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The Whitney Biennial: Young Art Cross-Stitched With Politics

May 21, 2019

The New York Times - Given the political tensions that have sent spasms through the nation over the past two years, you might have expected — hoped — that the 2019 Whitney Biennial would be one big, sharp Occup...

In Their Words: Remembering I.M. Pei

Artery

May 21, 2019

Architecture, Trending

The New York Times - People in the field who were close to him, recalling him after his death, said that the warmth was innate and not for show. “You think of architects who seem to lead with their ego, and he...

A priest wipes the Crown of Thorns, a relic of the passion of Christ- at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 14, 2017.

/ AFP PHOTO / Philippe Lopez (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

See 7 of the Most Precious Relics That Survived the Blaze at Notre Dame

Artery

April 17, 2019

Art and Culture, Trending

Artnet - The world is still reeling from the devastating fire that ripped through the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris last night. Experts in the restoration of historical monuments estimate that it will take b...

Mandatory Credit: Photo by IAN LANGSDON/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10205198b)
The spire collapses while flames are burning the roof of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, 15 April 2019. A fire started in the late afternoon in one of the most visited monuments of the French capital.
Cathedral of Notre-Dame of Paris on fire, France - 04 Jan 2019

Notre-Dame fire: International call for architects to design new spire

Artery

April 17, 2019

Architecture, Theater, Trending

BBC - Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told reporters they hoped for "a new spire that is adapted to the techniques and the challenges of our era".The spire was completely destroyed in the blaze that tore throug...

An artificial-intelligence “artist” got a solo show at a Chelsea gallery. Will it reinvent art, or destroy it?

Artery

March 23, 2019

Art and Technology, Trending

The Atlantic - The catalog calls the show a “collaboration between an artificial intelligence named AICAN and its creator, Dr. Ahmed Elgammal,” a move meant to spotlight, and anthropomorphize, the machine-learn...

‘I feel like a pariah’ – how art dealer Mary Boone fell from grace

Artery

March 23, 2019

Art and Society, Trending

The Guardian - One of New York’s most renowned art dealers and gallerists is heading to prison for filing false tax returns and closing her gallery simultaneously - read more ...

Attributed to Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch, 1853-1890
Poppies, c. 1886-87
Oil on canvas, 21 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (54.6 x 45.1 cm)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
Bequest of Anne Parrish Titzell, 1957.617

Fake no more: poppy painting in US museum is by Van Gogh—and has a surprise under the surface

Artery

March 23, 2019

Art History, Trending

The Art Newspaper- A still life of poppies which has been hidden away in storage for 30 years at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut has been authenticated, we can announce. Specialist...

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STERLING RUBY’S PSYCHEDELIC EASTER ISLAND HEADS

Artery

March 23, 2019

Artists, Trending

Interview- “Into” is a series dedicated to objects, artworks, garments, exhibitions, and all orders of things that we are into — and there really isn’t a lot more to it than that. Today: Thom Bettridge reflect...

Christie’s “Staggering” Contemporary Auction Makes Record $853 Million

Artery

March 23, 2019

Art Market, Trending

Art In America - As bidding hit $62 million on a blackboard-like Cy Twombly canvas at Christie’s New York on Wednesday night, the normally hushed atmosphere was disrupted. Heads turned as an auction-goer cried ...

KAZAKHSTAN WITHDRAWS FROM 2019 VENICE BIENNALE

Artery

March 23, 2019

Art and Culture, Trending

Art Forum - The Republic of Kazakhstan will no longer make its Venice Biennale debut at the fifty-eighth edition of the exhibition this May. The Art Newspaper reports that the country’s inaugural national pavil...