In Brief
The Dutch artist Rob van Koningsbruggen has been banned for life from the Stedelijk Museum after repeatedly threatening to relieve himself on works at the Amsterdam institution.
News
On this week's art crime blotter: Uncanny canine sculpture goes for a walk, German art dealer gets six years, and Navy veteran accused of improper flag use in baby photo shoot.
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In Brief
In a recent interview with the French design blog Clique, noted college dropout Kanye West claimed that he is "getting an honorary doctorate on May 5th from the Art Institute of Chicago."
Art
Brooklyn's newest project space won't be drawing intrepid art lovers to far-off industrial areas like Red Hook, Bushwick, or Sunset Park, but to quaint little Vinegar Hill.
News
Does a city with no residents need public art? Absolutely, according to University of New Mexico (UNM) adjunct professor Sherri Brueggemann, who first heard about the Center for Innovation, Testing, and Evaluation (CITE) plan last year.
In Brief
Are you a photorealist painter? Are you looking for a full-time job? Are you based in (or willing to move to) London or Devon?
News
On this week’s art crime blotter: selfie-taking vandals at the Colosseum, former Vatican worker holds stolen Michelangelo letter ransom, and ISIS mounts cyber attack on Midwestern crafts museum.
News
There are few human emotions that have not been captured, in one series or another, by Cindy Sherman.
News
On Saturday a group of artists and activists staged a protest at the Armory Show art fair, performing music, poetry, a dramatic reading of Eric Garner's last words, and staging a die-in.
Art
"Viewer discretion advised: graphic sexual imagery," reads some floor text that nobody seemed to notice or bother to read this afternoon as they entered Mendes Wood DM's booth at the Independent.
Art
Amy Giovanna Rinaldi's sculptures look like they're frozen mid-metamorphosis.
In Brief
A tag painted by the Swedish-Portuguese street artist and nightclub owner André Saraiva on a rock in Joshua Tree National Park has sparked an investigation after he posted a photo of it on Instagram on February 25.