN(CNN) — Every year, billions of dollars' worth of art passes through international auction houses, while leading museums each hold tens of thousands -- even hundreds of thousands -- of artworks in their
Marjan King TorrieArt Paint it black: artists of colour breathing new life into 'inert' art form The Guardian - Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondentA new wave of figurative painters – many of whom are women of colour – are breathing new life into a form that has traditionally been dominated by white male artists and has been described as “anachronistic,
Marjan King TorrieWomen's News How Pop Culture Distorted Pre-Raphaelites Idea of Womanhood Garage Magazine - Angelica FreyPre-Raphaelite women went against the norms of their time, so how did they become symbols of passivity? The Popularity of Pre-Raphaelite art is at an all-time high: not only has its place in the art-history
Marjan King TorrieMuseums 8 Groundbreaking US Art Exhibits to Catch This Winter Budget Travel - By Liza Weisstuch The US art scene is red hot, and these exhibits showcase the best of American artists. Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet, and Dali will never cease to lure …
Marjan King TorrieBooks The best new biographies and memoirs to buy for Christmas 2019 The Telegraph - By Gaby WoodThe most striking image to emerge from this year’s Lives is of a society blinkered by prejudice, says Gaby Wood “It is an unholy practice, the telling of a life story that isn’t one’s own,” the biographical
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