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The people making million-dollar art deals for the super rich
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I'm always flying by the seat of my pants," says Lisa Schiff with engaging and, I suspect, characteristic honesty. "I never know what we're going to make each month -- five dollars or a million!"
She works mostly on commission.
An art academic until the age of 30, Schiff's initial ambition was to be an art professor. But then, as she tells it, her parents cut her off and she had to make a living.
She's been a professional art adviser since 2002 and now runs her own company, SFA Advisory, based in New York.
Art classes instead of court dates? In low-level cases, Brooklyn DA says yes.
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People arrested on low-level misdemeanors in Brooklyn will now have the option to complete a one-day arts course at the Brooklyn Museum instead of ever having to appear in court, thanks to a newly expanded diversion program offered by the Brooklyn District Attorney.
Keith Haring on the Importance of Imagination in Art and Life
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“People always ask me: ‘Where do you get all these ideas?’” Keith Haring mulled in a 1984 journal entry. “Information is coming from all kinds of sources, new sources every day…I digest [it], channel it through my own imagination, and put it back into the world.”
A Viral Art Project Exposed Biases in Facial Recognition Technology—and Spurred the Largest AI Database to Remove Hundreds of Thousands of Images
Trevor Paglen and Kate Crawford's viral "ImageNetRoulette" project has made the subject of bias in AI viral.
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If you have been on social media at all in the past week, chances are you might have seen people sharing photos of themselves tagged #ImageNetRoulette, accompanied by amusing, sometimes less than flattering, annotations. Indeed, you may have been perplexed or even angered by these viral images, as the captions tipped over from amusing to offensive.
Only 2% of global art auction spending is on work by women, study finds
A new report finds women’s work still underrepresented in the art world, with only 11% of art purchased by institutions female-made
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A new study has found that despite perceived signs of progress, the art world remains overwhelmingly male-dominated.
This drawing explains a surprising amount about your political views
The link between modern art and modern politics.
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Simple polling reveals Americans’ views of President Donald Trump are split by variables like race, ethnicity, age, and increasingly by whether or not you earned a college degree.
Some other more unusual questions also reveal strong correlations, and those correlations may do more to reveal what’s really going on than basic demographic questions.
Art Bridges’ Art Populism
Alice Walton’s foundation helps rural, small-town museums share in big-city riches.
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Wondering Who Did That Painting? There’s an App (or Two) for That
With companies racing to develop Shazam for art, we see what instant-identification apps really add to your experience in museums and galleries.
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28 Art Shows Worth Traveling For
Book your tickets to Paris, Belgrade, São Paulo, Lagos and London: Our critic’s Grand Tour this fall offers Leonardo, Brancusi, Kara Walker and Marina Abramovic, among the global highlights.
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Planning by destination
A trove of art stolen in the ’90s has turned up. LAPD is looking for the original owners
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A quarter-century has passed since the Los Angeles Police Department began investigating a string of break-ins at expensive homes in Hollywood and across the city’s wealthy Westside.
Dozens of artifacts — including paintings from Picasso and Spanish compatriot Joan Mirò, antique firearms and documents signed by former Presidents Ronald Reagan and Howard Taft — had vanished from their walls, pedestals and cases.
Dr. Seuss’s Long-Lost Final Book Is about Art History
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Six years ago, Audrey Geisel discovered a box in her home in La Jolla, California. It belonged to her late husband, Theodore, who was known affectionately by the world as his nom de plume, Dr. Seuss. Following his death in 1991, she had donated the bulk of his sketches, manuscripts, and other ephemera to the University of California, San Diego.
Could visiting an art gallery be the new shortcut to happiness?
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Taking in the local arts and culture scene, is for many, the ideal way to spend a weekend.
Whether that’s contemplating sculptures and unique installations at a nearby gallery or booking tickets to a rousing theatre production, the combination of leisure and learning can have a profound effect on our sense of wellbeing.
How Brancusi’s Beloved Dog Influenced His Art
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Today’s lesson in canine art history concerns Constantin Brancusi’s Samoyed, Polaire. The Romanian sculptor’s beloved pet, whom he purchased in 1921, was a fixture on the Parisian art scene. They were a double act: Brancusi took Polaire with him to the hottest cafés and theaters, and even to the movies. “She became, in her own way, a celebrated Parisian beauty and friends would ask after her in their letters,” writes artist and historian John Golding in Vision of the Modern (1994).