A new exhibition has opened in Chicago’s Art Institute which takes a look at the sometimes overlooked, yet beautiful illustrations in children’s books. The show entitled Everyday Adventures Growing Up: Art from Picture Books, highlights three different illustrators, Nancy Carlson, Peter McCarty, and Timothy Basil Ering. About the artists from the museum’s website: Nancy Carlson, award-winning illustrator of more than ... Read More »
Last night in New York City, a work of art sold for the most money a work of art has ever been sold. The bidding lasted a mere 8 minutes at Christie’s Auction House and in the end one anonymous bidder won over his six rivals for the privilege of paying $106.5 million for a painting created in a day ... Read More »
BRIC Arts located in Brooklyn, NY has announced its annual summer Celebrate Brooklyn! schedule. Highlights this year are Eugene Mirman & Pretty Good Friends, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Allen Toussaint, The Swell Season, Sonic Youth, Rufus Wainwright and the already sold out Passion Pit and The National shows. The full schedule is up on the BRIC arts site ... Read More »
Today in London 250 brightly decorated, lifesized elephants are being installed all over the city by Elephant Family, a non-profit that raises money for, you guessed it, Elephants. The elephants were decorated by celebrities and artists, amongst them Isaac Mizrahi, Diane von Furstenberg and the HRH Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. The installation called Elephant Parade will continue through ... Read More »
You might know Adam Green for his swinging solo material or as the former frontman of Moldy Peaches but did you know this talented musician could also paint? In case you missed the star-studded opening, Green’s Teen Tech show just got an extended run at the Morrison Hotel Gallery Bowery and will be up through this weekend. The show features ... Read More »
Today via Shaghiist comes an extraordinary video from American designer, animator and Shanghai resident, Abram Hodgens. Hodgens spent two months travelling across China, going to Beijing, Xi’an, Xiahe, Jiayuguan, Dunhuang, Tulufan, Urumqi, Kanasi, Kashgar, Chengdu, Leshan, Litang, Danba, Shangri-la (Zhongdian) and Dali, creating this video using timelapse photography along the way. Musicphiles might recognize the song used in the background, ... Read More »
Commissioned by Artangel, the British non-profits arts organization supported by the Arts Council of England, fashion curator for the Victoria and Albert Museum Judith Clark and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips together have created a psychological look at clothing in their new exhibition, The Concise Dictionary of Dress. The exhibition “re-describes clothing in terms of anxiety, wish and desire, as a ... Read More »
There aren’t many museums that need to look no further than their own collection to present such a large and sweeping exhibition on the work of one of the world’s most famous painters- but The Metropolitan Museum of Art isn’t just any museum. Through the generosity of benefactors and donations, The Met has over the years accumulated “one of the ... Read More »
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