Gauguin Painting Is Said to Fetch $300 Million
The sale of an 1892 Gauguin oil painting, “Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?),” was confirmed by the seller,…
Category: Culture & Arts
In Performance: Ailyn Pérez of ‘Carmen’
The up-and-coming soprano sings an excerpt from Micaëla’s aria.
‘You Make the Marks and Let Them Lead You’: Artist-Farmer Peter Nadin Exhibits His Early Work at Half Gallery
Peter Nadin, the British artist who arrived in New York in the late 1970s, has always been a Sphinx-like presence…
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Thousands of prized artworks from the Co... . Hiram Powers marble sculpture "The Greek Slave" is displayed along with other…
Exhibition of masterpieces from The Frick Collection opens today at Holland’s Mauritshuis
Thirty-six masterpieces belonging to the Frick Collection went on display at Mauritshuis museum in The Hague on Thursday, the first…
Bidders Vie for Arts.org and Other Domain Names at Heritage Auctions
Photo via onlineustaad.net Could domain names be the next big business for auction houses? If so, Heritage Auctions is leading…
‘The 1990s never ended’
It’s amazing how little art has changed since the decade of grunge rock and Ally McBeal. We’re stuck in a…
How To Be A Mountain Within A Brutal American Culture: An Interview With Phil Elverum
Like many of his fans, my obsession with Phil Elverum certainly borders on being far too fanboy-ish, especially considering the…
Gauguin Painting Sells For $300 Million, Highest Price Ever For A Single Work
The seller won’t confirm the identity or nationality of the buyer (yet), but where have they been spending truly massive…
Jody Lee Lipes Narrates a Scene From ‘Ballet 422’
The director of the documentary "Ballet 422," about the choreographer Justin Peck, discusses his work.
New Museum’s Triennial Is All About Being Wired
The New Museum’s Triennial show focuses on artists for whom the Internet is the air they breathe and the world…
Here Are the 6,430 Works That the National Gallery of Art Is Acquiring From the Corcoran
Today the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., released a list of works it is acquiring from the Corcoran Gallery…
10 things to know for Tuesday
One farmer said opium growers can earn more in one day than in one month... . FILE - In this…
Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo’s last surviving bronzes ‘identified in Britain’
The only two surviving bronzes by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo are thought to have been identified with the help of…
Mayor Bill de Blasio Pledges to Create Artists’ Housing
Mayor Bill de Blasio. Photo: Spencer Platt, courtesy Getty Images. Some good news for the artists of New York: in…
The decision that changed art
In 1878 Van Gogh was a struggling would-be preacher. At his lowest ebb, he began to draw. Alastair Sooke looks…
Moving Photos Of Rescued Dogs And Their Tattooed Humans Remind Us To Ditch Stereotypes
A couple of years ago, Nashville, Tennessee-based photographer Brian Batista started taking pictures of rescue dogs with tattooed humans --…
Exhibition Review: Showing a Dutch House Through the Looking Glass
A new exhibition in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, unites architecture, design and technology.