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Two decades after the artist’s death, the Andy Warhol brand is stronger than ever, as collectors continue to pay top prices for his work, curators study obscure aspects of his career, and consumers snap up products—from candy to condoms—plastered with his imagery by Eileen Kinsella

New York, NY —“A party with Jennifer Rubell can happen anywhere, any time, and at a moment’s notice,” renowned chef Mario Batali has been quoted as saying. “She’s the perfect modern hostess.” On Oct. 30, to open the Performa 09 performance art biennial, Rubell will be displaying that skill on a scale that maybe not even Batali could imagine. [widget:artinfo] As ...

New York, NY - In 2006, Art+Auction magazine ran an article on the most pressing matters in art law. Lawyer Peter Stern weighed in that the most prevalent disputes he saw in his own practice, in terms of litigation, were those over title. Perhaps not coincidentally, that was the same year ARIS Insurance began offering what is now the only program ...

Paris, FR—If its name is irrefutably, drolly straightforward, the Nouveau Festival’s program — as glimpsed during its opening days last week — is anything but. The opening night of the Centre Pompidou’s new five-week art and performance festival (timed to coincide with the ever-elegant FIAC) included an orchestra of accordionists outfitted in theatrical black eye masks; a guitarist in a black-and-gold ...

Religious texts have inspired artist of all media for thousands of years. R. Crumb, a famous comic artist, has created a new illustrated Book of Genesis. It is a creative work within the graphic novel genre, however the story may be a familiar one to you. What do your think of his work? See how he has illustrated the Book of ...

h2. Calendar the hottest shows! Are you looking for the hottest shows this weekend? Look no further. ArtBistro has initiated its new calendar to be your art and design event guide. Before you plan your week, check the shows that you don't want to miss. h2. Submit Your Event As artist and designers, you will have openings and events that you ...

In the beginning ... The first page of chapter one of Robert Crumb's take on The Book Of Genesis, Illustration: R Crumb. Courtesy of WW Norton & Company, Inc. Los Angeles, CA - His religious upbringing might well be as unorthodox as the psychedelic-inspired comic-strip characters that have made R. Crumb the most famous underground artist of his time. Which, ...

NEW YORK - The country's top arts official is going on the road. Rocco Landesman, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, announced Wednesday that he will spend six months visiting towns and cities nationwide, starting Nov. 6. He called it the "Art Works" tour, a triple entendre referring to works of art, the effectiveness of art and that art ...

Buffalo, NY-Before Latvian Laura Feldberg arrived at Griffis Sculpture Park to spend a month as artist in residence this summer, she had no idea what sort of work she would create for the venue, spread over two picturesque hilltops near Ashford Hollow. Mother Nature, in the form of torrential rains and flooding that devastated northern Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties Aug. 9 ...

What I loved this year about Frieze was the hordes of youngsters, toting cameras and notebooks, looking intently and arguing about the works at the fair. Had the collectors all come and conquered already? [widget:9_steps_guide_art] No, for here was a tall blonde vaguely Eastern European stunner with her trophy-holder, eyeing works picked for her by a famous art consultant. And ...

This summer ArtBistro hosted the "Couture Challenge," a contest for fashion designers on ArtBistro. We received hundreds of wonderful portfolios of talented designers from all over the country. Finalists were selected based upon the creativity of the fashion design samples, but also the cohesiveness of the portfolio itself. Fifteen portfolios made it to the finalist round. Then we handed the judging ...

Do you live in a state that values the arts? If you do, chances are that you may have more artistic and design career opportunities. With the data we have collected, you will be able to compare and contrast your state’s spending on the arts. While how much money a state spends on the arts is not an exact way to ...

The recession has been hard on most of us. But for self-employed, freelance artists in any discipline it's become a dire situation. Jobs and sales have gotten fewer and less paid. And finding another job outside the arts often means giving up an integral part of yourself. Yet, as local actors, musicians and visual artists tell it, they are used to ...

LONDON—Piggy-backed to the gangbuster week of the Frieze art fair, the contemporary art sales at Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips de Pury & Co. were satisfyingly peppy, indicating the art market is recovering from last year’s free-fall. Although volume and overall results are still at a sobering fraction of what they were before the property tap was turned off, healthy percentage-sold rates ...

Artist Shepard Fairey, the creator of the famous Barack Obama "Hope" poster, says he was mistaken about which Associated Press photograph he used to create the image, an issue that is at the center of a court dispute between Fairey and the news service. In a statement Friday, the Los Angeles-based artist retracted the claim that he had an Associated Press ...

WASHINGTON - A fire that destroyed the Northwest mansion of former D.C. School Board President Peggy Cooper Cafritz has been ruled accidental. On Monday, fire investigators said the July 29 blaze where Cafritz lost her $15 million prized art collection might have been started by oil used to treat patio furniture. The east porch suffered the most damage and was the ...

If you thought you knew Roy Lichtenstein, think again. The pop art icon gets a needed reappraisal in the exhibit, "Lichtenstein in Process," which opens Sunday at The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 4339 Park. Nearly 70 works from the 1970s-1990s, including almost 20 colorfully explosive collages, frame the show, which presents the preliminary drafts that went into Lichtenstein's seemingly effortless - ...

What's real and what's not? Guess which image, A, B or C is that of a mannequin? See end of story for answer. That is one of the questions French photographer Valerie Belin poses in her show, "Made Up," at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem. Her large-scale photos of models and mannequins will keep you guessing as to which are ...

Artists receive little, if any, formal training on business.  Fortunately, there are blogs like mine and other resources artists can tap to discover the business aspects of their careers. Still, I've found there is not much practical advice on the essential fundamentals, especially on selling. Here is one idea anyone in sales can put to good effective use. It only requires ...

This is a must see for all of you facinated by the steam driven era. Fabulous art works that span the years.