Postwar & Contemporary Art: The Politics of the Stones: Artist Michal Rovner...
Rovner's piece brings together masons representing each side to build replicas of houses, using actual stones from the Middle East.
View ArticleThe Daily Checklist: Facebook-Powered Museum of Me Goes Viral, Utah and Dia...
Plus, a collaborative Christ painting by Jack Kerouac goes on view in Rome.
View ArticleStreet Art: The Triumph of Invader: The Street Art Maestro Celebrates His...
True to form, the secretive artist skipped the opening of his show, but sent a cheeky video titled "In Bed with Invader."
View ArticleMuseums: Banksy's Latest Surprise Move: Free Tickets for All to L.A. MOCA's...
Monday admission will be comped thanks to what Jeffrey Deitch calls an "unprecedented" donation from the street art king.
View ArticlePostwar & Contemporary Art: A Q&A With the "Power of Self" Prize Winner...
The figurative painter has secured the top honor from the annual self-portrait competition, which promises to pay for a year of an artist's life.
View ArticleDesign & Architecture: The Apple Has Landed: Steve Jobs Announces...
Cupertino city councilmembers, spellbound by their iPads, look certain to approve the monumental new building.
View ArticleStreet Art: The Wild and Woolly World of Yarn Bombing, Street Art's Soft...
For International Yarn Bombing Day, ARTINFO explores some of the highlights of extreme knitting, and the sometimes passionate debates the craze inspires.
View ArticleArt & Crime: How a Routine Traffic Stop Led Italian Police to $3.6 Million in...
The hapless criminals were found to have art by Warhol, Balthus, Léger, and others, taken from the Monte Carlo home of Paola Folon.
View ArticleThe Daily Checklist: Shady Frida Kahlo Trove May Be Real After All, America's...
Plus, Newsweek names the top ten artists of our time.
View ArticlePerforming Arts: "Book of Mormon" Wins Hosannas and a Poetry-Spouting...
The irreverent musical by the duo behind "South Park" swept the ceremony, which was marked by a few odd occurrences.
View ArticleMuseums: Battle for the '70s: MoMA and the Getty Announce Key Acquisitions in...
As the East and West coasts square off, MoMA has secured two immense troves while the Getty has won legendary curator Harald Szeemann's archive.
View ArticleGalleries: Rock the Kas-Bar: Art Dealer Paul Kasmin to Take Over Bungalow 8...
The Chelsea gallerist has acquired the former nightclub to create a new art space and sculpture garden.
View ArticleMuseums: Schindler's Museum: The Krakow Factory Made Famous by "Schindler's...
Architects Claudio Nardi and Leonardo Maria Proli designed a new building and converted six structures that belonged to the lauded industrialist.
View ArticleArts Policy: Is Pole Dancing Art? A Court Rules No, Thwarting One Nightclub's...
A New York judge has declared that stripping shouldn't confer the same tax breaks that artistic practice does, because it requires no training.
View ArticleThe Daily Checklist: Details Revealed for "Younger Than Jesus" Sequel, Justin...
Plus, meet Basel's new "curatorial rock star."
View ArticleArt & Crime: Picasso's Electrician Indicted for Harboring Allegedly Stolen...
The court does not believe Pierre Le Guennec's story that the 271 artworks were gifts.
View ArticlePerforming Arts: "Spider-Man," Fresh From the ICU, Swings Back to Broadway...
After six delayed openings, numerous revisions, and Tabloid-fodder injuries, producers are hoping the show will finally soar with its grand return tonight.
View ArticleArt and Technology: Test-Driving Gagosian Gallery's Deluxe New iPad App
The app gives you access to museum-quality art from the furthest reaches of Gagosian's globe-spanning art empire. And it's free.
View ArticleArt and Politics: U.S. State Department Impotent in the Face of Chinese...
While government officials have raised the issue with China, Change.org remains under siege.
View ArticleArts Policy: Bad Blood: Czech Government Scrambles to Recall International...
An aggrieved blood plasma company has already compelled Austrian authorities to confiscate $877,000 in art from a Vienna gallery.
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