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Bea Arthur Nude Sells For Nearly $2 Million At Auction

Legendary Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress Bea Arthur may be best remembered by fans around the globe for her unforgettable performances onstage and onscreen in MAME, MAUDE and GOLDEN GIRLS, yet to... (more...)

Film Chronicling the 1911 Theft of the Mona Lisa Planned

Leonardo DiCaprio may have opened the Cannes Film Festival this week with his latest movie, 'The Great Gatsby,' but it has been Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, that has stolen the show... (more...)

Metropolitan Museum's Main Building and Cloisters Observe Memorial Day as Final 'Met Holiday Monday'

After ten years of opening to the public on the Mondays of holiday weekends, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cloisters museum and gardens will observe the final 'Met Holiday Monday' on Memorial... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Whitney Museum's DeFeo Exhibit a Ton Worth Seeing

Whitney Museum's DeFeo Exhibit (more...)

Native American Artists Transform Guest Rooms into Contemporary Works of Art

Who: Nativo Lodge of Heritage Hotels and Resorts, Inc., SWAIA (Southwestern Association for Indian Arts) and local Native American artists Heidi K. Brandow, Nani Chacon, Rhett Lynch and Ehren Kee Nata... (more...)

Summer Art Festival Returns to Downtown Kansas City, 5/17

Signature Summer Art Festival Returns to Downtown Kansas City This Weekend (more...)

Perla Krauze's MEMORY AND TRACES to Open 5/16 at Howard Scott Gallery

Howard Scott Gallery has announced the third solo exhibition of recent paintings by the Mexico City based artist Perla Krauze. 'Memory and Traces' will open on Thursday, May 16th, with a reception for... (more...)

EXPO 1: NEW YORK Explores Ecological Challenges of Early 21st Century at MoMA PS1

EXPO 1: New York, an exploration of ecological challenges in the context of the economic and socio-political instability of the early 21st century opens at MoMA PS1, The Museum of Modern Art, and Rock... (more...)

LAND MARKS Exhibition Runs at the Met Museum Through Aug 18

Land Marks, an exhibition featuring earthworks artists, is now on View at the Metropolitan Museum through August 18, 2013 in the Lila Acheson Wallace Wing, first floor, Gallery 399. (more...)

Fab 5 Freddy Set for SONOS AND VEVO PRESENT: THE DIRECTOR'S STUDIO, 5/17

Fab 5 Freddy is a cultural pioneer who played a key role in bringing hip-hop culture to audiences around the world. Born Fred Brathwaite in Bedford Stuyvesant, he was a graffiti artist who famously pa... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Frieze- Go Now. This is THE Art Fair to See

Stop reading, leave the house and head to Frieze on Randall's Island. The art world is waiting outside your door across the river on that other island you never go to. The fair is that good, that dive... (more...)

The New York Botanical Garden Presents Philip Haas's Sculpture Series 'Four Seasons'

Internationally-renowned contemporary artist Philip Haas will be the subject of a one-person show, titled Four Seasons, at The New York Botanical Garden May 18-October 27, 2013. Haas's work is disting... (more...)

Centre A Announces New Gallery Location and Opening Exhibition, 5/24

Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art is pleased to announce their new location on East Georgia street, as well as the launch of the new video installation 'hearts and ar... (more...)

Peter Halley and Allesandro Mendini Exhibition Runs thru 6/29 at Mary Boone Gallery

New York artist Peter Halley and Italian architect and designer Alessandro Mendini are exhibiting their latest collaborative project at Mary Boone Gallery, 745 Fifth Avenue, from 2 May to 29 June 2013... (more...)

Artist Marjolein Bastin to Receive GCA's Lifetime Achievement Award

=For years, her delicate, detailed illustrations of nature's beauty have helped millions of Hallmark card-senders reach out to others with messages of caring. And later this month, world-renowned Dutc... (more...)

Elisa Contemporary Art Presents Cut, Rolled and Burnt, Manipulated Works of Paper, 5/10

Elisa Contemporary Art presents Cut, Rolled and Burnt. Manipulated Works of Paper. The exhibit opens May 10, 2013. It will run through August 11, 2013. Our latest exhibit explores four contemporary ar... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Carissa Rodriguez 'La Collectionneuse' at Front Desk Apparatus

Annina Nosei once told me it is a great idea to open an art gallery across from a major Museum. Larry Gagosian's uptown gallery on Madison Avenue is a block from the Whitney. No doubt his intent was t... (more...)

Tavares Strachan Represents the Bahamas Pavilion at the 55th International Art Exhibition la Biennale di Venezia

The Bahamas, which will host its inaugural pavilion at the 55th International Venice Biennale in 2013, will present Polar Eclipse, a multi-sensory installation by Tavares Strachan that investigates th... (more...)

Jaehyo Lee Sculpture Will Debut in Union Square Park

NYC Parks & Recreation and CYNTHIA-REEVES Projects, in cooperation with the Union Square Partnership, are pleased to debutLOTUS, by Seoul-based artist, Jaehyo Lee, in New York City's Union Square Park... (more...)

World-Renowned Muralist ARYZ Begins New Mural in San Francisco

Barcelona-based artist and famed muralist, ARYZ began work on his latest large-scale mural in San Francisco over the weekend. The wall located in the Tenderloin district, will feature a striking portr... (more...)

'CONCRETE PAVEMENT' Opens Today at Art Amalgamated

The opening reception for a long distance collaboration between artists David Birkin and Jeremy Hutchinson will take place at Art Amalgamated today, May 7th, followed by an unlikely exhibition opening... (more...)

Simone Subal Gallery Opens Florian Meisenberg Exhibition Tonight

Stop by the Simone Subal Gallery for Florian Meisenberg's opening, tonight, May 5, from 6-8pm. (more...)

Murray Guy to Bring Zoe Leonard and Sergei Tcherepnin to Frieze New York

Murray Guy has announced its participation in Frieze New York (Booth B5), where the gallery will present a seminal group of early photographs by Zoe Leonard. (more...)

Eureka Springs, AK, Presents 2013 May Festival of the Arts Today

Every May, the city of Eureka Springs shines a spotlight on the arts with a month-long festival that celebrates the visual and performing arts. (more...)

Angie Capri of Angie Capri Photography Celebrates Grand Opening of Photography Studio Today

Angie Capri, entrepreneur and professional photographer, is pleased to announce the grand opening of her photography studio in Concord, CA. She is hosting the event today, May 4, 2013 at 11:00 am, whi... (more...)