Jeff Koons work sells for $91.1M, record for living artist
A sculpture by American artist Jeff Koons sold on May 15 for $91.1 million at an auction organized by Christie’s in New York, a record price for a living artist.
LOOK: Museums praise design inspired by, committed to nature
The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum and the Cube design Museum joined forces in “Nature”, devoted to design focused on sustainability.
Cannes ups the glamor with $1B facelift
Cannes’s five-star hotels are getting a $1 billion makeover to make them fit to host Hollywood’s A-listers.
Van Gogh’s letter to art critic on show in Amsterdam
The letter, addressed to art critic Albert Aurier, was written by Vincent van Gogh a few months before his death in 1890.
Women painters take center stage at NY art auctions
NEW YORK, United States — With a new record expected for a work by Lee Krasner and another one possible for a Helen Frankenthaler, the appetite for female abstract painters, and women artists in general, is growing fast as New York gears up for its spring auctions beginning on Monday. BUY: Ninth Street Women: Lee […]
Simon Armitage is named UK’s new Poet Laureate
LONDON — Simon Armitage has been named the United Kingdom’s new Poet Laureate, succeeding Carol Ann Duffy in the 10-year post. Queen Elizabeth II has approved the appointment, Britain’s highest literary honor. It dates back to the 17th century, and previous laureates have included John Dryden, William Wordsworth and Ted Hughes. It is up to […]
Spanish museum unveils restored Fra Angelico masterpiece
Spain’s Prado unveiled Wednesday, May 8, the restoration of “The Annunciation”, a 15th-century altarpiece by Renaissance painter Fra Angelico.
Chile’s Valparaiso, an open air graffiti and mural art gallery
Creating colorful pictures of surreal human faces, marine animals or even huge owls, hundreds of graffiti artists have turned the Chilean port of Valparaiso into a gigantic open-air art gallery. Elias Street is typical of Valparaiso with its narrow sidewalks winding up and down Cerro Alegre hill, itself a tourist attraction. There are many little […]
Tatsuo Miyajima’s largest exhibition on show in Shanghai this summer
“Tatsuo Miyajima: Being Coming”, the Japanese artist’s largest solo show to date, will open on May 18 at Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum in China.