Art
"Game visuals are the most obvious indicator of their technology," Stuart Brown says in his Pixel Pioneers short documentary series on the graphic history of video games. Last month he released the last of the five-part series on YouTube, concluding with contemporary hyperrealistic graphics that fee
Art
Transportation is one of the few industries in which design has so consistently been the driving force. Who hasn't at some point been stopped in their tracks by the polished silhouette of a classic Corvette? The car's controlled curves evoke speed, and that speed creates the illusion of power.
Art
PARIS — As we well know, Jeff Koons looms large as the major symptom of the hype, hubris, and money that have swamped the global art scene.
Art
This week, join us for our final Crossing Brooklyn ArtTalk, learn about Zombie Formalism, celebrate the history of Printed Matter, discuss representations of African-American males in contemporary art, and much more.
Art
One of the last series William Blake completed was on the woes of Job, that biblical figure tormented through a bet between God and Satan that his faith was tenuous
Art
MIAMI BEACH — This was the 10th year of Aqua Art Miami, which transforms the Aqua Hotel in Miami Beach into a boutique-like art fair. The fair overtook the first and second floors of the building, with art-filled rooms surrounding a small courtyard where visitors broke to dip their feet in the hot t
Opinion
When Hyperallergic debunked antiquities trade representative Ursula Kampmann's supposed debunking of intelligence on Islamic State antiquities trafficking, Cultural Property Observer (CPO) (dealer and lobbyist) Peter Tompa tried to debunk Hyperallergic in turn.
Art
MIAMI BEACH — Sometimes at a fair all the art blends together and it's hard to know what to make of anything. Other times a motif emerges, and once you spot it, you wander the aisles and booths seeing it everywhere.
News
Six Palestinians were indicted in an Israeli court with illegal digging for antiquities on December 7, Haaretz reported.
Art
MIAMI BEACH — Ink Miami Art Fair, a salon-style fair within the Dorchester Hotel, opened its ninth edition on Wednesday, December 3. Exhibitors were housed in hotel suites, the “booth” a temporarily reclaimed room. The fair, as always, focused on works on paper, but strayed to include the occasional
In Brief
Delbert Rodriguez Gutierrez, a 21-year-old Miami graffiti artist known for his "DEMZ" tag, is in critical condition after City of Miami Police detective Michael Cadavid hit him with his unmarked car in the early morning hours on December 5.
Books
Many great inventions came out of the Victorian era, from the photograph to the electric lightbulb. The elastic opera hat and the anti-cholera belt, however, are not among their illustrious numbers.