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Oct 01, 2019

Keith Haring on the Importance of Imagination in Art and Life

Featured on artsy.net

“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.”

Sep 23, 2019

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.

Featured on news.artnet.com

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.

Sep 19, 2019

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

Featured on theguardian.com

A new study has found that despite perceived signs of progress, the art world remains overwhelmingly male-dominated.

Sep 18, 2019

This drawing explains a surprising amount about your political views

The link between modern art and modern politics.

Featured on vox.com

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.

Sep 17, 2019

Art Bridges’ Art Populism

Alice Walton’s foundation helps rural, small-town museums share in big-city riches.

Featured on nationalreview.com

Sep 16, 2019

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.

Featured on nytimes.com

Sep 09, 2019

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.

Featured on nytimes.com

Planning by destination

Sep 05, 2019

A trove of art stolen in the ’90s has turned up. LAPD is looking for the original owners

Featured on latimes.com

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.

Aug 28, 2019

Dr. Seuss’s Long-Lost Final Book Is about Art History

Featured on artsy.net

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.

Aug 27, 2019

Could visiting an art gallery be the new shortcut to happiness?

Featured on womanandhome.com

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.

Aug 26, 2019

How Brancusi’s Beloved Dog Influenced His Art

Featured on artsy.net

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).

Aug 19, 2019

Where To Start When Thinking Of Building An Art Collection

Featured on www.forbes.com

Sometime after graduating from college-era dorm posters and Ikea art, many young professionals decide it’s time to invest in art that’s worth something, elevating their home decor while possibly making some money.

And while developing a personal art collection is a form of social currency, it’s also a quantifiable investment—one that may feel intimidating to anyone getting started. 

Aug 13, 2019

Art Promotes Interactions at Lurie Children's

It’s a widely accepted fact now a days that displaying art in hospital settings provides healing benefits to patients during their stay, but at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, employees are enjoying the benefits as well during their annual NAP exhibit.

Aug 13, 2019

DFW International Airport NAP Exhibit Delights Travelers

Dallas/ Fort Worth International Airport has been showcasing the artistic talents of their employees and families for twelve wonderful years through their National Arts Program exhibit. Coordinator Kori Stolar who has been involved with the program since the beginning said, “the quality of artwork amazes me every year. The employees, volunteers and their families are extremely talented, and I am always excited to give our customers some visually stimulating material to enjoy while they traverse our airport.”

Aug 13, 2019

Apple took us on a surreal walk through San Francisco, looking at digital art on an iPhone

Featured on cnbc.com

San Francisco looks different through an iPhone XS Max — it’s still a city, but now there are floating balls of fabric, speech bubbles, and words popping out from the trees and buildings.