Performing Arts: Thespians-in-Chief: Five Presidential Productions That...
As "Billy Blythe" gears up to theatrically chronicle Bill Clinton's teenage years, ARTINFO rounds up other presidential portrayals on the stage.
View ArticleMuseums: Seeing Through Crystal Bridges: An Analysis of the New Yorker's...
The flattering profile glosses over questions of how the sources of Walton's wealth clash with the ideals of American art enshrined at her new museum.
View ArticlePhotography: Gustave Le Gray Sails Away With a World Auction Record for...
His 1856-57 image of ships fetched a staggering $1.3 million.
View ArticleThe Daily Checklist: Mike Tyson Tattoo Artist Settles Bout With "Hangover"...
Plus, artists are fanning revolution on the streets of Yemen.
View ArticleArt Market: Qatar Museums Authority Poaches Christie's Chairman Edward Dolman
The 27-year auction house veteran, who was demoted from CEO last fall, will advise the country's royal family on its ambitious plans for a "cultural renaissance."
View ArticleArt and Politics: Ai Weiwei Released on Bail
[Updated] Ai has said that under the terms of his release, he is not able to speak about his case.
View ArticleFashion: John Galliano's Fall From Fashion: See Photographer Grégoire Eloy's...
On the day of Galliano's Paris trial, ARTINFO spoke to the photographer who spent six years documenting the designer.
View ArticleArt and Politics: Understanding Ai Weiwei's Release: A Summary of the Latest...
With the artist released on "bail" from 81 days of detention, many questions remain unresolved and Ai isn't talking.
View ArticleMuseums: How Much Do Contemporary Sculptors Owe Auguste Rodin?
A new show at the Rodin Museum attempts to draw a lineage between living sculptors like Urs Fischer and the French master.
View ArticleFashion: In Hate Crime Trial, Designer John Galliano Blames Anti-Semitic...
Yesterday, the fallen designer tried to prove that he is open to diversity, while French prosecutors asked for no less than $14,400 in fines.
View ArticleThe Daily Checklist: America's Oldest Artwork Is a Mammoth Discovery,...
Plus, El Museo del Barrio is shedding staff as funds dwindle.
View ArticleStreet Art: Russia Condemns "Banksy of Bulgaria" for Comic Spin on Soviet War...
After a mysterious street artist spray-painted superhero costumes on a war memorial, admiring locals were dismayed to see it cleaned up.
View ArticleMuseums: Why the Brooklyn Museum's Cancellation of "Art in the Streets"...
If the institution can't afford the mass-appeal exhibition, it joins a chorus of city museums that are on frighteningly shaky legs.
View ArticlePeople: Reclusive Art Maven Huguette Clark Emerges From the Shadows in Death,...
The 104-year-old heiress willed that her Santa Barbara manor display her vast art holdings, rather than give them to her relatives.
View ArticleFashion: Art Historical Shoe-Ins: Christian Louboutin Reinterprets Classic...
For the brand's fall/winter 2011 look book, photographer Peter Lippmann created seven portraits fashioned after historical paintings.
View ArticlePerforming Arts: The Democratization of Dance: Classical Ballet Tries...
Dance promoters are getting creative in finding new ways to promote the art to the masses.
View ArticleArts Policy: A Museum That Does Take-Out?: How the Leeds Art Gallery's Public...
For less than $20, Yorkshire residents can borrow an artwork from the museum's collection for three months.
View ArticleMuseums: The Mysteries of Maya Civilization Are Unveiled at Paris's Musée du...
A new show of over 160 objects from Guatemala takes stock of the latest archeological research.
View ArticleThe Daily Checklist: Ai Weiwei Banned From Twitter Too, Brooklyn Museum...
Plus, Cooper-Hewitt is closing for an expansion and renovation project.
View ArticleArt & Crime: The Purloined Warhol?: Missing $30 Million Farrah Fawcett...
Investigators believe they spotted the long-lost Warhol of the late star, which is owned by the University of Texas, on an episode of "Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals."
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