Art and Society – Page 5

Inside Hushed Museum Hallways, a Rumble Over Pay Grows Louder

July 24, 2019

The NY Times - The art handlers at the Guggenheim work under some unusual conditions, having to hang paintings slightly askew and tilted to account for the museum’s sloped floors and curved walls. - read more ...

Germany returning Stone Cross artifact to Namibia

Artery

May 22, 2019

Art and Society, Museums

DW - A Berlin museum said it is returning the Stone Cross of Cape Cross, a key cultural artifact, to Namibia. The cross, placed on Namibia's coast by Portuguese explorers in 1486, is a symbol of the country's c...

“The beheading of culture is irrevocable”

Artery

May 22, 2019

Art and Society

dezeen - The flow of famous individuals was endless in its useless vanity and uncertainty. Many great stars, visibly on edge for their act of great entrance, were seen shaky on their feet, babbling to their pub...

Claude Monet Sells for $110M at Sotheby’s

Artery

May 22, 2019

Art and Society

Hyperallergic- One of Claude Monet’s iconic haystack paintings, “Meules” (1890), sold for $110,747,000 at Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on May 14, becoming the first Impressionist to sur...

A Scholar Has Cracked the Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript

Artery

May 22, 2019

Art and Society, Art History

Artnet - An academic in the UK has unraveled the mysteries of a coded medieval manuscript that has confounded experts for more than a century. Professional codebreakers, linguistics specialists, and computer pr...

Van Gogh’s Correspondence

Artery

May 21, 2019

Art and Society, Art History

The Art Newspaper - A tantalising and largely overlooked postscript in a letter suggests that Vincent van Gogh knew the young Victor Horta, who would eventually become the celebrated Art Nouveau and Art Deco ar...

‘I feel like a pariah’ – how art dealer Mary Boone fell from grace

Artery

March 23, 2019

Art and Society, Trending

The Guardian - One of New York’s most renowned art dealers and gallerists is heading to prison for filing false tax returns and closing her gallery simultaneously - read more ...

Women and Minority Artists Flourish Amid Elite Indulgence at the 2019 Armory Show

Artery

March 9, 2019

Art and Society

Hyperallergic - About halfway through my tour of Armory Show 2019, I encountered the gigantesque and hollowed-out sculpture “Plastic Bags” (2019) by Cameroonian artist Pascale Marthine Tayou. Nearby, an overeag...

There are Millions of New Millionaires, but Not at Art Sales

Artery

March 9, 2019

Art and Society

New York Times - An estimated $67.4 billion of art was sold worldwide last year, an increase of 6 percent on 2017, according to an influential report released on Friday. Yet growth in the art market remains ...

Activists Demand MoMA Divest from Private Prisons and Weapons Manufacturers

Artery

March 9, 2019

Art and Society

Hyperallergic - Why is the Museum of Modern Art honoring Bank of America’s CEO Brian Moynihan when his company is a top funder of private prisons? That’s one question protesters were asking the Midtown museum’s...