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How an Eight-Month Trip Shifted the Course of Art History
In the early ’50s, Robert Rauschenberg and Cy Twombly traveled together through Italy and Morocco, transforming more than just their own careers.
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Banksy Painting Self-Destructs After Fetching $1.4 Million at Sotheby’s
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The British street artist Banksy pulled off one of his most spectacular pranks on Friday night, when one of his trademark paintings appeared to self-destruct at Sotheby’s in London after selling for $1.4 million at auction.
A New Project Weaves Patient Stories Into Art
A bioengineer collaborates with artists, clinicians and patients to come up with an art exhibition with heart
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When working with people in other disciplines – whether surgeons, fellow engineers, nurses or cardiologists – it can sometimes seem like everyone is speaking a different language. But collaboration between disciplines is crucial for coming up with new ideas.
8 Real-Life People Who Became the Stars of Art History’s Most Famous Paintings
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No matter the scope of their favorite subjects, most artists have dabbled in the age-old art of portraiture. Defined by portrayals of people, this genre has been practiced by art history's most influential painters, culminating in an extensive collection of world-famous portraits.
Throw Your Children’s Art Away
Childhood is short-lived. It’s okay if kids’ drawings are, too. An Object Lesson.
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Children make art constantly. From the earliest age, adults press crayons into their hands. Art offers kids something to do, and folk wisdom holds that it’s good for them, too. But after the activity is over, the artwork sticks around. And that’s where the problems start.
When Art Created by Artificial Intelligence Sells, Who Gets Paid?
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Christie’s will auction off an artificial intelligence (AI) artwork for the first time this October, hard on the heels of a pioneering all-AI art exhibition held at New Delhi gallery Nature Morte. While the market is eager to move the work, the field raises questions about ownership, obsolescence, and the art world jobs that algorithms can’t do.
What is AI art?
The underwater art of ‘wet unboxing’: why it’s so mesmerising, unsettling and weirdly emotional
From the lumpy carnage of soup let loose to the fizzy clouds of Berocca, artist Alex Frost’s video series submerges objects that reflect life on the go
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In a glass tank filled with fresh water, the Glasgow-trained, London-based artist Alex Frost slowly opens consumer products, to strangely beautiful effect. A carton of New Covent Garden soup, for example, produces a glorious and lumpy vision of carnage as the contents slowly and decorously spill out into the water.
Sweatin’ to the oldies at Philly art museum
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art is designed as a place for quiet contemplation. Works by Titian, Eakins, Picasso, Duchamp have been carefully acquired and thoughtfully displayed in ways museum curators hope will enlighten visitors about art, history, and what it means to be human.
That’s why it’s so weird to hear disco hits from 40 years ago echoing through the hallways.
Orlando International Airport CEO Recognizes Employees Artistic Talents
Phil Brown the CEO of Greater Orlando Aviation Authority attended the August 23rd awards ceremony for the 13th Annual ‘Share the Art” National Arts Program® Employee Art Exhibit. Mr. Brown commented that, “Orlando International has supported the arts for over 36 years in this community and collaborations like this with the National Arts Program® further demonstrate our commitment to the arts and to our overall community.
Art-filled Walls Improve Work Environment and Creativity
Bringing art from local artists into Columbia businesses.
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You know you are in Columbia when you notice artwork for sale on the walls of places you visit when stopping for a morning coffee, meeting a colleague for lunch, or making an afternoon bank run. Our robust, working artist community has likely brightened your wait in line, but art can have an even greater impact in your business environment.
VIA Transit Employees Share Hidden Talents
9 Art Galleries That Double as Airbnbs
AD circles the globe—from Baltimore to Seattle to Japan—to find the best spaces where you can sleep surrounded by art
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Amid a Booming Market, UOVO Plans to Open Its Fourth Art Storage Facility in Bushwick, Brooklyn’s Hipster Art Capital
As business thrums along, the need for art storage is growing exponentially.
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The booming art market has grown increasingly global over the last decade and a half, and that tide has been good for the art storage business. Now, UOVO, a nascent art storage company—which opened its flagship facility in Long Island City, Queens, in late 2014—is adding to that trend, announcing that it will open a fourth space in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
City of Manchester Announces Winners in 13th Annual NAP Employee & Family Art Show
Mayor's Press Room Announcements
Published: 08/27/2018
Mayor Joyce Craig and the City of Manchester are pleased to recognize the winners in the 13th Annual National Arts Program Exhibition, “Art on the Wall at City Hall.” Mayor Craig and members of the Manchester Arts Commission, including Chairman Ed Doyle were on hand to present awards to all the winners.
‘Art Rx’: museum tours linked to easing chronic pain
Participants of study reported feeling less pain and less social disconnection after an hour-long museum tour
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Viewing works of art can have an analgesic effect on chronic pain and alleviate feelings of isolation for patients who suffer from it, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, Davis published in the journal Pain Medicine.