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From Abstraction Innovators to Protest Art, Art Basel Miami Beach Mixes Up Eclectic Offerings
ArtfixDaily / December 4th, 2017
From December 7 to December 10, with a VIP preview on Dec. 6, Art Basel's 16th edition in Miami Beach features 268 leading galleries within a more-spaciously redesigned floorplan at the Miami Beach Convention Center (MBCC). 2017 is an important year for the cultural scene in ...
The Most Instagrammed Museums in the World
ArtfixDaily / November 30th, 2017
Data from Instagram has ranked the most popular museums in the world on the image sharing platform. Chart-topping in attendance at 7.4 million annual visitors is the Mona Lisa's home --- the Louvre --- which unsurprisingly ranks highest on the World's Most ...
A Peek at Rare 1854 Solar Eclipse Images, and a Full Look at the Friedman Collection of Photography
ArtfixDaily / August 17th, 2017
The Metropolitan Museum of Art owns the only surviving images of the solar eclipse that occurred on May 26, 1854—the first total eclipse of the sun visible in North America since the invention of photography. The images are out of public view, but are shown above and available online. Currently ...
From Trump Plates to Chippendale Chairs, A Range of Works in Antiques Week 2017
Antiques and the Arts Weekly / January 18th, 2017
Americana collectors and "best of the best" object seekers will head to events during Antiques Week 2017 underway now in New York City. Antiques and the Arts Weekly (aka "The Bee") has published this guide to the week's events, exhibitions, shows, lectures, auctions and more. (The action ...
Powerful Images of Climate Change Effects at COP22 Conference
CNN / November 20th, 2016
An exhibition of 100 photographs showing the effects of climate change around the world -- from floods in India to melting ice in Antarctica -- went on display at the United Nations' climate summit in Morocco. World leaders and scientists have converged in Marrakech for the ...
Artist Collaborates With NASA to Create Impactful Images of Dying Glaciers
New York Times / September 18th, 2016
At the Global Exchange summit at New York's Lincoln Center last Friday a new art-science collaboration was announced between photojournalist Justin Guariglia and NASA. Guariglia will work with geoscientists at NASA to “figure out fresh ways to present the effects of climate ...
New Book Compiles the Best in Botanic Imagery
PHAIDON / August 24th, 2016
Plant: Exploring the Botancial World is a new compilation of 300 of the most beautiful and pioneering botanical images ever made. From Phaidon, the 353-page book will be released in September and includes a seminal Georgia O'Keeffe painting, exquisite images assembled by the Royal Botanic Garden ...
Bill Cunningham, Legendary Fashion Photographer, Remembered
New York Magazine / June 26th, 2016
Famed fashion photographer Bill Cunningham, known for his candid style, died Saturday at the age of 87. He focused on capturing the personal style of regular folks seen on New York streets as opposed to celebrities in haute couture. Jerry Saltz writes for New York Magazine that Cunningham was ...
Artist Sues Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Others For $65 Million
NY Post / April 7th, 2016
A performance artist-poet has filed a $65 million lawsuit against the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation and four other institutions for allegedly using without his permission a 1979 photo he took of the provocative photographer wearing "drag." Bobby Miller claims that after the photo shoot, ...
Ballerina Misty Copeland Recreates Degas Masterworks in Exquisite Photoshoot
Daily Mail / February 18th, 2016
Ballerina Misty Copeland donned Alexander McQueen, Roberto Cavalli, and Valentino couture for the latest issue of Harper's Bazaar, but not for your typical fashion shoot. Copeland is posed in compositions reflecting Edgar Degas' greatest ballet scenes and the results are breathtaking. ...
Paris Photo to Reimburse Part of Exhibitors' Costs Following Closure
/ December 17th, 2015
After the terrorist attacks that hit Paris the night of November 13th which led the French government to declare a State of Emergency, Paris Photo was obliged to close its doors Saturday and Sunday November 14-15th, thus depriving the event of more than 25,000 expected visitors during the course ...
Thrift Store Finds Considered 'Billy the Kid' Images Worth Millions
Daily Mail / December 6th, 2015
Since billionaire businessman Bill Koch bought the only authenticated photograph of gunslinger Billy the Kid for $2.6 million in 2011, two more alluring images (possibly) of the legendary outlaw have surfaced. Recently, North Carolina attorney Frank Abrams began sleuthing the identities of ...
Art World Figures Featured in Pirelli Calendar
New York Times / November 30th, 2015
The New York Times reports that when Agnes Gund, the 77-year-old philanthropist and president emerita of the Museum of Modern Art, got the call about posing for the 2016 Pirelli calendar, she thought: “That’s odd. What’s that got to do with someone like me?” Known for its scantily clad and ...
Hannah Rothstein Imagines How Famous Artists Would Arrange Their Thanksgiving Dinner Plates
Hannah Rothstein / November 21st, 2015
Painter and illustrator Hannah Rothstein has revived her "Thanksgiving Special" photo series from 2014 with a new set of artists this year, including Georgia O'Keeffe, Man Ray and Salvador Dali. View the works (on plates) in the styles of 10 artists here. The artist's ...
Bill Gates Commissions Artists to Promote Foundation's Agenda
NPR / January 8th, 2015
Bill Gates has used his Microsoft billions to influence issues as wide ranging as education in the U.S. to clean water delivery for the world's poorest regions. Now he's enlisted artists to promote...
France on Fire with Art Openings This Week
France 24 / October 21st, 2014
Modern and contemporary art gets a bigger than usual spotlight this week in Paris. French president Francois Hollande, fashion editor Anna Wintour and Louis Vuitton head honcho Bernard Arnault...
Detroit Hit With a $4 Billion Proposal for City's Art
New York Times / August 27th, 2014
New York-based Art Capital has offered Detroit a loan of up to $4 billion in a new proposal that leaves the city's museum intact with its art used as collateral.
Ansel Adams Museum Set Surfaces in Charity Auction
ArtfixDaily / May 19th, 2014
An anonymous seller is offering a coveted collection of Ansel Adams photographs through the online auctioneer Charitybuzz.com. According to the site, 100% of the sale's proceeds will go towards...
Works from Avon Corporate Art Collection Up for Auction
ArtfixDaily / June 26th, 2013
More than 90 photographs from the corporate art collection of beauty product giant Avon will be offered at auction this fall. ‘Works from Avon Collection’ will include nearly all of the company’s photography collection, with works by significant...
US Seizes Trove of Stieglitz and Weston Photographs
HuffPo / March 4th, 2013
U.S. authorities seized about 2,200 works by such influential 20th-century photographers as Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen and Edward Weston before the collection was shipped to Spain. The massive trove is valued at $16 million.