The Arts How the Fall of Purdue Pharma May Affect Arts Philanthropy in the Futureobserver.com - Helen Holmes Over the weekend, a new development in the ongoing Sackler family saga stoked fresh ire amongst those who feel that the well-moneyed clan has been …
The Arts Andy Warhol’s ‘Athletes’ Series Goes Up for Sale for the First Time at Christie’sobserver.com - Jordan Riefe Dorothy Hamill, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Muhammad Ali, Chris Evert, O.J. Simpson, Pelé, Vitas Gerulaitis, Tom Seaver, Jack Nicklaus and Willie Shoemaker: …
The Arts Tammy Blanchard Always Aspired to Take on the Challenge of Audrey in ‘Little Shop of Horrors’observer.com - Joe Dziemianowicz Tammy Blanchard’s big solo in Little Shop of Horrors is “Somewhere That’s Green,” but now she’s fixed on something that’s purple—her eye. “People are …
The Arts David Adjaye to Design Benin Royal Museum, Housing Artifacts Stolen Under Colonialismobserver.com - Helen Holmes Back in July, the French press announced that the French Development Agency had agreed to loan $22.5 million to a heritage agency in Benin for the …
The Arts What Happens When Collectors View Art as Just an Investmentobserver.com - Jonathan C. Schwartz In the early years of establishing my fine art shipping and logistics company, Atelier 4, I received a call from the manager of a prominent art …
Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton Dropped In to Read Her Own Emails at a Venice Art Exhibitionobserver.com - Helen Holmes Thinking about the 2016 election is unpleasant for a whole plethora of obvious reasons, but one of the key sources of lasting agony is the firestorm …
The Arts The Oakland Museum Is Trying to Raise $85 Million for an Impressive Faceliftobserver.com - Helen Holmes When the city of Oakland, Calif., first introduced the Oakland Museum in the 1960s, it came as a welcome addition to a municipal area filled with …
The Arts Saimir Pirgu on Learning From Pavarotti and What We Can Still Discover in ‘La Bohéme’observer.com - Jordan Riefe When Saimir Pirgu was growing up in Elbasan, Albania, opera was at its modern-day peak. His heroes were the three tenors—Plàcido Domingo, Luciano …
The Arts Why Pornhub Is Trying to Get Involved With the Art Worldobserver.com - Helen Holmes It’s been around for over a decade, and the website Pornhub has already long since established itself as perhaps the world’s most popular online …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Arts Move Over, Leonardo—Verrocchio Steps Out of the Shadows at the National Galleryobserver.com - David D'Arcy Introducing Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-88), who taught Leonard da Vinci for a decade, should be unnecessary—sort of like dropping a name like, for …
The Arts How Toshihiko Hosaka Made the Image on ‘Time’ Magazine’s Climate Change Cover Out of Sandobserver.com - Helen Holmes The horrifying state of the world’s rapidly eroding climate has given rise to a new kind of nihilism: rather than pining for a better future, many …
Art Basel For the First Time, Art Basel Miami Beach Will Feature Sliding Scale Fees for Exhibitorsobserver.com - Helen Holmes This year, the annual Miami Beach Art Basel extravaganza is expanding in a few small critical ways; this is pretty much to be expected for an …
The Arts The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Climate Control Workers Got a Big Raise Last Weekobserver.com - Helen Holmes In recent years, a lot of well-researched and diligent journalistic work has gone into investigating the labor conditions that prop up large artistic …
Food & Dining Michelin-Starred Chef Massimo Bottura Reveals His Taste in Art by Curating a Showobserver.com - Alisha Wexler Just like any great avant-garde creator, chef Massimo Bottura became one of the world’s top chefs by messing with what was most sacred to Italian …
The Arts Pace Gallery’s New Global Headquarters Is Taking Over Chelseaobserver.com - Helen Holmes The smell of fresh paint hung in the air on Tuesday morning as guests were ushered into Pace Gallery‘s new lobby on 540 West 25th Street, a …
The Arts Reflecting on What It Means to Be Muslim Today, 8 Artists Share Experiences in a New Exhibitionobserver.com - Laura Pitcher From September 13 to November 17 at BRIC in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, 1,001 hand-folded and painted paper boats will be displayed, along …
The Arts Hasan Minhaj, Aminatou Sow & Padma Lakshmi Will Participate in the New American Festivalobserver.com - Helen Holmes Before and since the advent of the Trump presidency, immigrants currently living in and trying to make homes in America have been under attack. The …
Berlin Wall Berlin Art Week Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wallobserver.com - Helen Holmes Berlin Art Week has been an annual staple of the German city since 2012, but this year’s fall celebration of contemporary art and burgeoning …
The Arts Lucas Arruda Presents Paintings to Escape Into in His David Zwirner Solo Showobserver.com - Osman Can Yerebakan “I’ve actually been only having dreams of half-lit indoor spaces lately,” muses painter Lucas Arruda, working from a spacious light-filled studio in …
The Arts Sotheby’s Asia Executive Weighs In On Hong Kong Auction Seasonobserver.com - Helen Holmes Sotheby’s shareholders voted this week to approve the auction house’s sale to French-Israeli telecom billionaire Patrick Drahi, but just because the …
The Arts Philadelphia’s Painted Bride Art Center Dispute Highlights the Threat of Gentrificationobserver.com - Helen Holmes Philadelphia has one of the most interesting and multifaceted art scenes in the country, but it’s also been plagued by the same existential and …
Sotheby's Sotheby’s Shareholders Vote to Approve Sale to Telecom Billionaire Patrick Drahiobserver.com - Helen Holmes Despite a number of lawsuits from disgruntled dissenters who wanted to prevent the overhaul from happening, on Thursday, Sotheby’s shareholders voted …
The Arts David Hartt’s ‘Le Mancenillier’ is Coming to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pennsylvania Synagogueobserver.com - Helen Holmes While he was alive, famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright was responsible for designing iconic buildings across the nation, including inventive …
The Arts Kemper Museum Trustee Under Fire for His Connection to Jail That Housed ICE Detaineesobserver.com - Helen Holmes In recent weeks, protests have flared up surrounding the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri over a connection between a …
Chopra Artist Nikhil Chopra on the Challenge of Living in the Met Museum for 9 Daysobserver.com - Helen Holmes Performance artist Nikhil Chopra is no stranger to feeling the thrill of being watched by hundreds of pairs of eyes. He’s already spent time …
The Arts The Artist Behind Slovenia’s New Donald Trump Statue Explains Its Symbolismobserver.com - Noah Charney In the tiny village of Sela pri Kamniku in the Slovenian Alps, a new statue stands facing south-east, towards the recently-completed statue of …
David Bowie David Bowie’s Prized Tintoretto Masterpiece Will Go On View In Veniceobserver.com - Helen Holmes David Bowie‘s long and multifaceted career redefined how audiences interpreted the boundary between musical and visual art, so it stands to reason …
The Arts Fall 2019 Preview: The Best of Arts and Entertainment Coming This Seasonobserver.com - Observer Culture Staff With Labor Day behind us and the official start of fall just around the corner, we know you’ve started to pull out your sweaters and cozy up your …
The Arts Performing Arts Get Political in the 12 Best Dance and Opera Performances This Fallobserver.com - Mary von Aue Welcome to Observer’s 2019 Fall Arts & Entertainment Preview, your complete guide to the best this season has to offer. We’ve combed through …
