Art
WASHINGTON, DC — The crack epidemic in the Nation's capital reached new heights yesterday when the news came out that the Washington Monument has a crack problem. The monument has been closed indefinitely and rumors are that the Congress is attempting to secure a room at Betty Ford for the 555 foot
Interview
Jason Eppink has gone and done it. First, he started a water gun fight in a museum, and now he's taken the beloved Kickstarter art project to a whole new — and very meta — level. He's not fundraising for a project, he's not gathering money for some event, he's not even using Kickstarter … yes, Eppin
Opinion
I was touched by a post written by art critic Mary Louise Schumacher, who blogged about the disappearance of a beloved frieze on the facade of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper building, where she works.
News
"The Washington National Cathedral, the highest building in the city, suffered damage in Tuesday's earthquake, with three pinnacles in the central tower breaking off, a spokesman said." [Reuters [http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/23/us-quake-usa-cathedral-idUSTRE77M72Q20110823]]
Art
Even the ambitious curators of Can't Hear the Revolution at Kunsthalle Galapagos admit that revolutions tend to happen slowly. But that doesn't mean they're not determined. With the debut show for the new Kunsthalle Galapagos curators, they are fixing the roots of what they hope will grow into an in
Art
While in Rochester I stopped by the George Eastman House the former home of Kodak film founder George Eastman, and now home to a pretty unique photography museum. The real treasure though, was both unlikely and unexpected. On my I encountered a vintage cigarette machine, cheerily out of time and pla
Art
Kim Dorland's paintings do not shy away from the brutality of love. Seizing on all of love's untamed wildness, Dorland's portraits of his wife are destructively passionate. Globs of oil paint are heavily dragged and slashed into works that seem made on pure impulse.
Art
Known as the self-declared King of Style despite losing an arm and a leg in a childhood accident, early graffiti writer KASE 2 passed away last weekend, adding another famous name to the roster of graffiti artists' deaths that go nearly unnoticed by the art world press.
News
Today, the Martin Luther King, Jr National Memorial opened in the nation's capital. The project includes a 28 ft tall granite monument on the National Mall carved by Chinese sculptor Lei Yixin. It is the first monument to a non-US president on the National Mall and the first dedicated to a black Ame
News
In Vaughan’s new book, Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War, the author attempts to prove that Chanel actually worked for German military intelligence during World War II. That’s right, folks, the maker of your fabulous quilted purses was a Nazi Spy!
Opinion
Did video kill the performance art star? The New York Times asks this question in an article that claims that the constant spectacle of YouTube and social media have trumped performance art's shock value.
Art
Have some designers gone a little too far slapping their high profile names and logos on things? Do we really live in a world where designer bicycles are the must-have of the season? Let's take a look at some innocent objects that were perfectly good without a designer name that now we have the unco