Fri 12 Sep 2008
The show at the Bronx Museum of the Arts takes street art and gives it a focused but muted, even contemplative look.
A huge, whimsical floral sculpture by Japans Takashi Murakami is set to steal the show at Sothebys Hong Kong auction of modern Asian art in a region apparently unfazed by the global economic slowdown.
Art Market Readies For Damien Hirst Auction
Can art make for a sounder investment than brick and mortar in times of gloom
Art historians once believed the reign of Spains Philip III was a wasteland, devoid of the great works commissioned by his father and son.
Bad art lovers in Boston have a new place to get their fix: the Museum of Bad Art, in the basement of the Somerville Theater, right near the mens room. Reporter Sean Cole paid a visit and brought his own bit of bad art for an appraisal.
Whats aught but as tis valued Or, as Andy Warhol put it, art is what you can get away with. Damien Hirst, Warhols post pop descendant, understands better than anyone how art and money have always needed each other.
Wynwood and Design District art galleries kick off the season Saturday with exhibits opening during Gallery Walk. Among the highlights:
LONDON Dow Jones Could art make for a sounder investment than brick and mortar in times of gloom An unprecedented auction of new works on Sept. 15 and 16 by the worlds most expensive living artist, Damien Hirst, could shed some light on the question.