Arts News
Manga Royals and French Bureaucrats Fê´¥ Murakami's Controversial Versailles Show
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ARTINFO - There was a striking abundance of smiles at the famed Château de Versailles for the opening of a show that detractors have denounced as speculative neo-vandalism, pornographic provocation, and a blight on France’s prized heritage.
A Sluggish Start at the Korea International Art Fair Leaves Dealers With Low Expectations
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ARTINFO - The United Kingdom is the featured country at this year’s Korea International Art Fair, (KIAF) and perhaps that’s why works by Damien Hirst, who surely is Britain’s most famous contemporary artist in Asia, seemed to be everywhere. Even at the booth of the venerable PYO Gallery — whose president, Mi Sun Pyo, is head of the Galleries Association of Korea — a Hirst "Spin" painting has taken pride of place, seeming a little off-key beside the cool minimalism of the paintings by Lee Ufan, which provide the booth’s still center.
Paroled From Riker's Island, a Long-Imprisoned Mural Goes on View
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ARTINFO - Though artist Faith Ringgold is perhaps best known for delighting American schoolchildren with her lusciously illustrated 1991 masterwork of a children’s book "Tar Beach," her first public commission was actually designed for another audience: female prisoners eating in the cafeteria of the Rikers Island prison in New York City.
Now that incarcerated work, the 1971 "For the Women’s House," is being released after a tumultuous stretch for a show at the Neuberger Museum of Art, in Purchase, New York.
With a Bombed Car, Jeremy Deller Expands Brit Art's Take on the Iraq War
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ARTINFO - "Tonight, I’m announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended," President Obama declared last week. Seven years after the United States-led invasion of the country, the war is officially over. In the U.K., however, the debate over Britain's involvement in the conflict is as fractious as ever: the government’s "Iraq Inquiry" has been severely criticized, and former Prime Minister Tony BlairÂs newly published autobiography, "A Journey," has triggered angry protests.
Bill T. Jones, Oprah, and a Singing Outlaw Are Named for Kennedy Center Honors
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ARTINFO - A Kennedy Center Honor, which the Kennedy CenterÂs website likens to a knighthood in Britain, is the ultimate reward for a person’s “lifetime contribution to American culture.” This year those contributions included outlaw country music, "Yesterday," uplifting car giveaways, and scintillatingly vibrant choreography.
Bombed car from Iraq on display at museum
The tattered wreckage was salvaged by Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller to show the changing nature of modern warfare.
Betty White gets comic book treatment
The 88-year-old performer will be drawn as a cartoon for "Female Force: Betty White," to be produced by Bluewater Productions.
Winfrey, McCartney among Kennedy honorees
Bill T. Jones, Merle Haggard, Jerry Herman also to be honored for contributions to American culture.
Jerry Hall's art collection on auction block
Model Jerry Hall plans to auction some of her art collection next month, including a famous portrait by Lucian Freud that shows her nude when she was eight months pregnant, Sotheby's said Monday.
Howard Stern 'pretty sure' he's leaving Sirius
It sounds like more shock jock posturing, but Howard Stern told his satellite radio listeners on Thursday that he is “pretty sure” he will leave Sirius XM when his five-year, $500 million contract expires at the end of the year.