A portrait of Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old former National Youth Poet Laureate who gave a widely admired recital at the inauguration of President Joe Biden, has been gifted to Harvard University by art collector and gallerist Amar Singh, an alum of the college. Gorman, who was the inaugural National...
Boston authorities have arrested and charged 48-year-old Robert Viens, a resident of Randolph, Massachusetts, for smashing a glass door of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum last weekend. Police responded to reports of an attempted break-in at the notorious museum at around 4:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. According...
DESIGN DISPATCH Our daily look at the world through the lens of design. BY THE EDITORS January 28, 2021Construction of a future Gateway Program tunnel at Hudson Yards in Manhattan, 2014 … The Design Dispatch offers expertly written and essential news from the design world crafted by our...
AllRightsReserved has tapped artist Yusuke Hanai once again for a new version of his sculptural piece DOWN BUT NOT OUT, first introduced in August, as well as a new piece called WE WILL FLY AGAIN. DOWN BUT NOT OUT depicts a man sitting hunched over with...
As the world recognizes Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kiev has unveiled plans for a major—and highly unconventional—memorial and museum complex in Babyn Yar, a ravine outside the Ukrainian city where Nazis executed 100,000 people. The $100 million project’s artistic director is the...
Olafur Eliasson recently unveiled a new cultural landmark at the iconic Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois. Dubbed Atmospheric Wave Wall, the massive 30 by 60 feet installation was inspired by the beauty of Lake Michigan. Eliasson spent years developing the sprawling work which is made of 1,900...
After being stranded in her native South Korea following the COVID-19 outbreak, New York City-based artist Stickymonger is back with the unveiling of a brand new artwork made in collaboration with editions purveyor, Avant Arte. Entitled Obsession, No Joke, the limited edition print portrays one of...
In the trailer for his new HBO show, the musician, actor, and painter John Lurie pits himself against a much-beloved American television host. “Bob Ross was wrong. Everybody can’t paint,” Lurie deadpans. Lurie’s new show, Painting With John—a title that pays homage to his farcical early ’90s...
The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) is the latest international art event to shift its 2021 calendar as the global health crisis continues to surge. TEFAF’s Maastricht fair, which typically takes place in March, was first postponed until May and now has been moved to September 11–19 (with preview...
In the absence of large-scale government support, museums in the US have long relied on their trustees for donations and loans—and many have felt beholden to their interests as a result. Museum veteran Michael Darling, the outgoing chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago,...