{article by: CHRISTINE KUAN | via: Artsy} Gryphon Rower-Upjohn is the great-grandson of the renowned artist Alexander Calder. The current exhibition “Alexander Calder: Avant-Garde in Motion” in Dusseldorf highlights the ground-breaking, yet often overlooked, experimental work in sound and music Calder did 20 years before John Cage. In this interview, I talk to Rower-Upjohn about why…
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15 badass art world heroines over 70 years old
They came. They created. They conquered. The Huffington Post | By Priscilla Frank The following 15 women defeated the odds, inscribing their names in art history and forever changing its course. And what’s crazier is the fact that they kept doing it, over and over again, probably for longer than you’ve been alive. Behold, the…
yin yu tang :: moving house, with 2,000 chinese parts
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass: Furniture, furnishings and films about Yin Yu Tang are now on view in the Ground Level Chinese art gallery, adjacent to the new Double Happiness exhibition. Also, please enjoy interpretive materials, objects and a video about Yin Yu Tang on the Ground Level outside Morse Auditorium and on the Level…
father’s perspective
“Drei” is the third segment in photographer Fred Huening’s visual trilogy. The earlier portions, “Einer” and “Zwei,” followed Huening as he fell in love with his girlfriend and later, more tragically, as the two gave birth to a still born child. The final installment captures life after the birth of his healthy son, documenting the…
doctors enlist paintings to hone skills
More physicians are offering a different perspective on paintings by ‘diagnosing’ pieces of art. Article by Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal, Dec. 31, 2014. When it comes to art, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And so, apparently, is a medical diagnosis. Rheumatologist Sara E. Walker spent her life doing research on and treating…
turner masterpiece sells for £30.3m, setting world auction record for artist
Rome, From Mount Aventine was one of the last great works in private hands and remains in exceptional condition One of the last great Turner masterpieces remaining in private hands set a world auction record for the artist tonight, Sotheby’s said. Rome, From Mount Aventine, sold for £30.3m including buyer’s premium, easily beating its estimate…
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