San Francisco decides to dismantle “iconic” Vaillancourt Fountain
The San Francisco Arts Commission has voted to dismantle and store a 1970s concrete fountain in San Francisco…
Review: KAWS, eyeless at SFMOMA
Pop artist Brian “KAWS” Donnelly would have you think that family is important to him. After all, his…
Pastoral Landscapes Brim with Patterns in Luminous Paintings by David Brian Smith — Colossal
Easter egg-like clouds, glowing sunrise gradients, and myriad vibrant patterns are just a few of the elements comprising…
major wes anderson exhibition arrives at the design museum
wes anderson exhibition unveils 30 years of worldbuilding A monumental candy-pink model of the Grand Budapest Hotel…
Three Weeks With Kodacolor 200: First Impressions From the Road
Over the last few weeks I’ve been testing out the newly released Kodacolor 200, shooting over the course…
Palm Springs Art Museum Refutes Report Calling its Finances Into Doubt
A Los Angeles Times investigation of the finances of the Palm Springs Art Museum claims there are significant…
Ripley’s Buys Maurizio Cattelan’s Gold Toilet for $12.1 M.
The new owner of Maurizio Cattelan’s “America” (2016)—the 18-karat gold, fully functioning toilet that sold for $12.1 million on Tuesday night—is…
Gustav Klimt portrait sale breaks modern art record
The 6-foot-tall (1.8-meter-tall) portrait, painted over three years between 1914 and 1916, depicts the daughter of one of…
Gustav Klimt Painting Sells for $236.4 Million
Gustav Klimt’s legacy just got a little greener. After all, the symbolist artist’s painting Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer (or…
Jeff Koons’s First New York Show in Seven Years Is Dreadfully Dull
Jeff Koons’s “Banality” sculptures of the late 1980s are anything but ordinary: few can easily forget the sight…
Department of Buildings approves six designs for New York’s scaffolding
New York’s Department of Buildings has greenlit designs by architecture studio PAU and engineering outfit Arup for the…
Tour visits the same artwork as Ferris Bueller at the Art Institute
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look at “The Art of Ferris Bueller,” you could…