Ruin and Redemption in Architecture by Dan Barasch is a new book from Phaidon that examines how abandoned and ruined buildings are being reimagined, transformed, and repurposed.
Art News
Profiles in History is proud to announce today, on the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion during World War II, that a top secret Ninth Air Force Tactical Air Plan for D-Day will be going up for auction on July 11th in Los Angeles.
Discovered after decades stashed in a drawer, one of the world’s most famous and valuable chesspieces in coming to auction. Offered by Sotheby’s in their upcoming Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art sale, a newly rediscovered carved ivory chessmen dating to the 12th century is estimated to sell for $700,000 to $1.2 million.
DALLAS, Texas – The first cover appearance of arguably the most popular comic character worldwide, as well as a pair of lots by the artist who has been called “the Japanese equivalent of Walt Disney” and a group of more than 50 lots of Walt Disney animation art, come to auction June 8-9 in Heritage Auctions’European Comic Art Auction in Dallas, Texas.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Souls Grown Deep: Artists of the African American South, an exhibition including paintings, sculptures, and quilts that celebrates the recent acquisition of 24 works from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation.
On the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests, one artist is making sure the atrocities of that incident are not forgotten.
As a follow up to their BB on Fragonard's "The Swing", Corrie and Nat discuss Yinka Shonibare's 2001 work, "The Swing" (after Fragonard).
London-based artist Nasser Azam is a modern day Renaissance man.
In an ever-changing world, artists and designers seek to simultaneously make sense of the change and to shape it. That challenge has never been greater in the industrialized, digitized 21st century, which shifts and grows at an exponentially increasing pace. Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, the museum’s sixth triennial, brings together a wide range of designers engaging with art and science in cutting-edge ways to address one of the major challenges of our time.
NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS — Across and within a massive earthen mound wending through two galleries, renowned performer and social activist Annie Lennox will create a site-specific installation comprised of hundreds of artifacts culled from her personal collection of memorabilia, found objects, and personal effects amassed throughout her lifetime. Annie Lennox: ‘Now I Let You Go…’ will be on view beginning Saturday, May 25. The exhibition opend with a reception from 5:30 to 7:00pm, preceded by a
