Prado Celebrates Bosch in Huge Exhibition
Madrid’s Museo del Prado is holding one heck of a birthday party for Hieronymus Bosch. Er–sorry, we meant deathday party, à la Nearly Headless Nick in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In a somewhat-related style, the Prado is currently holding unprecedentedly-huge exhibition on the works of Hieronymus Bosch. The exhibition, curated by Pilar […]
Five Low-Key, Stunning Pieces to see at LACMA
Last week, I had the opportunity to visit the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). And as with any art museum, there was way too much to see and too few hours in the day. So in order that you might conserve your time, I decided to make a short list of what’s on […]
Okay, Museum Webcams Are A Thing
As we all know from reading The Da Vinci Code and watching National Treasure, today’s top museums have state-of-the-art security systems. Overall, technology has done a lot for museums–from (mostly) keeping people from touching the Van Goghs to engaging visitors even further. And now it even allows you to connect with your top museums 24/7. […]
Georgia Abroad–O’Keeffe Works On Tour
Some of Georgia O’Keeffe’s works are taking a trip to Europe in light of the Brexit. Just kidding–not really because of the Brexit–but over 100 of O’Keeffe’s pieces will be shown throughout Europe this fall. This marks the largest showcase of the late artist’s works outside of the United States. The O’Keeffes will […]
Keep Up With Art Basel!
Today marks the start of Art Basel 2016, the world’s biggest art fair. Hundreds of thousands of artists, collectors, and art enthusiasts will descend upon Basel, Switzerland today through June 19 in order to catch a glimpse of some of the world’s biggest names in contemporary art. Founded in 1970, Art Basel hosts […]
SFMOMA Opens with Plenty of Pomp & Circumstance
For San Francisco fans of modern art, the wait is finally over. On May 14, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art reopened its doors to the public after a three-year closing and expansion. With thousands in attendance and over 15 inaugural exhibitions, Saturday’s opening was one for the books. Opening celebrations included […]
Happy Birthday, LACMA!
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, better known by its acronym, LACMA. Though it’s unlikely that you’ve never heard of LACMA, you’ve almost certainly seen it, as several of its large-scale exhibitions like Levitated Mass and Urban Light are featured in countless advertisements for […]
Art Basel 2015 Highlights
What is Art Basel? Well, it’s the world’s most prominent contemporary art fair, and it’s loads of fun. Long-established as the one of the art world’s biggest events, this year’s Art Basel took place over June 16-19 and featured work in galleries from five continents and hundreds of the world’s most prolific contemporary […]
Insta-Art!
Tired of scrolling past endless selfies in your Instagram feed? Annoyed by the amount of your friends who are “addicted to the gym lol” and feel the need to share how much more fit they are than you? Sick of pictures of artisan hipster toast and salad clogging up your feed? Fear not–there are plenty […]
London’s V&A Debuts Radioactive Vases
On April 25, London’s Victoria and Albert museum is debuting something you never knew you needed to see—vases made out of radioactive sludge. Featured in the V&A’s exhibition What is Luxury, the ceramic vases were envisioned and created by The Unknown Fields Division, a collective whose website describes them as a sort of “nomadic design […]