Artist Stephen Wilson’s New Work Brings Light To The Art Of Graffiti At Roman Fine Art
Posted: Sunday October 7, 2018
Sydney A. Braat Hamptons.com For years graffiti has been deemed a disgrace to the intended beauty of buildings, walls, cars, and other objects in our everyday lives... until recently. Artists are redefining the art of graffiti with up-and-coming murals that fill dismal urban streets with life. Artist Stephen Wilson is
A Museumgoer Was Hospitalized After Falling in an Anish Kapoor Installation.
Posted: Monday August 20, 2018
A man visiting the Serralves Museum in Porto, Portugal, landed in the hospital last week after falling inside an Anish Kapoor installation. The piece, titled Descent into Limbo (1992), includes an eight-foot-deep hole painted black inside, “giving the illusion of a depthless void.” It is not known whether the man fell into the hole. The injured
Mermaids, Montauk Surfers By Dweck
Posted: Wednesday August 15, 2018
AUGUST 14, 2018 BY | JESSICA MACKIN-CIPRO “Michael Dweck: Iconic Images” is currently on display at Roman Fine Art in East Hampton. The show is a carefully curated selection of the photographer’s best-known works. Dweck, who lives and works in Montauk and New York City, is recognized for his seductive photographic
The “Internet-Famous” Kaplan Twins Arrive in the Hamptons
Posted: Tuesday July 10, 2018
by KURT MCVEY JULY 9, 2018 5:54 PM There were promotional T-shirts and tank tops handed out from the back of a van. There was a dub-heavy D.J. set, a gorgeous post-rainy-day sunset, and hordes of tanned partygoers living through the lens of their Instagram app. And at the fleshy pool
The Rothko Chapel in Houston was vandalized with white paint and fliers that read “It’s okay to be white.”
Posted: Tuesday May 29, 2018
On Friday morning, security at the Rothko Chapel in Houston surveyed the grounds and found what the director of the world-class Texas institution, founded by the collectors John and Dominique de Menil, called a “hate incident.” Security discovered white paint near the entrance of the chapel, along with handbills that
Decrying Real Estate Developer’s ‘Insolence,’ Judge Awards Street Artists $6.7 Million in Landmark 5Pointz Case
Posted: Saturday February 17, 2018
In a dramatic conclusion to a landmark case, a judge has ruled that a New York developer must pay $6.7 million to a group of graffiti artists to compensate for painting over their work without warning in 2013. The decision represents a decisive victory for street artists in a case
Bushwick’s Coolest Gallery Is Experimental, Collaborative, and Located in a Storage Unit
Posted: Saturday October 28, 2017
The innovative Secret Dungeon is unlikely to stay secret for much longer. Tatiana Berg for Artnews Bushwick is changing fast, and its gallery scene is changing along with it. While it has gained a few big galleries, it has been gradually losing the kind of young-and-trying-something spaces where thoughtful emerging artists can
Comedian Adam Conover Says the Art Market Is a Scam. Here’s What He Gets Right—and Wrong.
Posted: Sunday August 13, 2017
Is he aiming for accuracy, or just truthiness? by Brian Boucher for artnet news, August 10, 2017 Is the art market no more than a playground for snobs and crooks? The comedian Adam Conover certainly thinks so. He makes the case in a five-minute video released yesterday as the latest in his web
Here Are 5 Art-Themed Day Trips for Summer’s Dog Days
Posted: Saturday August 12, 2017
Whether you're in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Chicago, these short city getaways are like field trips for art lovers. by Henri Neuendorf for artnet news, August 9, 2017 You know it’s road-trip season when the galleries have switched to summer hours, and the streets are empty on weekends, as everyone
Kiss the Crown! Basquiat Dethroned These 5 American Artists With His $110.5M Record
Posted: Saturday May 20, 2017
The upstart dethroned canonical figures in the history of American art. Jean-Michel Basquiat, the legendary New York graffiti artist-turned-art world phenomenon, captured the record for the top-selling American artist at auction at Sotheby’s New York Thursday night, cementing his place in a market pantheon by $110.5 million. Market valuation and