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Jeff Koons' Art Car unveiled in Paris
Jeff Koons this week revealed his latest creation in Paris, BMW Art Car number 17. Koons and his staff have been working on the brightly colored design since February.
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 06/04 7:14pm
1 comment | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 06/04 7:14pmAboriginal rock art may be 40,000 years old
A red ochre depiction of two giant extinct birds on an overhanging rock in northern Australia could be the one of the oldest paintings in the world.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 06/02 5:15pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 06/02 5:15pm
Alice in Wonderland Discs Boast Trippy Concept Art
After surpassing $1 billion in ticket sales worldwide, Tim Burton’s epic reworking of Alice in Wonderland lands in DVD and Blu-ray versions Tuesday with a host of extras. Among the goodies: Pre-production renderings of the film’s trippy characters, including concept artist Bobby Chiu’s portrait of the Bandersnatch monster (pictured above).
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 06/02 5:12pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 06/02 5:12pmA Changing Art Scene in Paris
The Rue Louise Weiss, an unprepossessing street in southern Paris that was hailed, at the turn of the century, as emblematic of the renaissance of France’s contemporary art scene, is fading.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 06/02 5:11pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 06/02 5:11pm
Artist Louise Bourgeois dies in NYC at 98
Artist Louise Bourgeois, whose sculptures exploring women's deepest feelings on birth, sexuality and death were highly influential on younger artists, died Monday, her studio's managing director said. She was 98.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/31 8:41pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/31 8:41pmKalamazoo art museum features exhibit on flowers
KALAMAZOO, Mich.
The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts is hosting a new exhibition about flowers featuring works from its holdings.
"Flowers in Art: Selections from the Collection" opens Saturday and runs through Sept. 12 at the museum in Kalamazoo. The selections on display feature flowers as a centerpiece, adornment and decorative motif.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/30 12:34am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/30 12:34am
A new executive director for the San Diego Museum of Art
Roxana Velásquez Martínez del Campo has been named executive director of the San Diego Museum of Art, the museum's board of trustees announced Friday.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/28 9:54pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/28 9:54pm
Kimbell Art Museum releases final design for addition to Kahn's original
The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas today released the final design for Italian architect Renzo Piano's addition to Louis Kahn's masterful original building (left) and its powerful vaults of concrete. The design, projected to cost $125 million, calls for a two-part building to the west of Kahn's original on space now occupied by a lawn.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/27 8:47pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/27 8:47pm
Corcoran Gallery Chief Steps Down
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Corcoran Gallery of Art, the oldest private art museum and four-year art college in the nation's capital, said its director and president has resigned.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/26 7:10pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/26 7:10pmQuick Takes: Museums open their doors to military
Active-duty military personnel and their families will get free admission to 600 museums from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/26 7:09pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/26 7:09pmFrance seeks Interpol help after $125 million art heist
(Reuters) - France has asked Interpol for help in tracking down five paintings stolen in a 100 million euro ($125 million) art heist at a Paris museum, suggesting the artworks have already left the country.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/24 10:40pm
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/24 10:40pm
The gallery scene on Manhattan's Lower East Side
It is not news, at least in the art world, that there's a gallery scene on Manhattan's Lower East Side. It is news that, as of this spring, that scene seems to have finally, fully arrived. Washingtonians spending Memorial Day weekend in New York could do worse than to head to the Lower East Side -- the downtown neighborhood east of the Bowery, south of Houston Street -- and take in its art.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/22 12:18am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/22 12:18am
Paris art heist: The alarm that didn't sound, the dog that didn't bark
A day after the $123 million Paris art heist, revelations emerged that hinted of an inside job. A malfunctioning alarm was too quiet for guards to hear.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/22 12:18am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/22 12:18am
Arakawa, Whose Art Tried to Halt Aging, Dies at 73
Arakawa, a Japanese-born conceptual artist and designer, who with his wife, Madeline Gins, explored ideas about mortality by creating buildings meant to stop aging and preclude death, died Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 73.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/21 12:31am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/21 12:31am
Thief makes off with $100 million in art from Paris museum
The five works stolen from the Museum of Modern Art include a Picasso and a Matisse. Paris officials say part of the museum alarm system had been broken since March 30.
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/21 12:30am
0 comments | Posted by: TimothyZhu on 05/21 12:30am