Installation view of Richard Prince, "New Portraits," at Gagosian Photo: Paddy Johnson Looking back on some of the most popular stories from our first year in business (since March, that is), some of the stories that turned up surprised us, while the appearance of others at the top…
Category: Culture & Arts
The 10 greatest feasts in art
‘Tis the season of the elaborate feast and to celebrate, Jason Farago chooses the most notable banquets in art history.
Yikes! America’s Radio Dial Has Gone All-Christmas
“No less than 529 stations have gone all-holiday this year, an increase of 8.4 percent from last year and the largest number of such stations ever recorded, according to Inside Radio, a trade publication that tracks the holiday format.”
8 Movie Scores We’ll Still Listen To In 2015
For people who love movie scores — these are real people, we assure you — last year was a peak time. From Steven Price’s Oscar-winning “Gravity” score to smaller ones from Joel P. West (“Short Term 12”) and Graham Reynolds (“Before Midnight”), 2013’s movie scores had a cue for every mood. …
In Hollywood, It’s a Men’s, Men’s, Men’s World
Women are leading major studios, yet they still aren’t being hired as directors in appreciable numbers.
What’s On This Week Around the World
An anniversary exhibition in Mexico City, a new production of Verdi’s ‘‘Ballo in Maschera’’ in London and a retrospective of the works of Lynn Hershman Leeson in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Morning Links: Kimono Edition
There are really great year-end lists from Kalup Linzy, Devrim Bayer, Korakrit Arunanondchai, and many more on the Walker Art Center’s blog. [Untitled (Blog)] A 1931 home designed by Amyas Connell for the art historian Bernard Ashmole, now owned by … Read More
Novelist Dubus now looks homeward after gritty memoir
Andre Dubus III put his faded hometown of Haverhill, Massachusetts, on the map of modern literature with his gritty memoir, “Townie.” But Dubus’ native New England did not find a setting in his fiction until he published a collection of novellas, “Dirty Love,” which depicts small-city and …
Clark Art Institute’s Rembrandt painting attributed to artist as debate continues
The Clark Art Institute’s painting Man Reading has been unequivocally attributed to the great Dutch Master Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) by Ernst van de Wetering, long-time head of the Netherlands-based Rembrandt Research Project, in the project’s sixth and final volume published …
Market Snapshot: John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin, Untitled, 1963, Susan Sheehan Gallery John McLaughlin American, (1898–1976) Kohn Gallery A forerunner of hard-edge abstraction, John McLaughlin’s rigorously reductive geometric compositions were inspired by European avant-gardists like Kazimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian, and by 15th-century Japanese brush painting, which he encountered while serving…
Vatican Launches Sistine Chapel-Porsche Deal To Grant Visitors V.I.P. Access For A Price
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Despite worries about the impact of millions of tourists on Michelangelo’s precious frescoes, the Sistine Chapel is opening its doors for the first time to a new kind of tourist to support Pope Francis’ charities. Porsche enthusiasts will pay 5,000 euros ($6,400) each for a tour in …
Chinese President Lectures Artists On What Their Role Should Be
“Artists should not be “slaves” to the market or “lose themselves in the tide of market economy”, Mr Xi told them. Nor should they “go astray while answering the question of whom to serve, otherwise their works will lack vitality”, he warned.”
Elmore Leonard’s Papers (and Hawaiian Shirts) Go to University
The University of South Carolina has acquired more than 150 boxes of materials for Elmore Leonard’s archive.
Art Review: ‘Egon Schiele: Portraits’ at Neue Galerie
“Egon Schiele: Portraits,” at the Neue Galerie, unspools the striking evolution of this Expressionist, who would become one of the 20th century’s most popular artists.
Price Check: Frieze Masters
At art fairs, the ARTnews team checks in from time to time with dealers at certain booths to hear about any sales they’ve made. These disclosures are collected in a completely non-scientific fashion and based mainly on which booths have … Read More
a Star Treka sa Robert Beltran bringing Shakespeare to CASA 0101 for the first time
From left, Fidel Gomez, Rachel Gonzalez, Daniel Mora, Vance Valencia, and Lauren Ballesteros star in CASA 0101’s “Julius Caesar.” Photo by Ed Krieger.
‘Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection’ opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be the most important exhibition of the essential Cubists—Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963), Juan Gris (Spanish, 1887–1927), Fernand Léger (French, 1881–1955), and Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973)—in …
Must-See Art Guide: Toronto, eh?
Blue Republic, Lick, But Don’t Swallow (2014). Courtesy of Georgia Scherman Projects. John Hartman, The French River Delta – Self Portrait (2014). Courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery. Darlene Cole, Roses and Moss (lips like sugar). Courtesy of Bau-Xi. Richard Storms, Octopus (2014). Courtesy of Birch Contemporary…