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Jul 23, 2012 | Contributor: James RothaarArt produced by talented employees of the world’s premier auction house will be presented at Christie’s 13th Insider Art Exhibit. The yearly event shines a spotlight on emerging artists who also work in the various departments at Christie’s.... Read More | 
Jul 20, 2012 | Contributor: Mila PantovichImagination offers us the unique ability to see beyond our material realities into another world that may not make logical sense, but always resonates with us emotionally. Many artists have taken to playing with these ideas while using photography as their tool, but very few of them are able to present an image so real, it forces the viewer to accept it, not as a material possibility, but as something larger than that.... Read More | 
Jul 18, 2012 | Contributor: Mila PantovichBorn in 1961 in California, Elizabeth Turk is an artist who does everything from sketches in ink and collages to intricate marble sculptures, which is what she's best known for. She has the amazing ability to take heavy stone and transform it into incredibly detailed patterns that are so thin they shouldn't be able to withstand their own weight, but they somehow do.... Read More | 
Jul 13, 2012 | Contributor: Mila PantovichWorld renowned artist Yayoi Kusama has a long career of painting, sculpture, collage, performance art, environmental installations, and collaborations with luxury fashion brands, all working to present her thematic use of psychedelic colors and repetition.... Read More | 
Jul 9, 2012 | Contributor: Mila PantovichHollywood is synonymous with glitz and glamour, revolving around beautiful people with iconic lives. However, there's also a darkness lying beneath the bright lights of Hollywood and it's filled with meaningless sex, addiction, breakdowns, vicious rumors, loss of privacy, overexposure, and depression. Not many people have publicly delved into that world but with every new generation comes a person who enjoys digging the dirt out from under the mask, reconciling the beauty with the trauma. Photographer Tyler Shields is such a person.... Read More | 
Jul 5, 2012 | Contributor: Sara CardozaArgentinean sculpture artist, Leandro Erlich’s unusual combination of art and architecture take inspiration from the literary influence of Jorge Luis Borges. Like Borges, whose work traverses in the realm of impossibility, Erlich attempts to alter the way we view the world, creating installations that both distort and upend. Erlich also makes mention of... Read More | 
Jun 28, 2012 | Contributor: Mila Pantovich | 1 CommentIf you plan on being in Russia any time soon, you should definitely check out the iconic State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. If the beautiful museum itself isn't enough of a draw, maybe its first exhibit to honor a contemporary artist is. Born in Spain, Santiago Calatrava is considered by many to be one of the world's elite designers with titles that include architect, sculptor, and structural engineer. From June 27, 2012 to September 30, 2012, Calatrava will have his very own show at the famous Hermitage Museum, entitled "Santiago Calatrava: The Quest for Movement".... Read More | 
Jun 20, 2012 | Contributor: Sara Cardoza“Great talent deserves endless attention.” That’s the motto of ArtistsWanted.org. The new business is striving to connect artists with a well-rounded community as well as encourage their members to compete in artistic contests that yield surprising... Read More | 
Jun 8, 2012 | Contributor: Sara Cardoza | 1 CommentThe works of one of the world’s most recognized artists, Vincent van Gogh, will be showcased for the first time in 25 years at Canada’s National Gallery with the support of Sun Life Financial and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Van Gogh: Up Close exhibit will feature 47 paintings from the Dutch artist... Read More | 
May 24, 2012 | Contributor: JustLuxe Team | 1 CommentBeing able to display your work as an artist is a very important and exciting experience. Some hope to put their work in museums, in parks, or even the streets in a major city. For Jason deCaires Taylor, the depths of the ocean floor was the perfect place to make his beautiful art work come alive.... Read More | 
May 16, 2012 | Contributor: Sara CardozaSpring ushered in a racy new exhibit which is on display at the Palazzo Grassi in Venezia, Italy. The exhibit features works by contemporary Swiss artist Urs Fischer. The artist, who was born in 1973, is best known for large-scale installation and sculptures that have been placed in special collections around the world, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.... Read More | 
May 15, 2012 | Contributor: Sara CardozaSpencer Finch, perhaps best known for his contemporary light installations, is a rare combination of artist and scientist, maker and philosopher. With his work, Finch seeks to capture the fleeting, the invisible, and the mundane, but most of all, Finch attempts to capture and recreate the atmosphere in which we experience the world. During a period of time, Finch travelled to places that have both ignited the imagination and been residence to some of history’s most talented artists and writers, measuring and capturing light as if attempting to bottle the spirit of creativity itself.... Read More | 
May 14, 2012 | Contributor: Sara CardozaBritish-based artist, Debbie Smyth, doesn’t create her amazing installation pieces using, canvas, paint, paper, or any of the typical materials you think when you hear the word “drawing,” or “art.” Instead, Smyth, an accomplished crafter of textiles, recreates scenes and objects from the world around us using thread. Her incredible pieces have been featured on the front cover of the New York Times and have been commissioned by the likes of Sony, Red Cross Canada, Mr. Jones Watches and many others.... Read More | 
May 10, 2012 | Contributor: Ruth MitchellYou are going to hear a lot more about Crystal Bridges in Bentonville, Arkansas. The New York Times calls it " the art museum Wal-mart money built.” Or you might have heard about the uproar caused by Alice Walton’s purchase of a landmark Hudson River School landscape painting, Kindred Spirits, by Asher B. Durand, from the New York Public Library for around $35 million.... Read More | 
May 3, 2012 | Contributor: Sara CardozaArtist Cliff Garten has received two individual artistic fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bush Foundation Fellowship for Individual Artists, the Bush Foundation Leadership Fellowship, and the Jerome Foundation Travelling Artist Grant for his incredible work on more than fifty sculptures throughout North America. Garten's work can be found in collaboration with projects that include architecture, landscaping, and engineering.... Read More | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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