August 2017 – ArteryNYC

Defending Tor – gateway to the dark web

August 12, 2017

BBC -I give him the benefit of the doubt - his arguably blasé attitude, I think, is a symptom of being consistently called upon to defend his creation.He is the co-creator of Tor, the most popular software avai...

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Why Edvard Munch Began Painting Portraits of the Soul

Artery

August 12, 2017

Spotlight

Hyperallergic — In early October 1889, Norwegian painter Edvard Munch left the city of Kristiania (now Oslo) for Paris. At age 25, he was more than ready to leave behind a scolding, pietistic father and the p...

Arlene Gottfried, Photographer Who Found the Extraordinary in the Ordinary, Dies at 66

Artery

August 11, 2017

Spotlight

The New York Times - Arlene Gottfried, whose arresting images of ordinary people in New York’s humbler neighborhoods earned her belated recognition as one of the finest street photographers of her generation, ...

Listen to Recordings from PEN America’s Vast Archive

Artery

August 11, 2017

Art and Technology

Hyperallergic - The PEN America Digital Archive launched on July 26 with over 1,500 hours of audio and video material newly accessible to the public, from the inaugural visit of Pablo Neruda to the United State...

How to See Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ in 5 Museums at Once? Facebook

Artery

August 11, 2017

Art and Technology

The New York Times -Five versions of van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting will be showcased simultaneously on Facebook Live on Monday in a collaboration among art museums on three continents. -read more ...

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The story behind the ‘controversial’ Picasso sculpture that became a symbol of Chicago

Artery

August 11, 2017

Art and Society

The Art Newspaper - Pablo Picasso was 85 when he gave the monumental untitled sculpture now famously known as The Chicago Picasso to the city in 1967. The work precipitated an aesthetic shift in civic and urban...

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Garage Museum founders Roman Abramovich and Dasha Zhukova split

Artery

August 11, 2017

Art and Society

The Art Newspaper -The Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and Garage Magazine founder Dasha Zhukova—one of the contemporary art scene’s biggest power couples—have split. In a statement released to the media o...

Vietnamese Art Has Never Been More Popular. But the Market Is Full of Fakes

Artery

August 11, 2017

Art and the Law, Art Market

The New York Times - HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — The exhibition at the Fine Arts Museum in Ho Chi Minh City was billed as a triumphant homecoming for works by some of Vietnam’s most influential artists. - read ...

Grotesque and Gorgeous: 100,000 Art and Medicine Images Released for Open Use

Artery

August 11, 2017

Art and Culture

Hyperallergic -The Wellcome Library in London announced this week that they’re releasing more than 100,000 high-resolution images online for Creative Commons use. While their digital resource joins those of oth...

The Architect, the Red Scare and the House That Disappeared

Artery

August 11, 2017

Art and Culture

The New York Times - Gregory Ain, a midcentury champion of modern architecture whose students included Frank Gehry, is virtually unknown outside Los Angeles today. His left-leaning politics made him the object ...

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