WiredJust a couple months ago, The Getty quietly released 5,400 new, high-resolution (800dpi) images from its Getty Research Institute for public use. But here’s the revolutionary part: They did it without fees or restriction. To put this in perspective: Not one of...
Year: 2013
Damien Hirst artworks stolen in London gallery heist
CNN London (CNN) -- Two works by British artist Damien Hirst worth $54,000 have been stolen from a London gallery.The pieces -- prints of colored spots, signed by Hirst -- were taken from the Exhibitionist Gallery in Notting Hill in the early hours of Monday...
Jay Shells brings Rap Quotes project to Los Angeles
KPCC Jason Shelowitz — also known as Jay Shells — is the New York-based artist behind the Rap Quotes project. For the past few years, Shells has been traversing New York City, posting red and white street signs with location-specific rap quotes, in an effort to make...
Karin Apollinia Muller
at Diane Rosenstein Fine Art
Karin Apollinia Muller: Far Out at Diane Rosenstein Fine Art The natural world, specifically the universe, are living, thriving utopias of abstraction, light and color, and Karin Apollonia Muller has, in her first exhibition at Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, captured both...
Let there be clouds
As the Los Angeles Aqueduct celebrates its 100-year anniversary this month, many art institutions and organizations are showing support in their exhibition programming. Grand Central Art Center (GCAC) in downtown Santa Ana erected a monumental installation in...
Joel Otterson
at Maloney Fine Art
JOEL OTTERSON: Chandelier Queer at Maloney Fine Art The Urban Dictionary defines Chandelier Queer as “an elegant fag. A self-spoiled fruit, “ as though excess of any kind denotes sexual preference, and perhaps chandeliers are a “real red flag,” (still probably not a...
Californication
Lately, I've noticed mysterious islands along California freeways. The half circumferences of curving transition ramps from one freeway to the next form their perimeters. Many contain terraces of plants native to this arid region, large rock formations, and gravel...
Freudian Pleasures
In the middle of the sitting there was a knock at the door. A beautiful woman entered the studio. She did not say a word but went straight to the bathroom. The Grand Painter followed the young woman. He would be back in a few minutes. Then, there was the sound of...
LACMA Launches Art + Technology Lab
UNFRAMED An exciting thing happened today: we launched our new Art + Technology Lab at LACMA. The Lab is an experiment in bringing artists and technologists together to develop projects that we plan to share with the public here at the museum. . . . READ MORE
Jeffrey Deitch Mistakes P. Diddy For Kanye West at Art Basel
Perez Hilton Talk about embarrassing! Sean “Diddy” Combs was at Art Basel in Miami on Wednesday last week, when he got mistaken for Kanye West!!! Jeffrey Deitch, an art dealer and collector, walked up to Diddy at the event and said, “Hi Kanye…” . . . READ...
Food Stamp Art: A Struggling Family’s Grocery List Sells For $12K At Art Basel
NewsOne New York Source: Artfcity via Danielle Young on BPNEXTArtist named Meg Webster is showcasing “Food Stamp Table” at Miami’s Art Basel in the Paula Cooper Gallery and the minimalist art comments on something we already know--people living on food stamps have it...
Leonardo DiCaprio to Brian Grazer Stalk Art Basel
BloombergHollywood producer Brian Grazer, the Oscar winner who has collected art for more than a decade, made his first trip to the Art Basel Miami Beach fair yesterday.He chatted with entertainer-entrepreneur Sean John Combs, music producer Jimmy Iovine and Google...
Kanye hires Warhol kin to paint Kim
Page Six Monica Warhol's next project: Kim Kardashian. The cousin of the famous pop star has painted several celebrities, like rapper Flo Rida (right)Photo: Film Magic (left) and Monica Warhol (right)The one thing that not even Kanye West can buy? A Warhol painting of...
Turner Prize 2013: Laure Prouvost
The Daily Mail French artist Laure Prouvost has been named winner of this year’s Turner Prize for a video of a tea party. The £25,000 award was presented by Irish actress Saoirse Ronan at a ceremony in Londonderry, Northern Ireland last night. Miss Prouvost’s video,...
Ryan O’Neal accused of snatching $12 million Warhol portrait
The Daily Mail Ryan O'Neal snatched an Andy Warhol portrait of his ex-lover Farrah Fawcett from her home shortly after she died, even though he knew it was not his, it was claimed this week. But as a long-awaited trial opened in Los Angeles, a lawyer for the veteran...
LickethTheRainbow
at Jaus
Licketh The Rainbow at JAUS Rainbows sometimes make me cringe—not that I am inherently opposed to their beauty and deeper metaphoric meaning, but in the wrong hands, they can fall so easily into triteness. Tricky little things those rainbows can be, however the...
“Sponsored Video” Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative 2013-2014 mentors are chosen
Leading artists from around the world gathered in Venice in October, not for the celebrated biennale, but for a project with even loftier ambitions—the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. Launched in 2002 and renewed every two years, the Rolex initiative pairs...
Our Guide to Art Basel Miami
Next week an explosion of art, champagne, and parties descends upon South Florida in the annual blowout that is Art Basel Miami Beach. With all of the events, exhibits and parties at Basel Miami this year, it's hard to decide what to hit and what to miss. So here's...
