Visual Arts
English
Published: May 17, 2013
Part of the World Nomads Tunisia Festival, the exhibition looks at society's changes with its emerging government.
Ancient Art & Antiques
For the past five years the Brooklyn Flea markets in Williamsburg and Fort Greene have been a staple for antique,...
A Roman gold ring that might have inspired JRR Tolkien’s fantasy novels “The Hobbit” (1937) and his “Lord of the Rings...
Life and death in the ill-fated Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum is at the heart of a new exhibition at the...
ARTINFO explores some of the hightpoints of TEFAF Maastricht with Michel Witmer, a member of the TEFAF Board of...
MONTREAL — The re-discovery of Manchu Picchu in 1911 did more than just expose the ruins of this ancient royal estate...
SINGAPORE — An intricately beaded table cloth, an ornate wedding bed, and blingtastic gold jewelry are among the...
Art Fairs
Art Platform — Los Angeles, the fair that debuted in 2011 at downtown’s L.A. Mart before relocating to Santa Monica...
The 19th Biennale of Sydney (BOS19) is shaping up to be a fantastic event if the artist preview list is anything...
Art galleries participating in the upcoming Art Basel Hong Kong, which runs May 23-26, are likely wondering...
BEIJING — In spite of constantly searching for unique materials, concepts and ways to create their works, artists have...
Missed out on anything during the frenzied opening days of Frieze Week? Our ARTINFO photographers were...
NEW YORK — Ambitious projects peppered the floor at NADA, which is held this year at a sporting facility on the East...
Columnist
When will Facebook's running battle with art end?Art fans will be familiar with the steady drip of stories about the...
THE ART LOVER is an infrequent column of love advice from an art critic's perspective, written by executive editor Ben...
No one who cares about arts journalism disputes that it is in trouble. Jobs are being lost, content has been thinned,...
LOS ANGELES — Michael Heizer’s "Levitated Mass" was not conceived of as performance art. Once installed on the grassy...
The Internet is a great place: It has revolutionized the way that we communicate, shop, and consume information. But...
Contemporary Arts
UPDATE: Gordon Ferguson has now been reinstated to his position at Alberta College of Art + Design, following the...
The 19th Biennale of Sydney (BOS19) is shaping up to be a fantastic event if the artist preview list is anything...
She may be 82 years old, but Maria Pergay continues to innovate her works in metal. While her pioneering...
Influential art dealer Yossi Milo will make history later this month when he becomes the first New York gallerist to...
The Pontifical Council for Culture has announced the details of the Holy See’s first pavilion at the Venice Biennale....
Name: José Parlá
Age: 39
Occupation: Painter
City/Neighborhood: Brooklyn, New YorkYou went to Cuba last year to...
Features
The 19th Biennale of Sydney (BOS19) is shaping up to be a fantastic event if the artist preview list is anything...
Influential art dealer Yossi Milo will make history later this month when he becomes the first New York gallerist to...
You may remember seeing an article on ARTINFO Australia in December 2012 about a giant sculptural hot-air balloon by...
BEIJING — In spite of constantly searching for unique materials, concepts and ways to create their works, artists have...
I first met Lee Kit in 2009 after viewing his exhibition “Someone Singing and Calling Your Name” at Osage Soho in Hong...
SYDNEY — Hans Ulrich Obrist and Klaus Biesenbach's "13 Rooms," a 13-room exhibition of "living sculptures," is...
Impressionism & Modern Art
Madrid's Reina Sofia Museum exhibits more than 200 works by Salvador Dali in one of the largest...
After a seven-month renovation, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam reopened its doors to the public with an exhibit...
At the center of the critical debate over the status of John Singer Sargent's watercolors lies the question of their...
NEW YORK — Yesterday the Metropolitan Museum, long-maligned for the comparative paucity of its modern and contemporary...
This Thursday, Adeline Hazan, mayor of the French city of Reims, will receive an exceptional donation of 663 works by...
Not since the Musée d’Orsay’s 2010 “Crime and Punishment” has Paris received a show with as much darkness and density...
Museums
Twelve sculptures by Henry Moore have been shipped to Holland to inaugurate the newly reopened Rijksmuseum’s Gardens...
Michael Landy has a knack for the spectacular. For his best-known performance piece, Break Down (2001), the artist...
Where will she stop? Hannah Barry, the contemporary art gallerist who put the inner London neighbourhood of Peckham on...
Decades before New York's Central Park was created, Green-Wood Cemetery's ponds, hills and winding paths provided...
Elvis Presley's rhinestone cape and diamond and sapphire studded belt are part of two new exhibits at the King of Rock...
Madrid's Reina Sofia Museum exhibits more than 200 works by Salvador Dali in one of the largest...
Old Masters/Renaissance
Perched atop the Janiculum Hill of Rome, with a staggering view of the Eternal City spread out before it, stands the...
What is the most frequently stolen artwork in history? The answer is The Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck, stolen six...
No, there aren’t any Kangaroos in the background, and good old Mona isn’t flanked by gum trees. In fact, the...
Granted, Frieze Week feels bigger every year. Exhibitions, talks, and performances are mushrooming in London's every...
Police in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania have made meager progress in the search for a portrait bust of Benjamin Franklin...
Last April, legendary fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy approached Christie’s with a drawing in hand. The pen-and-...
One-Line Reviews
Once again, ARTINFO has sent its intrepid staff into the streets of New York, charged with reviewing the art they saw...
Once again, ARTINFO has sent its intrepid staff into the streets of New York City, charged with reviewing the art they...
Once again, ARTINFO has sent its intrepid staff into the streets of New York City, charged with reviewing the art they...
Once again, ARTINFO has sent its intrepid staff into the streets of Chelsea, charged with reviewing the art they saw...
Once again, ARTINFO has sent its intrepid staff into the streets of Chelsea, charged with reviewing the art they saw...
This week, ARTINFO has sent its intrepid staff into the aisles of Armory Week fairs all over New York, charged with...
Reviews
Molly Crabapple is a star, though not an art star in the conventional sense — and I mean that as a compliment. “Shell...
At the center of the critical debate over the status of John Singer Sargent's watercolors lies the question of their...
Once again, ARTINFO has sent its intrepid staff into the streets of New York, charged with reviewing the art they saw...
Derek Mainella and Elizabeth Eamer have curated a tantalizing look at the U.K. art scene for the Museum of...
Ragnar Kjartansson’s “The Visitors,” just about to end an extended run at Luhring Augustine, is a great work. It is so...
There is more than a touch of irony to “#undertheinfluence,” the latest show at KM Fine Arts in Los Angeles — 10...
Traditional Arts
TOKYO – The history of art in Japan seems almost inseparable from the country’s most iconic natural landmark – Mount...
WHAT: “Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints”’WHEN: March 9 – June 9, 2013WHERE: Japan Society, 333 East 47th...
The neolithic craft of Japanese tōgei (pottery) morphs into a contemporary approach under Takuro Kuwata’s...
WHAT: “Henry Darger: Landscapes”WHEN: December 13, 2012 – February 2, 2013WHERE: Ricco/Maresca Gallery, 529 West 20th...
Watercolor has long been dubbed the most difficult medium among artists. British artist Alexander Creswell is a...
Selling the art collection of former tax lawyer Ross Clarke and his wife Rona Clarke in Brisbane was always going to...
