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13 Haunting Art Exhibitions to See Ahead of Halloween
ArtfixDaily / September 25th, 2019
{{image}} Spooky, fanciful or simply autumnal in feeling, here are ARTFIXdaily's picks for October art exhibitions that deliver heftily on Halloween spirit. These 13 shows span the globe, from Andrew Wyeth's witches in Maine to a "resin lady" ancient corpse on view in the UK. {{image}} ...
With Columbia University's 'Year of Water,' Dutch Artist Daan Roosegaarde Returns an Immersive Virtual Flood to New York
ArtfixDaily / September 18th, 2019
Artists Are Featured in Columbia University's Year of Water Program Focused on Environment Ahead of events like the Global Youth Strike for Climate on Friday, Sept. 20 and the United Nations Climate Action Summit on Sept. 23, New York's Columbia University kicked off climate investigations this ...
Maurizio Cattelan's Gold Toilet Artwork 'America' Is Stolen From Blenheim Palace Exhibit
NBC / September 14th, 2019
On Saturday morning, the interactive artwork that is an 18-karat solid gold toilet titled America -- part of a Maurizio Cattelan exhibition at Blenheim Palace in the UK -- disappeared. The burglary took place at the 18th-century palace, known as the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill and ...
Banksy Brexit-Themed Mural Disappears From UK Wall
BBC / August 27th, 2019
A famous mural created by street artist Banksy in 2017 mysteriously was removed from a building in seaside Dover, UK, over the weekend. Popular with tourists and locals alike, the wall depicted a workman chipping away a star from the EU flag, in reference to the United Kingdom's decision ...
Apple and New Museum Launch App-Enabled [AR]T Initiative
ArtfixDaily / August 15th, 2019
Apple invited the New Museum to collaborate on a new Augmented Reality initiative to create a series of experiential AR works that would be free to the public. The New Museum selected a distinguished group of artists: Nick Cave, Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg, Cao Fei, John ...
After Warren Kanders Resigns From Whitney Museum Board, Several Boycotting Artists Decide to Stay in Biennial
Hyperallergic / July 25th, 2019
Warren Kanders has resigned as vice chairman of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s board of trustees, first reported the New York Times on Thursday. The embattled trustee, who collects blue-chip art with his wife Allison, was under fire for months from art critics, artists and ...
Artist Leo Villareal Lights Up London With 'Illuminated River' Across Thames Bridges
ArtfixDaily / July 18th, 2019
Heads of traitors on spikes, bustling industry, quiet moonlit scenes by artists from Grimshaw to Whistler, the River Thames and its bridges have figured large in the lore of London. Now the public will see the historic waterway in a whole new light. Artist Leo Villareal – in collaboration with ...
Gloria Vanderbilt, Iconic Designer and Artist, Remembered
NPR / June 17th, 2019
Artist, fashion designer, actress, writer, model and philanthropist Gloria Vanderbilt died on Monday at age 95. Born in 1924, she was an heir to the vast fortune descended from shipping and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt. A highly publicized custody battle for Gloria led her to being ...
A Bacon and SFMOMA's Rothko Boost Sotheby's $341.9 Million Contemporary Art Sale
ARTnews / May 19th, 2019
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Auction wrapped in New York with a total of $341.9 million, with a strong sell-through rate of 88.9% by lot. Of the 63 lots offered in the May 16 evening sale, more than three-quarters made their auction debut. Seven artist records were set. Francis ...
Jeff Koons 'Rabbit' Fetches a Living Artist Record of $91 Million
CNN / May 15th, 2019
A stainless steel rabbit sculpture by Jeff Koons became the priciest work ever sold by a living artist at auction on Wednesday. Described as "one of the most iconic works of 20th-century art" by Christie's, the 1986 piece sold for $91,075,000, with fees. The Koons beat David Hockney's ...
'What Are You Digging For?': Artist Mark Bradford Explains His Work on '60 Minutes'
CBS News / May 13th, 2019
His first painting sold for $5,000. Now they can sell for more than $10 million. Influential LA-based artist Mark Bradford, 57, was interviewed by Anderson Cooper for 14 minutes of the CBS News program '60 Minutes' on Sunday. Known for his powerful, and often large-scale, abstract works that ...
Estate of 'LOVE' Artist Robert Indiana Files Motion to Stop Reproductions
Central Maine / May 11th, 2019
The estate of Robert Indiana, known for his 'LOVE' and 'HOPE' images, is trying to halt reproductions of his work on the grounds that licensing agreements for those works ended when he died almost a year ago. Indiana, at 89, died almost a year ago on the island of Vinalhaven, Maine. Since ...
Fake German Heiress Behind Art Scam Gets 4 to 12 Years in Prison
Buzzfeed / May 9th, 2019
In Manhattan state court on Thursday, self-styled socialite Anna Sorokin, a.k.a. Anna Delvey, was sentenced to four to 12 years in prison for second-degree grand larceny and theft of services. "This defendant’s alleged criminal conduct spans from check fraud to six-figure stolen loans," ...
New Renderings Released for the $650 Million LACMA Building
Urbanize LA / April 30th, 2019
New renderings were published for LACMA's controversial building plan, reported Urbanize LA. The $650-million project replaces the museum's two oldest buildings with a street-straddling structure designed by architect Peter Zumthor. Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors green-lighted ...
The Extraordinary 'Journeys' of Artist-Explorer Tony Foster Remind Us That Every Day is Earth Day
ArtfixDaily / April 21st, 2019
“It was about the human need to revere certain natural places in the world.”— Tony Foster says of his art. British artist-explorer Tony Foster (b. 1946) might seem like a relic of the past with his 19th-century style of highly-detailed watercolor landscapes. Yet Foster's work has special ...
ARTFIXdaily Closed April 14 to 19
ArtfixDaily / April 14th, 2019
ARTFIXdaily is closed April 14 to 19 during a redesign of some features. Subscribers can look for the next e-newsletter on April 22. A buzzworthy exhibition on view now: Ursula von Rydingsvard: The Contour of Feeling National Museum of the Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, through July 28, ...
Salvador Dalí Museum Plans a $38 Million Expansion With More Augmented Reality Exhibits
ArtfixDaily / April 9th, 2019
The Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, has announced plans for a major $38 million expansion. Around $30 million of that estimated cost would go to constuction of a new wing with 20,000 square feet for community spaces and digital exhibits. One expense will be 'Digital Dalí,' an ...
L.A. County Supervisors Approve Funds for the $650 Million New LACMA Building
LAist / April 9th, 2019
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to provide $117.5 million in county funding to move forward LACMA's new building plan. The total cost estimate for the project is $650 million, to be largely culled from private donations. Art-loving actors Brad Pitt and ...
Another Year Passes Without National Medal of Arts Awards
ArtfixDaily / March 5th, 2019
The White House's prestigious annual recognition of American artists, the National Medal of Arts awards, have not been announced or given since President Trump took office in January 2017. This represents the longest gap between ceremonies since the founding of the award in 1985. The arts have ...
Hank Willis Thomas Picked to Create Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Monument for Boston
ArtfixDaily / March 5th, 2019
Hank Willis Thomas was selected as the winner of a competition for a public monument in Boston to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. The Kings met in Boston while he was attending theology school at Boston University and she was a student at the New England Conservatory of Music ...