STATE OF THE ART| 21 May 2015 Venice Biennale: Iraq pavilion (Credit: Akam Shex Hadi) The Iraq pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale doesn’t with work addressing Islamic State. Alastair Sooke reports. As Islamic State (IS) fighters continue to advance towards Baghdad, contemporary art in the region is probably the last thing on the…
Russell James is an incredibly skilled photographer, a world traveler and the envy of men around the world, thanks to the extensive list of supermodels he has photographed completely nude. His talent for creating beautiful and provocative images is more apparent than ever in the new book “Angels,” a 300-page compilation of his work with…
Courtesy Ralph Steadman Alex Suskind ENTERTAINMENT 04.27.14 The Gonzo Artist: Behind Ralph Steadman’s Most Famous Work Inside the mind of Ralph Steadman, the legendary artist and provocateur known for ghoulish humans, ink splatter marks, and distorted Polaroids of historical figures and celebrities. Step into a gallery space on West 18th Street in New York City…
H has grabbed the country by the throat, with the low-budget likes of Paranormal Activity and The Purge regularly breaking into the box-office Top 10, while cable’s highest-rated drama, The Walking Dead, leads a crowded TV lineup of witches, vampires, and other ghoulish fare Down to the Morgan Library I bat-flew one afternoon to pay homage to Edgar Allan…
The value of the arts to the economy has always been an elusive figure – until now. For the first time, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, part of the Commerce Department, has quantified art’s impact, finding in a study released Thursday that 3.2 percent – or $504 billion – of the…
Marketing genius: Picasso at his villa in the South of France in 1957 A new tribe of hyper-rich global nomads is distorting the international property market. Like Hans Holbein’s anamorphosis, it can only be understood when seen from an acute angle. In this case the angle of arrogant wealth. It is not unusual…
Llyn Foulkes in Studio
Scrutinizing the Sexy New Art-Tech Industry: It’s Not a Bubble, It’s Barely a Blip Illustration by ARTINFO More Voices by Shane Ferro The Internet is a great place: It has revolutionized the way that we communicate, shop, and consume information. But certain things have a certain je ne sais quoi to them that transitions awkwardly to the…
European masterpieces were on show, but also works by US artists, including Hartley’s, Still Life, No.1, 1912, which are often overlooked One of the most notorious cultural events of the 20th century, marking the dawn of America’s love affair with Modernism. And yet, as the Armory Show reaches its centenary, the full picture of…