What is video art? How is it any different from all the other moving pictures that are apparently not-art? Let's explore its history and present.
January 2019 Art News
An art dealer in the Hague recently made a once in a lifetime discovery—an original work by the master of Flemish Baroque Peter Paul Rubens.
Heritage Auctions took a first step into a new area of collectibles with its offering of 25 certified and graded collectible video games made its debut Jan. 13.
The biggest factor in the price of art often isn't quality or effort–it's branding. But when a new artist steps into the art market, he or she has no reputation–no branding. That's where art dealers come in. They promote, educate, and help artists to gain fame and success.
Created in response to the destruction of important cultural sites in the Middle East and Africa, a new foundation is funding projects that preserve humanity’s invaluable ancient monuments. The International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas, or ALIPH, aims to support prevention, protection and restoration projects around the world.
Sotheby's is pleased to announce that we will auction the only complete archive of skateboard decks produced by iconic streetwear brand Supreme in private hands. Spanning 20 years of production, the archive includes all 248 decks created by Supreme from 1998-2018, diligently and passionately assembled over decades by collector Ryan Fuller.
The 19th-century Quaker artist Edward Hicks painted some of American folk art’s most cherished works. In this film, Christie's Specialist Sallie Glover explains how, in a series of works featuring animals and children, he reconciled creative impulses with religious beliefs.
The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today the acquisition of Spring in the Alps, 1897, by Giovanni Segantini (Italian, 1858-1899). Originally painted for Jacob Stern, a San Francisco collector and director of Levi Strauss & Co, the painting has a long connection to California. It was on continuous loan to Legion of Honor in San Francisco from 1928 until it was sold by Stern’s descendants in 1999.
Enrique Martínez Celaya’s ongoing examination of coming of age is the subject of his first solo exhibition at Denver’s Robischon Gallery,The Boy: Witness and Marker 2003 - 2018. Opening January 17, the artist says it is also his first exhibition “dedicated to the boy as image, concept and metaphor.”
In this episode of Anatomy of an Artwork, immerse yourself in the heavenly details of Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael’s A Banquet of the Gods. Comprising nearly 50 elegantly posed figures, this intricate painting is a paradigm of Dutch Mannerist art.
