Visual Arts
English
Published: May 15, 2012
Argentinian sculptor Tomas Saraceno has created one of his signature cloud-like architectural installations that visitors can climb inside (just don't wear a skirt).
Contemporary Arts
PARIS — One of Paris's newest galleries is giving a young Brazilian artist his French debut: the recently opened 11bis...
Whether it’s the mission to bring his $25 million dollar “Train” to the High Line or calling his own artwork “empty,”...
Early reports from Art HK 2012 suggest that the Australian galleries involved in the fair have been doing a roaring...
Old Masters/Renaissance
Following an extensive cleaning and restoration process, the 16th century painting of a bearded man in a fur coat,...
The Silver Altar from the Baptistry of St. John was unveiled to the public this week after six years of intensive,...
Why is "Mona Lisa" smiling? Because she just found out she's 10 years younger. Indeed, the world's most famous painting...
Impressionism & Modern Art
PARIS — It may seem risqué to put on a show of nudes at the Arab World Institute, especially considering the...
NEW YORK — Edvard Munch’s angst-filled masterpiece "The Scream" rocketed to a record $119,922,500 at Sotheby’s...
Melbourne, Australia born artist Ethel Spowers (1890-1947) is the new queen of the Grosvenor school print market after...
Ancient Art & Antiques
During the Middle Ages, books of hours were more popular than any other text, even the Bible. These intricately...
On Sunday 20 May at the Sydney InterContinental hotel, Mossgreen Auctions will sell an extraordinary gathering of...
Scholars hope that recent discoveries at Khirbet Qeiyafa, an archeological site southwest of Jerusalem, will shed new...
Traditional Arts
During the Middle Ages, books of hours were more popular than any other text, even the Bible. These intricately...
ATHENS — Faced with massive public debt, Greece is finding that its fabled antiquity heritage is proving a growing...
"All such sites are part of our civilisation' irrespective of which faith they represent" President Asif Ali Zardari...
Museums
PARIS — This Saturday is the eighth annual European Night of Museums, and as night falls 3,000 European museums will be...
Museum buildings have long been a redoubt of architectural innovation and a dependable method for institutions to...
Tomorrow, the new home of the Photographers' Gallery in Ramillies Street, Soho, will officially open to the public. And...
Reviews
"Naked Before the Camera"The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 852, 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street), New...
PARIS — It may seem risqué to put on a show of nudes at the Arab World Institute, especially considering the...
Pop art veterans Joe Goode and Antony Donaldson are celebrating fifty years of friendship with "Twice as Many," and...
Columnist
No one who cares about arts journalism disputes that it is in trouble. Jobs are being lost, content has been thinned,...
LOS ANGELES — Michael Heizer’s "Levitated Mass" was not conceived of as performance art. Once installed on the grassy...
The Internet is a great place: It has revolutionized the way that we communicate, shop, and consume information. But...
Features
Artist Mike Kelley passed away on Tuesday. The following article, about Kelley's groundbreaking work with the group...
John Chamberlain passed away yesterday at the age of 85. In his memory, ARTINFO is reposting this account of visiting...
Criticism, as they say, is autobiography, and I can freely admit that I may find Karl Haendel's soon-to-close show at...
