NYTIMES (Nick Haramis) - The Incredible Art of Being Jeff Koons
For five decades, the artist has made sculptures that are larger-than-life — and also singularly reflective of his own.
NYTIMES (Alex Williams) - Lucien Smith, Art-World Star Whose Career Abruptly Turned, Dies at 37
A phenom in his 20s, he became the poster child for Zombie Formalism before abandoning the gallery frenzy for Montauk.
YOUTUBE (CNN) - Bangkok's newest home for contemporary art
Thailand’s contemporary art scene has been on the rise, and at the recently opened Dib Bangkok museum, international and local artists share a curated space. The museum's architect, Kulapat Yantrasast, will be among the panelists at CNN's Global Perspectives event, live in Bangkok on October 14.
NYTIMES (Alex Marshall) - Yayoi Kusama: A Life in Photos
Whether making dot-covered sculptures or wild performance pieces, the Japanese artist grabbed critical and popular acclaim.
NYTIMES (Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno) - In Japan, Yayoi Kusama Is Remembered as a Visionary and a Rebel
Artists, scholars and fans celebrated Ms. Kusama as a cultural giant who helped bring Japanese art to the masses.
YOUTUBE (CNN) - Yayoi Kusama, famed for polka-dot artworks, dies at 97
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, famed for her polka-dot paintings, pumpkin sculptures and “Infinity Mirror Rooms,” was one of the world's most celebrated and best-selling artists. She passed away earlier this month according to a statement on the artist’s official website. #CNN #News #YayoiKusama
NYTIMES (Blake Gopnik) - Yayoi Kusama Was the Avant-Garde Radical Who Became a Pop Icon
In her mass-produced ubiquity, Kusama became one of her own dots, spreading her image into every corner of our culture.
NYTIMES (Jori Finkel) - How Paul Williams Built White and Black Los Angeles
A pioneering architect’s archive, long thought lost, was preserved by his family. Now, three museums are featuring the work of a man who broke California’s color barrier.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Theodore Dalrymple) - The Age of the Ego
Graffitists and modern architects alike are screaming into the void of mass culture. The post The Age of the Ego appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Culture The Age of the Ego Graffitists and modern architects alike are screaming into the void of mass culture. Photo by Romain Doucelin/NurPhoto via Getty Images Once more on my way from the center of Paris to the airport, I marvelled at the sheer hideousness of almost everything built since the end of the Second World War, the precise time when France was becoming richer than it had ever been. There must be a lesson here somewhere, but I don’t know what it is. Also remarkable, though not pleasing, was the sheer scale of the spray-painted tagging of practically…Open
AMERICANTHINKER - Between Light And Dark
Photo Credit:Caravaggio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Public Domain By Lars Møller The Italian painter Caravaggio, whose name has become synonymous with the chiaroscuro technique, seemed to live as dramatically and exploratively as he painted—life as a constant balancing act between opposites, between light and dark.