Topic: Jasper Johns
In 2001, longtime antiques dealer Richard Harris ditched his stock and started over from scratch, saying, "I believe it is incumbent upon me to...
Mona Simpson's eulogy of her brother, Steve Jobs, went viral last weekend. This is my very favorite part, as printed in The New York Times':. . “In...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An art auction featuring works by Jeff Koons, Jasper Johns and Chuck Close for relief efforts in Haiti raised nearly $14 million and set records for four artists, according to Christie's.The sale of 27 works by 26 ...
An entirely new interpretation of modern American portraiture based on the history of sexual difference. Arcing from the turn of the twentieth century, through the emergence of the modern gay liberation movement in 1969, the tragedies of the AIDS epidemic, and to ...
Andy Warhol's Gold Marilyn Monroe (1962) This image, which is definitely on the art-history undergrad dorm poster hit list, achieved its goal: Henri Matisse's Dance (I) (1909) The simple color palette and emphasis on movement in this oil painting reflected ...
Come enjoy DC's premiere contemporary art event, Hirshhorn After Hours, which will feature gallery talks, special performances and music spun by DJ Matt Bailer and DJ Robert Bozick. Tickets are required and may be purchased online or at Smithsonian IMAX theaters ...
Contemporary art is nothing more than art created during our time. Such art includes the dada movement of which Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia and Man Ray are most prominent. Tristan Tzara, Richard Huelsenbeck, George Grosz, Max Ernst, Paul Eluard and Jean Arp ...
National Portrait Gallery stages 1st major exhibit on gays' impact on history of artWhen artist Jasper Johns was mourning the end of his relationship with Robert Rauschenberg, he took one of his famous flag paintings, made it black, and dangled a fork ...
The most beautiful paintings in existence, in my opinion,are the works of Leonardo Da Vinci closely followed by Warhol, Pollock andLowry but each of us will have different preferences. The best placeto view exquisite pieces of art is the big galleries ...
Abstract Expressionism is a school of art characterized by a high degree of emphasis on the expressive qualities of paint and other materials in their application to canvas. " The "Club" included Jackson Pollock, who in 1946 began his famous exuberant and unconventional ...