Art
Music for a Solemn Space: The First Contemporary Art at the Cloisters
For the first time in its history, the Cloisters is exhibiting a work of contemporary art.
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Francis Bacon Triptych Breaks World Auction Record at $142.4M
Tonight, Francis Bacon's "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" (1969) broke the world auction record and realized $142,405,000 at Christie's Tuesday night Post-War and Contemporary auction at Manhattan's Rockefeller Center.
Film
The Pervert’s Guide to Slavoj Zizek
Once more into the rabbit hole breach, The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology tails Slavoj Žižek on another meta-tour of the popular cultural sub-terrain.
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See 25 Artworks from Newly Discovered Nazi-era Art Stash
In an about-face, the German government announced Monday a new, accelerated policy for the 1,406 paintings discovered in a 2011 raid on Cornelius Gurlitt's Munich apartment, promising a task force and a speedy release of information about the cache.
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United States Loses UNESCO Voting Rights
Last Friday, the United States had its voting rights with UNESCO revoked after not having paid dues to the organization for two years, an action that leaves a void of funding for the organization, as well as potentially impairing America's influence in the arena of global cultural politics and herit
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Visit the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Graduate Open House on Nov 16
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Cooper Union Board Suspends Student Trustee Elections
In an announcement made through Cooper Union's Office of Student Affairs yesterday, the university's trustees canceled the upcoming elections for a student trusteeship previously ratified at their September board meeting.
Community
A View from the Easel
CHICAGO — The 51st installment of a series in which artists send in a photo and a description of their workspace. Want to take part? Submit your studio — just check out the submission guidelines.
Art
Castello di Ama: Contemporary Masters in the Tuscan Countryside
SIENA, Italy — At the bottom of a small grotto that could easily pass for something from the medieval era there stands a small, shadowy, and delicate Carrera marble fountain that kneels in a shallow pool of water.
Comics
After Art School: Unlearning
Freedom comes to those who wait …
Art
Art Rx
This week, a Fluxus throwback, a contemporary multimedia rock opera, documentaries, experimental animation, and much more.
Art
Colorful Life Returns to Jersey City
Thanks to artist Kara Rooney, the curator of Panepinto Galleries, Jersey City is once again featuring dynamic artists working in the field today.