Style: An Art World Guide to the Royal Wedding
ARTINFO provides a gloss on the more arty aspects of tomorrow's matrimonial phenomenon.
View ArticleOld Masters & Antiquities: Leave Mona Lisa's Bones Alone, Begs Princess...
Natalia Guicciardini Strozzi, who boasts blood ties to Lisa Gherardini, is outraged that researchers are seeking to dig up her ancestor's remains.
View ArticleMuseums: Decoding the Beauty Cult: A Close Look at the Art of Britain's...
Join us for a tour of "The Cult of Beauty," a new show at London's V&A highlighting the love of exoticism that follows the Pre-Raphaelites.
View ArticleArt and Politics: Meet Saif Gaddafi, Libya's Bloodthirsty Cultural Ambassador
ARTINFO considers the tainted art activities of the strongman's son, whose plans for a museum have been upended by the civil war he urges on.
View ArticlePeople: Animal Lover Brigitte Bardot Lowers Her Horns as French Culture...
The film icon objects to culture minister Frédéric Mitterrand's decision to enshrine bullfighting in the canon of French culture.
View ArticleThe Daily Checklist: Kate Middleton's Alexander McQueen Wedding Dress Gives...
Plus, Spencer Tunick will lead his naked hordes to the Dead Sea.
View ArticlePostwar & Contemporary Art: At Gallery Weekend, Lawrence Weiner and Kiki...
A fully fledged tattoo parlour at Arratia, Beer Gallery is offering long-lasting contemporary art for those willing to go under the gun.
View ArticleMuseums: Is MOCA's "Art in the Streets" a Money-Making Hustle for Curator...
The associate curator's motivations have come under question due to his business partnering graffiti artists with paying corporations.
View ArticlePerforming Arts: Lincoln Center Inks Deal to Advise New Chinese Performing...
While human rights abuses continue to grab headlines, the New York institution offers its consulting skills for cash.
View ArticleThe Daily Checklist: Bin Laden Death Knocks Ai Weiwei Off Bloomberg's Agenda,...
Plus, Jasper Johns speaks about his work in a rare interview.
View ArticlePeople: Getting to Know Ai Weiwei: A Multimedia Biographical Timeline
ARTINFO compiles some of the most important moments in the famous artist's life, work, and activism.
View ArticleArts Policy: He Shot Dogs, Didn't He?: Pet Lovers Dig Up Tom Otterness's 1977...
Some three decades ago the sculptor shot a shelter dog for an art film. Now, it's coming back to haunt him as his lions head to a Battery Park City library.
View ArticleArt and Politics: The Two Chinese Art Worlds
The FT and the NYT think that it's a about time that China's apolitical artists got some attention. Really?
View ArticleArt Market: See the Top Lots from New York's Spring Modern and Impressionist...
From rare Paul Gauguin sculpture, to Rodin's sexy "Eternal Springtime."
View ArticleThe Daily Checklist: An Architectural Review of Bin Laden's Hideout, Art...
Plus, a yoga teacher shows naked support of Ai Weiwei at Tate Modern.
View ArticleMuseums: Eminent Photography Curator Peter Galassi's Farewell to MoMA
The 60-year-old longtime chief of the museum's photo department is retiring rather abruptly.
View ArticlePostwar & Contemporary Art: Is Baby Art Morally Defensible?: Swiss Artists...
Johannes M. Hedinger and Marcus Gossolt of the collective Com&Com are taking their strange project to the Moscow Biennale this fall.
View ArticlePerforming Arts: The Cabinet of Werner Herzog: Thoughts on "The Cave of...
The celebrated German director's new 3-D art film is a ride you won't forget.
View ArticlePerforming Arts: Faces in the Crowd: Yeah Yeah Yeahs Guitarist Nick Zinner on...
On the occasion of his show at Anastasia Photo gallery, the rocker discusses his little-known side project.
View ArticleThe Daily Checklist: Folk Art Museum Director Jumps Sinking Ship, Banksy...
Plus, sculptor Rachel Harrison wins the Calder Prize.
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