Written by: Jill Heagerty Zinch is offering the opportunity for talented artists, enrolled or intending to enroll in college, to showcase their work. The winner is the candidate who displays the most creativity, and he or she will receive $5,000 for school. Tuition costs are astronomical, so any money a student earns can go a [...]
By: Stacy Liberatore How many times have you walked by an empty building and said “I wish this was a…”? Well now you can visibly voice your opinion with the “I wish this was…” project. The idea was started by Candy Chang, a public installation artist, in New Orleans during December 2010. She created vinyl [...]
Written By: Catherine Wolinski Last October, the New Museum in New York City presented Carsten Holler: Experience, the first New York survey of works by Carsten Holler, a German scientist-turned-artist who resides in Stockholm, Sweden. The exhibition, which will be open until Jan. 15, transforms multiple galleries into a world of research experimentation crossed with [...]
Today, the prestigious Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) in New York announced the addition of the @ symbol to their collection, which they bought for the cheapest price imaginable: absolutely nothing. According to Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator in the museums Department of Architecture and Design, this newest item is the only thing in the museum [...]
In lieu of the gloom revolving around Dubai‘s upwelling debt concerns, the city’s annual art fair still managed to earn record sales, drawing more than 18,00 visitors – a 28 percent increase from 2009. The four-day contemporary art show featured the works of world-famous artists from 31 different companies, which was also an improvement in [...]
According to two distinguished art experts, many shady art dealers have figured out that Canada is a very easy place to avoid prosecution while unloading stolen merchandise. In a comment he made concerning the recent recovery of a sculpture by Henry Moore, and a Paul Klee painting, Joshua Knelman – an award-winning arts writer and [...]
Art goes beyond the mere act of rubbing color onto canvas, or scribbling words onto blank pages, it is a form of expression that provides a physical manifestation of emotional perspective. A recent concept erected onto this emotional foundation has some discovering that art can not only help people express their true feelings while dealing [...]
Lions, and tiger, and bears…oh my!!! The North Dakota Museum of Art is bringing them to life through an extraordinary touring exhibit, “Animals, Now and Then”. The museum features artists’ works in the form of captivating video, stunning photography, numerous paintings, and sculpture. This contemporary exhibit highlights the work of twenty artists from across North [...]
If artists like Erin Stack get her way “Green” will paint the new color of art. Some people build solar panels, some put together sustainable buildings, and others like Erin Stack put a whole new spin on art and activism. Erin is an artist and her medium is trash. She takes her passion for [...]
Six teams from six different high schools were invited to Project Installation, a reality-type concept where teams were pitted against one another in a race to create art. They spent the night of Feb. 26th locked away in the Wiregrass Museum of Art, with only twenty-four hours available to create their piece. Imani Purcell, a [...]
