Cops Arrest Would-be Art Thieves in the Act
Posted: Friday November 1, 2013
Two would-be art thieves were arrested Thursday after trying to steal Banksy’s final New York work.As a crowd of Banksy fans flocked to Long Island City to see the last piece of the anonymous street artist’s month-long residency in New York, two men climbed the side of a building and
A Rundown of Miami's Art Fairs, As Explained Through High School Stereotypes
Posted: Sunday December 30, 2012
By our count, 1,087 galleries will be trekking down to Miami this week to participate in more than 20 art fairs around the city. With that much art for sale, there’s bound to be something for everyone — if you can find it. To help, we’ve put together a handy
Damien Hirst Splits Gagosian Gallery.
Posted: Sunday December 30, 2012
Artist’s Exit Sets Back Gagosian GalleryJust a week ago Damien Hirst, the famously provocative British artist, was at Art Basel Miami Beach, hanging out at the party at SoHo House for which Larry Gagosian, the superdealer, was a co-host. According to people who were there, nothing seemed amiss. But a
Seven Contemporary Artists Make Playboy Spreads
Posted: Sunday December 30, 2012
Sixty years after Hugh Hefner founded Playboy, the long-running men's magazine once known for its high-brow selection of short stories and "classy" nudes has given seven contemporary artists free rein to submit artwork inspired by the centerfold. The end result is a four-page article in the January–February 2013 issue that includes
A Pop Art Clearance Sale: Warhol Foundation Partners With Christie's to Sell Off Its Entire Collection
Posted: Sunday September 30, 2012
If you ever wanted to buy an Andy Warhol, now is your chance. This fall, thousands of works by the Pop icon will hit the market when the artist’s foundation deaccessions its entire collection through a combination of sales and donations. The paintings, drawings, photographs, prints, and printed graphic material —
Art Info's 25 Most Iconic Artworks Of The Last 5 Years
Posted: Sunday September 30, 2012
What are the most resonant works of art from the recent past? From among the thousands of individual works that pass through galleries and museums, which have affected the conversation in some significant way? Amid all of contemporary art's chaotic installations and ephemeral gestures, which images have some staying power?
Banksy Graffiti Headlines New CONTEXT Art Miami Fair During Art Basel
Posted: Sunday September 30, 2012
Miami's December Art Week, during which Art Basel and several other art fairs set up around the city, is one of the biggest art events in the world.Banksy, the English street artist whose film, Exit Through the Gift Shop, was nominated for an Oscar last year, is one of street art's
Jeff Koons on His Whitney Retrospective, the High Line Train, and Emptiness
Posted: Saturday July 14, 2012
Whether it’s the mission to bring his $25 million dollar “Train” to the High Line or calling his own artwork “empty,” artist Jeff Koons never ceases to be an art-world enigma. His appropriated sculptures, from “Michael Jackson and Bubbles” porcelain pieces to the enormous “Balloon Flower (Magenta),” incite both staunch criticism and astronomical auction records. The
From Toast of Art World to Guest of Federal Pen
Posted: Saturday July 14, 2012
The odd case of artist Enrique Gomez de Molina, whose Frankenstinian animal mashups (alas, some involving creatures on the endangered list) got him busted.A week before he was scheduled to check into federal prison in Pensacola to serve a 20-month sentence for smuggling endangered and protected wildlife, Miami artist Enrique
Whitney Museum Plans Jeff Koons Retrospective
Posted: Sunday June 10, 2012
The Whitney Museum of American Art has no intention of leaving quietly. Before heading to its new, considerably larger home in the meatpacking district of Manhattan in 2015, its final exhibition will be as much a first as it is a last. The museum is planning to present aJeff Koons retrospective