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Herb Ritts Exhibition Opens today and runs till May 19th at the Ringling Museum of Art. Herb Ritts (American, 1952–2002) was a Los Angeles-based photographer who established an international reputation for his distinctive photographs of fashion models, nudes, and celebrities. From the late 1970s until his untimely death from AIDS in 2002, Ritts’s ability to [...]

Art Uptown, Sarasota’s oldest, continuously operated, artist-owned fine art gallery, invites area artists to enter its “January in Paradise” juried art competition at the gallery at 1367 Main St. Accepted entries will be exhibited from Jan. 5 to 25. An opening reception will be held Friday, Jan. 11, 6-9 p.m. Both 2D and 3D works [...]

Ian Ross Subtitle: Hyper-Organic Art By: Michael Keel Photos By: Rob Evans   So who is Ian Ross and why did I choose to share Graffiti art with our readers? The simple answer equals dedication, originality, perseverance and imagery that makes your head spin back a few times. I can honestly say graffiti art is [...]

The live sessions continue at our new Art House Live Space in West LA. Throughout the summer we are playing host to many talented musicians and artists, and on Friday, July 20 we are presenting a night of modern soul. Featuring Moonchild, Kuh∞Lida (with special guests), and Wondr! Tucked away in Mar Vista, Art House [...]

By Hilarie M. Sheets In the legendary contest of artistic ability in ancient Greece, Zeuxis thought he had won a victory when his painted grapes looked so real they attracted birds—that is, until Parrhasius moved to unveil his own painting and revealed the curtain itself to be an illusion. The age-old idea of trompe l’oeil—fooling [...]

Cowan’s is pleased to offer the Cowan’s | Clark | Del Vecchio semi-annual auction on June 1, 2012. This sale will feature a group of rare, early pieces by Michele Oka Doner as well as a fine selection of works by the late Ralph Bacerra. Additionally, the sale will offer important pieces by Georges Jeanclos, [...]

By Patricia Failing Marcus Rothkowitz, who became “Mark Rothko” in 1940, was born in Russia in 1903 and grew up in Portland, Oregon. He took his first art classes at the Museum Art School before departing with a scholarship to Yale in 1921. In 1933 the artist and his wife hitchhiked from New York to [...]

By Stephanie Murg I would like to make a very big gorilla—very big—who eats dirty shirts,” François-Xavier Lalanne told a reporter in October 1966, on the eve of his show at Galerie Alexandre Iolas in Paris. A primate-cum-clothes-hamper would have been in good company in François-Xavier’s home. The modest apartment he inhabited at the time, [...]

Staff unpaid and buildings unheated as Bosnia’s national museums fight for their survival By Zoe Larkins. Bosnia and Herzegovina’s major cultural institutions, including the National Gallery and the National Museum, which are both in the capital Sarajevo, are in danger of closing indefinitely due to a lack of funding and government support. Staff, many of [...]

By Gail Gregg More and more museums are working with educators, trainers, guards, and specialized docents to create programs for autistic children and their families Children in Olive Branch, Mississippi, learn to make baskets in a workshop led by a DeSoto Arts Council artist as part of DeSoto County’s Art for Autism program. COURTESY DESOTO [...]

What can you do with a roll of packing tape? If you’re us, you can recklessly waste it by overtaping the heck out of Zappos return boxes in an obsessive-compulsive meltdown, that’s what. If you’re renowned street artist Mark Jenkins, however, you can do things like this: Image courtesy of Mark Jekins Image courtesy of [...]

By Stephanie Murg  Courtesy of ART News Francesco Clemente has decapitated playwright Edward Albee, strung up fellow artist Brice Marden by one foot, and covered his own studio assistant, Ricardo Kugelmas, with giant bees. This is no crime spree, but part of Clemente’s take on tarot cards, the centuries-old game of divining the future. And [...]

www.kazanjian.net Jim Kazanjian’s surreal landscapes offer phantasmagoric visions of a where-is-this world, defined by impossibly complex architecture and M.C.Escher-esque black-and-white graphics. Inspired by the imaginary realms of cult author H.P. Lovecraft—whose wild, cosmic short stories set the mold for much of the 20th century’s best science fiction—Kazanjian’s aim is to redress the “misunderstanding that photography has [...]

The intensifying debate over artist resale rights in the U.S. just moved up a notch. Many art world observers were surprised to learn that high-profile, Los Angeles art collector Dean Valentine agreed to pay resale royalties to artist Mark Grotjahn in order to settle a lawsuit. Grotjahn, whose paintings have brought upwards of $1 million [...]

By Daniel Grant International demand for contemporary art from the Middle East is rapidly expanding  NEW YORK—The market for contemporary art from a wide range of Middle Eastern countries has been rapidly expanding in recent years, both in concentrated regions there as well as in the U.S. and Europe. The growing ranks of commercially successful [...]

After successfully raising more than $200 million through its capital campaign and surpassing 10,000 members, the Barnes Foundation officially announced today the much-anticipated opening date of its Philadelphia campus is May 19, 2012. The facility on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway will be the new home of the Barnes art collection and art education programs. PNC [...]

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has been undergoing a facelift for nine weeks this winter to complete the final stages of construction and preservation work in order to prepare for the opening of the new Renzo Pianodesigned wing and the restored Tapestry Room. The brief closure period began on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 and will [...]

By Daniel Grant NEW YORK—On Nov. 17, a sale of American art at Swann Galleries set a new record for a work by social realist painter Robert Gwathmey, famous for his depictions of African-American life in the rural South. Prologue II, 1962, an oil on canvas, sold for $72,000, meeting the $60,000/90,000 estimate. The previous [...]

“King For A Day” Giclee print on 330gsm 100% archival cotton paper. Dimensions: 12″ x 12″ Signed & Numbered Edition of 50 Price: $40 + Shipping Available from Thursday 12th January @ 5pm (UK). http://1xrun.com/runs/King_For_A_Day MEGGS ARTIST BIO Initially recognized for his multi-layer street stencils and posters, Meggs has become a well respected member of [...]

Street Artists are creating a new benchmark of modernism through the history of their pranks. Street artists are having a heavy impact on the art world as they convey critiques of political and socioeconomic issues. These modern-day Picasso’s and Da Vinci’s of graffiti have a unique ability to create awareness through cryptic and colorful campaigns. [...]