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– Richard Phillips Surfs With Lindsay Lohan: The celeb-obsessed artist — normally known for slick, huge paintings — has collaborated for a second time with troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan on a video, and the resulting opus, known as "First Point...
SALE: Design at Phillips de PuryLOCATION: New YorkDATE: June 15, 11amABOUT: Next week, Phillips de Pury has put together a small, "curated" design sale of 116 lots. One of the lots expected to fetch the most in the sale is the "Redhead" dressing table and...
A year after the January 12, 2010 earthquake ravaged the island of Haiti, fashion designer Donna Karan discovered the ironwork of Haitian artist Philippe Dodard in the lobby of the Karibe Hotel in Port-au-Prince. She told a hotel employee that she wanted to...
Casting continues for “CBGB,” director and co-writer Randall Miller’s movie about the legendary music club on the Bowery that launched New York’s punk scene in the seventies, hosting early shows by the likes of the Ramones, Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads...
It's a case that pits an Internet titan versus an army of professional photographers and illustrators. Last Thursday, a federal judge in New York ruled that the American Society of Media Photographers has the right, or legal standing, to sue ...
Fashion industry luminaries and style savvy celebrities arrived at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center last night decked out in their best to attend the Oscars of the fashion world as the Council of Fashion Designers of America handed out the 2012 CFDA Awards...
– Jeff Koons Goes Back to School: The sculptor swung by an East Harlem second grade classroom on Monday as part of Visual Arts Appreciation Week. Koons taught students how to make moveable animal puppets using paper and fasteners, and also explained to...
Gerhard Richter, that German hero of brainy painting, is in the process of being canonized by both art history and the contemporary art market. “The art world always needs a clear top end,” observed dealer Thaddaeus Ropac to Art+Auction magazine after the...
In a new initiative announced today, Internet sales site Artspace is offering its subscribers direct access to the work of seven established Chinese photographers. Normally, there's something of a taboo for artists when it comes to bypassing...
When Disney releases Pixar’s “Brave” on June 22, it can expect to do massive business. It’s the story of a rebellious Scottish princess, Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald), the daughter of the king (Billy Connolly) and queen (Emma Thompson). She has a mane of...
