News
Art-filled Walls Improve Work Environment and Creativity
Bringing art from local artists into Columbia businesses.
Featured on columbiabusinesstimes.com
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
Featured on architecturaldigest.com
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.
Featured on news.artnet.com
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
Featured on theartnewspaper.com
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.
The Painter Behind These Artworks Is an AI Program. Do They Still Count as Art?
Featured on time.com
Hanging inside a gold frame on a pristine white wall in Christie’s Central London Gallery is a dark, moody portrait of a man in Puritan-style black clothes—the work, it seems, of some Old Master. But scrawled in the bottom right corner, there’s an unexpected signature: a mathematical equation.
This is Edmond de Belamy by French art collective Obvious—or, more accurately, by an algorithm designed by Obvious.
Think you can spot a fraud? This $80 million art scam fooled the experts
Featured on cnbc.com
The biggest art fraud in modern U.S. history was shockingly simple. Yet it went on for 15 years, duped some of the world's most sophisticated collectors, brought down a 165-year-old New York gallery, and brought in more than $80 million. It is also a cautionary tale for anyone thinking of dabbling in the art world.
How art 'shares' could make you a Warhol collector for just $20
Featured on cnn.com
n original Andy Warhol would normally be out of reach for someone like 29-year-old Cheryl Ellzysmith, a studio artist from Philadelphia.
But with just $200 and a new blockchain-based investment platform, she is now on course to own one of the pop icon's famous images of Marilyn Monroe -- or approximately 0.01% of it, at least.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s 4th Annual National Arts Program® Exhibit
Coordinator Comments by David Vogt, Airport Art Program Manager:
Airport art leads to unlikely connection
By Jennifer Ogunsola
Communications Manager
It’s not unusual to walk through a large airport and spot friends, family members and others you may know. Many people travel domestically and internationally on airplanes, so spotting a familiar face is pretty typical. But, imagine walking through the busiest airport in the world and seeing yourself, or one of your close family members, on display.
While that isn’t a normal occurrence, the passenger experience at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) is anything but normal. Just ask the Perry family.
A Jackson Pollock Painting Gets A Touch-Up — And The Public's Invited To Watch
Featured on npr.org
Jackson Pollock's painting Number 1, 1949, is a swirl of multi-colored, spaghettied paint, dripped, flung and slung across a 5-by-8-foot canvas. It's a textured work — including nails and a bee (we'll get to that later) — and in the nearly 70 years since its creation, it's attracted a fair bit of dust, dirt and grime.
VCU Health NAP Exhibit is Building Connections Through Art
Are female artists worth collecting? Tate doesn’t seem to think so
The museum preaches diversity, but its annual acquistions suggest that great art is mostly created by men
Featured on theguardian.com