The Metropolitan Museum’s world-famed collection of European paintings encompasses works of art from the thirteenth through the nineteenth centuries—from Giotto to Gauguin. Most, though not all, are displayed in the galleries of the Department of European Paintings. The collection traces its origins back to the… Read More
Art critic Alastair Sooke tracks down the ten most expensive paintings to sell at auction, and investigates the stories behind the astronomic prices art can reach. Gaining access to the glittering world of the super-rich, Sooke discovers why the planet’s richest people want to spend… Read More
Turkey’s contemporary art scene is buzzing. Collectors pay millions for the hottest works at exclusive auctions, high-end galleries are springing up by the dozen, and more and more Turkish artists are holding exhibitions abroad. The clients are the usual family magnates and super-rich – Istanbul… Read More
Maxime Chevalier-Boisvert created Turing Drawings, an app which “uses randomly generated Turing machines to produce drawings on a canvas, as a form of generative art. The typical Turing machine formulation manipulates symbols on a one-dimensional tape. Turing Drawings uses machines that operate on a finite… Read More
Ayyam Gallery London is pleased to be hosting the ‘Olympiad Palestine 2013′ from 20 June – 3 August, the first UK solo exhibition of Khaled Jarrar. This exciting body of work will include a new site-specific participatory installation for which Jarrar will be constructing a… Read More
MoMA PS1 announces a major component of EXPO 1: New York, entitled Rain Room (2012), which is being presented at The Museum of Modern Art, from May 12 through July 28, 2013. A large-scale environment by Random International, Rain Room is a field of falling… Read More
Fourteen original Salvador Dali watercolour fruit studies, unseen until now, will be sold at Bonhams’ Impressionist and Modern Art sale in London on 18th June. Commissioned in 1969, the paintings have been in private hands since their creation. Each painting is valued at £40,000 –… Read More
Auckland’s art scene bursts to life with the 5th Auckland Triennial, New Zealand’s largest contemporary visual art festival. The 5th Auckland Triennial (until August 11) features over 30 artists, artist collectives and architects from 15 countries and is led by internationally acclaimed curator, Hou Hanru…. Read More
Sonic Water is a cymatics installation. Cymatics is the process of visualizing sound and vibrations through matter, such as for example sand or water. In the beginning there was sound. The reason cymatics exerts such a strong fascination is that we are not conditioned to… Read More
The Royal Collection’s online catalogue upgraded a portrait of Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) from what was known as a copy of a Van Dyck to a Van Dyck in full: “This was until recently believed to be a contemporary copy after a lost Van… Read More
