A former New York foundry owner once popular with artists pleaded guilty Monday to charges that he tried to sell phony knockoffs of a sculpture of Jasper Johns’ classic 1960 “Flag” painting and the sculptures of two other artists, ending a weeklong trial that featured testimony by Johns.
Category: visual
Why Selfies Are An Important New Art Form
“It’s become a new visual genre—a type of self-portraiture formally distinct from all others in history. Selfies have their own structural autonomy. This is a very big deal for art.”
Destroying Syria’s Culture – The Before And After Pictures
“Across Syria, where a seemingly unstoppable war is about to enter a third year, a heritage built over 5,000 years or more is being steadily buried under rubble.”
Trapped In A James Turrell Light Piece
“Unclear whether something had gone awry or it was a weird joke, I determined to get out. I got down on my hands and knees and began feeling my way to whatever edges might be out there.”
Why Does Britain Like To Destroy Its Buildings?
“Ugliness is not a fixed notion – it’s a faddish one.”
Toronto Could Have Looked Very Different
“Toronto’s history is filled with grand ideas killed by politics, economics and petty parochialism, ideas now buried in history books and boxes at the Toronto Archives.”
Car Bomb Explodes Outside Cairo Museums
“The scale of damage to the Museum of Islamic Art’s collection is unclear as efforts to catalogue the damage are being hampered by concerns over the structure’s stability.”
No One – Aside From Photographers Of London – Loves The Shard
“Despite the stunning design by the Italian architect Renzo Piano and glamorous marketing, almost a year after its opening the building remains practically a shell.”
Yes, We Can Calculate The Exact Time Monet Painted Certain Pieces [VIDEO]
Just ask an astrophysicist and his team.
Night At The Museum (Well, The Art Institute)
“‘I hear things,’ says Jerry Zollicoffer, the museum’s protection services manager. ‘Most of the time it’s just the building settling.’ Most of the time.”