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Much has been said and speculated about the US arts building boom in the late '90s/early aughts, with expansions, renovations and new starchitect-designed buildings practically rampant among arts institutions. But what were the actual results and costs of all these projects? Were they successful? Re
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After a decade of being graffiti free, one legendary spot on the Brooklyn Bridge gets hit.
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Yesterday, artist Odd Nerdrum lost his appeal in Norwegian courts this week and, in a strange twist of fate, he will receive an even longer jail sentence than the one he was appealing.
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The Chelsea Hotel may no longer be the artistic haven it once was, but artists looking for a friendly place where they can barter artwork for lodging need look no farther than ... Sweden!
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Leave it to Yoko Ono to create one of the cheeriest, global participatory art projects with an iPhone.
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Eyebeam Art + Technology Center has created a Kickstarter project that seeks to expand their public presence in Chelsea through a space that incorporates furniture, coffee shop, bookstore and free wifi.
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The first rule of social networking is that it's very hard to make things private. It's a decent bet that almost everything you post online is in some way accessible by people you don't necessarily want to see it. This leads us the related first rule of art vandalism: if you did it, don't claim it o
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Just a few months after the exhibition date of Christo's "Over the River" project was pushed back by a year, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) officials have announced that the work will be extensively examined for its potential impact on traffic on Highway 50, the central road that runs
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A year ago Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was slapped with bail conditions — after an 81-day detention by Chinese authorities — the prominent activist and artist has been freed from those shackles, but there's no rejoicing because of what may come next.
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Poor Picasso. His "Femme au fauteuil rouge (Woman in a Red Armchair)" (1929) was vandalized last week at Houston's Menil Collection and the artist claiming responsibility for the action, Uriel Llanderos, has essentially been bragging about his bravado on his rather sparse Facebook page. But the stor
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Today, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was harassed by police in an attempt to block him from attending his scheduled court appearance at the Beijing tax bureau.
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Picasso's 1929 painting "Conquista La Bestia" ("Conquer the Beast") was vandalized last week at Houston's Menil Collection by a man with a can of spray paint. According to the city's Local 2 news, he stenciled the image of a bullfighter killing a bull with the word "conquista" underneath.