There is an indelible memory I have that comes to me at least once a month. I am lying on a bench staring up through the square-framed sky inside James Turrell’s interactive artwork, “Skyspace Amarta,” watching the sky change slide by slide as the colors inside the cube I am lying in subtly shift, as … Read more
With a bumper crop of more than 60 superstars from Jennifer Lopez to Sofia Richie Grainge planted in the front row, Ralph Lauren’s rustic spring 2024 show and dinner on Friday night was a barnburner. The Bronx-born designer transformed a cavernous space at the Brooklyn Navy Yard into a wood-floored, canvas-draped artist’s loft for the … Read more
This art is not for the faint of heart. Zoe Elliott-Brown, 36, believes that a portrait she bought from a UK charity shop is haunted, and she’s convinced it has “transfixed” her 68-year-old mother, Jayne Elliott-Brown, with its power. The portrait, of a young girl in a red dress staring into the distance, captured Jayne’s … Read more
She may not have to be thrifty with her future purchases. A woman was shocked to discover that the necklace she purchased at the thrift store for $2 was actually a $3,000 piece of lost art. Jess Smith, 23, was shopping at her favorite thrift store in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania earlier this summer and went straight … Read more
He spent seven minutes in heaven. A British stage actor who died before being miraculously revived is speaking out about his brief visit to the afterlife. Shiv Grewal, 60, went into cardiac arrest on Feb. 9, 2013, after having lunch with wife Alison near their home in southeast London. Alison quickly dialed an ambulance for … Read more
A 19th-century family portrait that was altered to cover up an enslaved teenager has been recently restored to its original version. The painting, initially etched on canvas, is now set to hang in the Metropolitan Museum of Art this fall after half a century in hiding. The rare Jacques Guillaume Lucien Amans attributed work from … Read more
A British artist who created an exhibition in homage to actor Pedro Pascal was left disappointed when the actor visited the gallery where the paintings are on display while it was closed. Heidi Gentle Burrell unveiled her exhibition — ADHD Hyperfixation & Why It Looks Like I Love Pedro Pascal — on June 3 at … Read more
Frenchman Stéphane Breitwieser was an art junkie, and to get his fix, he stole some 239 works of art with an estimated value of a whopping $2 billion — from as many as 200 museums all over Europe. One of the valuable pieces was the old master painting “Sybille, Princess of Cleves,” by the artist … Read more
In February, Gen X darlings Pavement headlined for a crowd of craft beer drinkers that spilled across a muddy lawn outside one of the most influential art museums in the world. Earlier, the thumping bass of sex-positive electro-punk icon Peaches drew the scene away from experimental dance shows and an installation wall of anatomically accurate … Read more
Nailed it! For as long as we’ve had minds to dream and bodies to adorn we’ve found ways to decorate them. Manicures and nail design in general are a bit of a cross cultural phenomenon; ancient Egyptians gilded their claws and Indian women began dying the tips of their fingers with henna as early as … Read more
Nailed it! For as long as we’ve had minds to dream and bodies to adorn we’ve found ways to decorate them. Manicures and nail design in general are a bit of a cross cultural phenomenon; ancient Egyptians gilded their claws and Indian women began dying the tips of their fingers with henna as early as … Read more
Famed ink artist Don Ed Hardy espoused, “A tattoo is an affirmation: that this body is yours to have and to enjoy while you’re here. Nobody else can control what you do with it.” Here, here Ed. For as long as humans have had bodies we’ve found ways to affirm ourselves through them. In Ancient … Read more
This woman’s boyfriend is a human coloring book. Maggie Moodie broke out her Sharpies and opted to spend hours upon hours filling in partner Scoobie Sousa’s tattoos. Despite the 22-year-old dropping about $125,000 on his ink and spending more than 500 hours at the tattoo parlor, his body still needed some color. Moodie, 24, put … Read more
It’s the true art of the steal — child support edition. Hunter Biden, 53 has settled his ongoing child custody dispute with baby mama Lunden Roberts by striking a rather strange compromise. The beleaguered First Son will not give his love-child Navy Roberts, his last name – as requested by Lunden. But the amateur artist will … Read more
A handbag that is so small it requires a microscope to be seen sold for over $63,000 at an auction on Wednesday. The Louis Vuitton-inspired neon-green miniature purse was created by Brooklyn-based art collective MSCHF and is “smaller than a grain of sea salt and narrow enough to pass through the eye of a needle,” … Read more
A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold Tuesday for $108.4 million, making it the most expensive artwork ever auctioned in Europe. “Dame mit Fächer” — Lady with a Fan — sold to a buyer in the room at Sotheby’s in London after a 10-minute bidding war for a hammer price of 74 million … Read more
This Poo-caso specializes in turning crap into gold. Calling someone’s art crappy may seem like a value judgment. However, German artist Werner Härtl, 45, specializes in creating elaborate paintings out of cow dung — which he proudly showcases for fans like a veritable da Vinci of doo-doo. “I just use cow manure to create my … Read more
She showcased eyeballs of steel. A Brazilian TikTok influencer both revulsed and impressed viewers after mastering the art of sneezing with her eyes open — and not causing her peepers to pop out. A video of her display of ocular fortitude has amassed over 49 million eyeballs online. “Now I know why when I’m driving … Read more
It’s Anna Wintour’s world and we’re all just living in it. The second annual Vogue World is hopping the pond to Great Britain and is slated to launch London fashion week this fall. Wintour, Vogue’s editor-in-chief and Conde Nast’s chief content officer, is hoping the show will take over “in the way the Met Gala … Read more
The art world is up in arms, from collectors to curators – donors to docents. They are all furious about a host of major museums selling works by some of America’s best-loved artists. And one of the most contentious of these sell-offs is happening this week at the venerable Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan. … Read more