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Carrie Mae Weems, Photographer and Subject
The photographer Carrie Mae Weems has made a career of representing American life in terms of race, gender and class, often using her own image to illustrate her point of view.See it on Scoop.it, via...
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Shock Me if You Can
A hundred years after “Rite of Spring” sparked an uproar in Paris, shock has grown mainstream, raising a question: Can art still shock today?See it on Scoop.it, via The History of Art
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Goldman’s 13th Street Legacy At Street Level & High Up In The Air | Hidden...
The late Tony Goldman's recent 13th Street project brought street art back to Philadelphia's Mural Arts Program in the form of three contemporary art projects--a fourth is on the way in October.See it...
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Color Change in Van Gogh Painting Explained : Discovery News
A chemical reaction between the paint and a varnish in Van Gogh's painting made his flowers turn from yellow to orange-gray.See it on Scoop.it, via The History of Art
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New Demotic Dictionary Translates Lives of Ancient Egyptians
The first dictionary of Demotic Egyptian, the language common people spoke in ancient Egypt while the pharaohs were drawing their hieroglyphics, has just been completed.See it on Scoop.it, via The...
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Munch’s ‘Scream’ to Hang for Six Months at MoMA
After paying nearly $120 million for it at auction, the new owner of Edvard Munch’s “Scream” is lending it to the Museum of Modern Art.See it on Scoop.it, via The History of Art
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Who needs pictures in an art book??
"Students at Ontario College of Art and Design were forced to buy a $180 textbook filled with blank squares." See it on Scoop.it, via The History of Art
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Love art? Try Philadelphia for a fix
The City of Brotherly Love has the largest amount of public art in the United States...See it on Scoop.it, via The History of Art
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Housekeeper arrested with $3 million Franklin bust
24-hour breaking news, sports, weather, entertainment, and more with coverage from The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News.See it on Scoop.it, via The History of Art
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Another Mona Lisa to be unveiled in Geneva - The Art Newspaper
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In Paris, an Exhibition Dedicated to Hair
A new show at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris celebrates the importance of hair in art, fashion, style, ritual, sexuality, religion and culture, from antiquity to today.See it on Scoop.it, via The...
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Museum of Modern Art Plans to Be Open Every Day
In response to growing attendance, the Museum of Modern Art plans to be open every day, beginning in May.See it on Scoop.it, via The History of Art
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Ancient Egyptian Fake Toes Earliest Prosthetics : Discovery News
The big toes, created between 950 to 710 B.C., were most comfortable when worn with sandals, volunteers discovered.See it on Scoop.it, via The History of Art
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Costco Returns to the Business of Selling Fine Art
Costco, the giant discount retailer, is returning to the art market after a six-year hiatus prompted by the sale of two disputed Picasso drawings online.See it on Scoop.it, via The History of Art
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The Last Supper Undergoes A Robotic Makeover
Giles Walker's installation The Last Supper refracts the famous biblical scene through a glass darkly.See it on Scoop.it, via The History of Art
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Picasso and Monets Are Stolen From Dutch Museum
A museum in Rotterdam was robbed of works worth hundreds of millions of dollars on Tuesday.See it on Scoop.it, via The History of Art
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9,000 butterflies die for Damien Hirst's art: Animal groups attack 'callous'...
In And Out Of Love, an exhibition by the 47-year-old artist featuring thousands of live butterflies, saw more than 9,000 of the beautiful insects die - around 400 a week.See it on Scoop.it, via The...
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Protecting Art From Hammers and Lipstick
Following attack on a Rothko at the Tate, museums debate how to protect works of art from vandals.See it on Scoop.it, via The History of Art
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X-rays reveal true identity of subject in Holbein portrait
Modern conservation methods reveal details hidden by early repair work on portrait of Hans of Antwerp - and change identity of sitter...See it on Scoop.it, via The History of Art
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World's oldest undeciphered writing
The world's oldest undeciphered writing system, which has so far defied attempts to uncover its 5,000-year-old secrets, could be about to be decoded by Oxford University academics.See it on Scoop.it,...
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