New York City mourned when famous rock club CBGB closed in 2006. The legendary home of rock and roll, punk and dance, CBGB was where Johnny Rotten dealt with the dissolution of the Sex Pistols, and where The Police and Patti Smith began careers, often singing to a mostly empty club. When the space was … Read more
At the opening ceremony of his museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1895, industrialist Andrew Carnegie—who later sold his steel company and became America’s richest man—articulated a vision radically different from his contemporaries Andrew Mellon and Henry Clay Frick, who founded the museum founded, difference . “There is a great field behind us that would be … Read more
Rembrandt’s Landscape with Canal and Boats is on display at the Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill, NC as part of Drawn to Life: Master Drawings from the Age of Rembrandt in the Peck Collection, which includes dozens of drawings from the 17th and 18th centuries 18th century includes 17th century drawings by Dutch and … Read more
The government has no plans to introduce a tax rebate for art donations, although the art world is seeing a surge of support for art donations following a historic auction of the Bank of New Zealand’s art collection. Calls emerged this week for the government to introduce a rebate to encourage donations of major works … Read more
A key element of Vincent van Gogh’s legend is that he was ignored during his lifetime and never sold his works. Although this is largely the case, the artist gradually gained recognition during his time in France. And a year after his suicide, sales began, slowly at first. We track down the first 12 paintings … Read more
Art and NFT collector Adrien Cheng could be involved in Chiru Labs stock increase An official announcement from Chiru Labs and Azuki founders is still awaited First, the twitter rumor went around that the Azuki had NFT project behaved a funding round that brought founding company Chiru Labs to a valuation of $1.4 billion. This … Read more
MArina Abramović’s 2010 New York show The Artist Is Present made her a global icon, but she’s not personally present in the mystical extravagance of her new show Gates and Portals. However, she showed up at the press conference to explain that since becoming a celebrity, she wants to retire from her work to let … Read more
Portland Timbers center fielder George Fochive is hosting an arts gala in Portland on October 6th featuring his work, the culmination of a lifetime of experience and a newfound commitment to a longstanding passion. It’s a big change from the routine of professional football, but a welcome one. Fochive’s creativity was evident from an early … Read more
Activist art takes many forms, from performances to paintings to poetry. In 1916 Dadaists Hugo Ball and Emmy Hennings set up the Cabaret Voltaire in a Zurich café, where they invited creatives like Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and Sophie Täuber-Arp to engage in an anarchic performance art that made a stand against the First World … Read more
WORLD CUP hero Ilie Dumitrescu has created artworks on the pitch – but is now running a lucrative business by flogging them instead. The Romanian legend and former Tottenham star, who was bought by then-boss Ossie Ardiles for £2.6million, is a well-known art dealer in his homeland. 12 Today, Ilie Dumitrescu makes a living selling … Read more