Ikeuchi Hiroto sculpts wearable cyberpunk fantasias from gadgets
de zeen - The result is a series of wearable sculptures that are both futuristic and nostalgic, with a cyberpunk aesthetic. - read more
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Damien Hirst and the Art of the Deal
NY TIMES - “He’s a talented artist, but this? Really?” said Alan Baldwin, an art collector, looking down recently at a fluffy black sculpture of a spider with bow legs and googly eyes. Back in 1992, three year...
Why some German church windows depict Hitler
DW - Weil der Stadt is a town of about 20,000 people in southwestern Germany, west of Stuttgart. At the Catholic church of St. Peter and Paul, pastor Anton Gruber has been welcoming his congregation as well as ...
Theodore Roosevelt Statue Removal Begins at Museum of Natural History
NY TIMES - It was past midnight when a crane descended on the imposing bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt, lifting his upper body from the pedestal where it has presided at the American Museum of Natural Hist...
Gainsborough’s Blue Boy: The private life of a masterpiece
BBC - Record number of visitors queued outside the National Gallery in January 1922, despite the drizzly conditions, to see a single painting: Thomas Gainsborough's Blue Boy (c 1770). The artwork was bought by ...
How a Network of Fake Art Collectors Used Instagram to Boost a Fictional Artist’s Career—and Make Money in the Process
artnet - Recently, when sorting through emails with offers from galleries, Alex D., an art collector with an interest in emerging artists, came across some images of work by Moritz Kraus, a minimalist painter, ...
How Surging Inflation Is Impacting Art Galleries
Artsy - The prices of U.S. consumer goods hit a staggering 7% annual increase this week, marking the fastest rate of inflation in four decades. The precipitous rise in costs of food, fuel, and energy alongside ...
The image of Europe is an age-old yet still very relevant myth
domus - We are living in a time of great upheavals: youth unemployment, migration, climate change, the digital revolution, the new world balance, to name just a few. If we are to tackle these new challenges, we...
2,000-Year-Old Roman Glass Bowl Unearthed “Like New”
Hyperallergic - Archeologists excavating a site in Nijmegen — the oldest city in the Netherlands, situated on the Waal river about six miles from the German border — have discovered a blue glass bowl estimated ...
Farewell to Thierry Mugler, demiurge of fashion design as an art form
domus - From the power suits of the Eighties to the creations for Lady Gaga and Kim Kardashian, Thierry Mugler has been the avant-garde creator of a theatrical and sensual approach to haute couture. Queer cultu...