One of the most influential figures in European modern culture never set foot in Europe. Katsushika Hokusai, like all subjects in self-isolated Edo Japan, could not have left the archipelago if he wanted to, and his publishers could not export his prints of Kabuki actors, flowers and Mount Fuji. But a few years after his
United States’ artist Andres Serrano arrives to meet reporters after being received by Pope Francis on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Contemporary Art section of the Vatican Museum, at the Vatican, Friday, June 23, 2023. AP Photo/Andrew Medichini Pope Francis praised artists on Friday as true visionaries who can see,
The Harvard Art Museums are now free to all visitors. The museums’ announcement, released Friday, June 23, stated that the intentions are for this to be a permanent change. “It’s our invitation for people to come,” said Harvard Art Museums Director Martha Tedeschi. “There’s no right or wrong way for them to use this museum.
michael barbaro From the New York Times, I’m Michael Barbaro. This is “The Daily.” [music] Today, It started with a picture posted on the internet and ended in an extravagant cryptocurrency bidding war. [archived recording] Now to the latest trend that’s sweeping the internet, the skyrocketing prices for digital art sold as NFTs. NFT, and
Mr. Isen provided his perspective on art market transactions. “It’s different than selling a car,” he said, “’cause car has to have the registration, the title, and this and that and everything. … These are nothing. … These could have been, these could have been your grandmother’s. You follow me?” “So I can say, ‘hey,
New York attorney Daniel Kokhba was one of many investors in 2020 who bought a stake in Cecily Brown’s Girl Trouble, 1999, an 8-foot-tall painting of abstracted reds, oranges, and yellows where figures emerge within thick strokes of paint. Fractional values of Girl Trouble were available to investors at $20 a share, with a minimum
ARTSPLIT, the art investment platform, is making alternative investment assets such as artworks and music more inclusive and accessible for everyday people and at the same time, helping artists to make money from their works. Art pieces are expensive, but what if, with only a token, you could own a slice of one of these
By Kai CurryNORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY I’m in love. I’ve walked into the Kelly Akashi: Formations exhibition at the Frye Art Museum on First Hill and it is at once familiar and new. It’s the largest showing of Akashi’s work thus far, covering up to 10 years of her exploration and experimentation in various media. Kelly
A towering 13-foot bronze equestrian statue gets its own dedicated room in Kehinde Wiley’s exhibition at the de Young Museum. Modeled after a monument portraying Confederate general J.E.B. Stuart, An Archaeology of Silence (2021) depicts a shirtless Black man draped over the saddle of a horse. Here, Wiley unflinchingly portrays the ugly reality of Black
Courtesy: LEN/Christina Marmet The Artistic Swimming European Championships got underway today in Oświęcim, Poland at the III European Games with the Duet Free and Team Free Preliminary events. In the morning, 18 pairs faced off in the hopes of finishing in the top 12 to qualify to the Duet Free Final on 24 June. Anna-Maria