Art

April 24, 2024

Sculptor Reimagines How Ancient Art Will Be Viewed 1,000 Years From Now

Archaeology is the practice of excavating ancient sites and analyzing artifacts to learn more about the past. But what might archaeology look like in the future, as our descendants look back and try to learn about what life was like hundreds, or even thousands of years before? This is the question that Daniel Arsham tries to answer in his new exhibit, VENICE 3024, as the artist uses iconic artifacts to honor humankind's collective cultural memory.

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April 15, 2024

JR Transforms Milan Central Station Into a Rocky Landscape to Honor Its Origins

Milan’s Stazione Centrale is home to JR‘s latest installation—a daring piece that sees the artist challenge himself to try something new. In La Nascita (The Birth), JR trades his signature medium of paper and glue for scaffoldings in the name of sculptural anamorphosis. In other words, by trasferring a distorted image onto a layered, three-dimensional setting, the artist creates different optical illusions that reflect on the origins of the station.

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April 12, 2024

Museum Fires Employee for Hanging His Own Painting in an Exhibition

Many artists work very hard, hoping for their breakthrough moment when galleries and museums finally exhibit their work. Instead of waiting for that invitation, one creative took matters into his own hands. A staff member at a German museum drilled two holes in a wall and mounted his own painting with the hopes of kickstarting his career. Much to his dismay, he has promptly been fired from the museum.

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My Modern Met

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