Millennial buyers and online bidding drove Sotheby’s autumn modern and contemporary art auction series in Hong Kong to a total of HK$1.19 billion (US$151.3 million) over the weekend. The five art auctions achieved results within pre-sale expectations (HK$933.2m – HK$1.4bn or $119m – $177.1m), but fell short of the fizz of recent seasons. The sale … Read more
Art is a reflection of a region’s history and provides valuable insight into the direction in which society is moving. This is particularly true of the National Gallery Singapore, which manages the world’s largest public collection of modern art from Singapore and Southeast Asia — acts as a “melting pot” for art from the region. … Read more
Cordell Broadus (Champ Medici) is a top music producer using Metaverse and Blockchain technology … [+] Empowering color creatives worldwide Courtesy of Type K PR Snoop Dogg’s son, Cordell Broadus, just launched the $1 million Champ Medici Arts Fund, a non-profit corporation dedicated to supporting emerging artists using blockchain around the world. At this season’s … Read more
This month’s list includes exhibitions that focus on the body or its absence. These include Hammer’s survey of vibrant, figurative works by Bob Thompson, Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg’s fantastical installations exploring motherhood and childbirth, and Aimee Goguen’s sleazy sculptures and visceral performance videos at JOAN. on the downside, Another world at LACMA highlights the … Read more
Elizabeth Fasolino, 61, art editor at The Star for nearly two years, died of a heart attack in Gulfport, Fla., on November 5, eight months after she was diagnosed with glioblastoma, for which she was being treated. Ms. Fasolino left Sag Harbor for Colorado Springs eight years ago. Though she made her mountain home there … Read more
This week, as we near the end of 2022, the writers and editors of KQED Arts & Culture reflect on the One Beautiful Thing of the year. Here, in a very disheartening year for human rights and freedom of expression, editor Emma Silvers finds comfort and hope in a Nixon-era TV special. II’ve always been … Read more
The Berkeley Art Museum has set itself an immense task in its latest exhibition: “Undoing Time: Art and Stories of Imprisonment‘ (until 11 December): to ‘consider the fundamental roots of imprisonment from philosophical, sociological, theological and art historical perspectives, to better understand the fact that today’s mass incarceration crisis was centuries in the making.’ No … Read more
DOHA, Qatar (AP) – Mohit Daga and Aayush Verma approached the stadium carrying a huge painting of their heroes Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona with the World Cup trophy en route to Argentina’s crucial game against Poland. Daga had spent 17 days painting it. It weighed 5 kilograms (11 pounds). An offer. All for Messi, … Read more
Metro Detroit artists working in the literary and visual arts fields are invited to apply online for a 2023 Kresge Artist Fellowship before the January 19 application deadline. Kresge Arts of Detroit will award 20 grants and 10 Gilda Awards to artists of all career levels who live and work in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb … Read more
Above 70 artists and cultural workers announced today, December 1st, that they are on strike at the Finnish Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, part of the Finnish National Gallery in Helsinki. The artists are urging the museum to sever ties with Finnish-British businessman Poju Zabludowicz, a prominent art collector who has loaned works to the … Read more