Baltimore Museum of Art presenting ‘John Waters: Indecent Exposure’—and, they’ve just gilded the lily.
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) may have just redefined binge watching. On Friday and Saturday, November 9 and 10 …
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Painting becomes a performance—Banksy shreds self at Sotheby’s seconds after successful sale.
I’m not a fan of Banksy’s art, but his works of political and social commentary thrill me. So, I’m loving …
Pressured by Republicans, University of Kansas censors art. Then vacillates, sort of.
A conceptual piece of flag art was flying full staff in front of Spooner Hall at the University of Kansas …
A Wienermobile, Old Number 7, is headed to a museum as an interactive exhibit for kids. I’m glad.
The days of taking the 1952 Oscar Mayer Wienermobile—known as Old Number 7— for a ride are over. The sculpture …
The Trumps asked to borrow a van Gogh from the Guggenheim; head curator had a better idea.
The Washington Post’s Paul Schwartzman is reporting that the White House asked the Guggenheim for a loan of Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 …
Only this weekend and only in New York: The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library
Even the press release from Comedy Central is a laugh riot: NEW YORK, June 13, 2017 – The grand opening …
The man and his can. Christie’s 106-page discourse on a painting is extraordinarily insightful.
At 6:30 p.m. on May 17, 2017, in New York—at Rockefeller Center—Christie’s will hold sale 14187, Post-War and Contemporary Art. Sale …
Warhol, a red crayon, and a Brillo Box (3¢ off) come together in a smart, new documentary from HBO.
In 1968 Lisanne Skyler’s father purchased one of Andy Warhol’s Brillo Boxes for $1,000. 40 years later that same Brillo Box (3¢ …
NYC. State-of-the-art, Second Avenue subway stations feature awe-inspiring installations of public art.
Yesterday, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo unveiled the largest permanent public art installation in New York State history in …
It’s ominous, massive, and startlingly thought provoking. It’s at The Hirshhorn. Meet the artist.
Jacob and I encountered Basualdo’s installation, The End of Ending, a few months ago. Winding our way around it was a …
Rembrandt’s First Masterpiece on display for the first time with the preliminary drawings at the Morgan
The Morgan Library & Museum: Completed when he was just twenty-three years old, Rembrandt’s Judas Returning the Thirty Pieces of Silver has long …
Lobsterama time at Gertrude’s
The arrival of August means it’s time for lobster at Gertrude’s! LOBSTERAMA! This year you can get your lobster as the …
Oh, you nasty man… in-the-moon!
And, yes the old boy has an articulated tongue (and eye). It’s sort of funny in a lascivious way—and yet, …
Stanley Kubrick, in his late teens was a hell of a magazine photographer.
Stanley Kubrick worked as a staff photographer for LOOK magazine from 1945 to 1950. According to the Museum of the …
Artist’s world grows silent; remains vibrant.
“I don’t leave this place much,” David Hockney said. “I’m too deaf to go out, really. I live in a silent …
Baltimore opportunities in the arts, January 2016
BARCO seeks Marketing & Communications Manager January 26, 2016 MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER The Baltimore Arts Realty Corporation (BARCO), a …
John Waters says, “If you’ve got one whip it out and show it now.”
Reason #687 that I love the Baltimore Museum of Art: Dust off your favorite home movies and be part of …
Banksy – Better In Than Out at Taglialatella Galleries, NYC
This morning Jacob and I received an invitation to the VIP & Press Reception for Taglialatella’s Banksy opening from my friend, …
FBI releases footage connected to Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist.
UPDATE, JUNE 2O, 2017 — I’m fascinated by art forgery and art heists. Regarding the forgers, it’s their personalities and motives …
New art museums being constructed at a record pace. One of them gives me pause.
ArtNews: It has been a huge year for museum construction, with many institutions—public and private, established and upstart—spending, in total, hundreds …
