Although Mexico's artistic traditions go back centuries, creative photography is one that only evolved in the 1920s after the Revolution. The mammoth show in San Francisco's MOMA is inspirational... more
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Fashion design appears to be a momentary phenomenon--but is it always new? Reviewer Cindi Di Marzo looks at Nostalgia in Vogue: 2000-2010... more
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Internationally acclaimed land artist Strijdom van der Merwe's favourite place on earth is a part of the Karoo in South Africa, where oil and natural gas seekers want to mine for "shell" gas. Learn his protest plans re the "fracking" intrusion... more
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A piece of one of the most significant modern archaeological discoveries, the legendary Terracotta Warriors--created more than 2,000 years ago with unprecedented craftsmanship--arrives from China in New York on rare exhibition (until August)... more
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This solo show is different! Sculptor Ernesto Neto has created fascinating images inside the human body--an idea of protected space--but also one filled with the serious fun of sensuality and sexuality... more
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Is bad taste (ala Damien Hirst's work) really good? Critic Woodward wonders about rather hyperbolic taste of rival critic Jones... you'll need to figure out whether you should be upset for yourselves... more
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Fabulous retro photographs by the famed Vancouver street photographer, Fred Herzog, still on display again at Equinox Project Space, an industrial reno celebrating Equinox Gallery's 40th Anniversary... more
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Last month, Brazilian M C Escher was announced as the world's most famous artist of 2011! His show of brilliant sidewalk art led the pack by welcoming a staggering average of close to 10,000 visitors every day it was open!... more
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Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister,’s 'Happy Show' now at the Institute of Contemporary Art offers visitors the experience of walking into the designer's mind as he attempts to increase his happiness... more

John Singer Sargent, an alla prima painter of people and landscapes, master of colours and values - see slides of his complete works here... more
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Andy Warhol deftly employed a computer to assist in creating portraits long before "Photoshop"--here is a YouTube video where you'll see a 1985 version of the master employing colour digitally using a Commodore Amiga... more
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Most popular art exhibit in Britain this year depicts Machines of War. Charles Moore asks, "Perhaps it is compulsory for artists who depict war or weapons nowadays to suggest that they are against them?"... more
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Are you an Artist without boundaries? Or have you learned that you need certain limitations-- as does New York's Cindy Sherman whose influence extends to many generations of artists... more
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Certainly, there seems to be something unique about the colour green as a creative catalyst, from Kermit the Frog and innovative thinking to a glimpse of vines and leaves stimulating interest in new ideas and insights... more
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The "best sky in art" isn't limited to Vincent van Gogh's stars--just have a peek at what Hiroshige did with a shower, how Constable perceived clouds, why Friedrich's sky glows on an Easter morning, and what Kobke illustrated over palace rooftops in Denmark... more
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Italian/American artist, Francesco Clemente: "I never imagined how similar the activities of reading Tarot (cards) and painting a picture are." Exhibited at Uffizi Gallery in Florence last fall, images (seen here) are now collected in his book published by Hirmer... more
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For those interested in the symmetry of patterns, the current exhibition of Canadian artist Luke Painter: The Ornamentalist at Toronto's LE Gallery should provide an education... more
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A ruined Soviet-era restaurant in Gorky Park, Moscow, is set to become the unlikely new home for one of ­Russia's hippest arts centres... more
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Canada's National Gallery is more than a repository for a collection of fine art, eg. if you don't know your 'aerial perspective' from your 'vanishing point', check out their handy A-Z Glossary online to demystify art terms... more
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Belgrade: In a dramatic rescue, Serbian and Swiss police recover The Boy in the Red Vest by French impressionist, Paul Cezanne, originally stolen from a Swiss museum in 2008... more
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David Shrigley, an artist best known for his "doodles," a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art, is featured in a retrospective show at London's Hayward Gallery... more
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"Outrageously talented" Michael Schindhelm dares to speak out loud about why the world cultural centre planned for the United Arab Emirates in Dubai didn't happen (Book Review by Anna Somers Cocks)... more
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"Architecture: Design as Land Art"--here is Denton Corker Marshall's winning design for the new Australian pavilion in Venice's Giardini della Biennale, part of the very prestigious Venice Biennale... more
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How much change is acceptable in conservation of aging art works which have long since left an artist's studio? eg: the large-scale Keity Yaring mural in Australia. Will Shank suggests more compromise is needed, and the melody plays on... more
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Thomas Kinkade dies at 54 'Painter of Light' worked to project 'serene simplicity' but his life was neither serene nor simple... more

Is Success dependent on the Art, or is it mostly due to the Hype? Are Dealers right or have they gone toooooo far? Here's Adam Lindemann's take on contemporary art... more
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Australia's prestigious Archibald Prize for Portraiture has been won by painter, Tim Storrier, for his self-portrait The Histrionic Wayfarer (after a faceless painting by Hieronymus Bosch in 1510 called The Wayfarer)... more
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Are Artists being muzzled? Does anyone seem to know just what some contemporary artworks mean? Richard Dare thinks we've drifted too far away from meaning... more
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More funding for arts and other culture groups as the Brazilian economy surges forward, unlike cutbacks in other such organizations around the world. It's a matter of taxation... more
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Mark Jenkins creates art that will really stick with you... more
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Some museum directors readily admit that they are "in the entertainment business," and with 3,500 art museums in the USA alone, some folks really believe that museums have finally grown from "being about something" to "being for somebody..." more
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"A muggle's-eye view of Hogwarts!" Warner Bros.' Studio tour in London attracts true wizard film fans of Harry Potter...read Sam Jones' comments behind the scenes, and check out the pictures... more
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Stephen Wiltshire, the incredible cityscape drawing artist from the UK, portrays Sydney, Australia in his latest trip abroad. See YouTube rendition of three days' work in three minutes... more
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Compare style, handling & subject of exquisite Renaissance bronze & gold sculptures by "Antico" Pier Jacopo Alari de Bonacolsi (c.1455–1528), now at the Frick Collection in New York until the end of July... more
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At Johns Hopkins University, research emphasis is changing from books to online materials and group-project work. A new 12 x 7 ft. hi-res video library wall has been designed to get people's heads out of their (own) computers... more
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"Prospect 3" (the third edition of New Orleans' art biennial) will "explore the distinctions between self-taught art and academic art," but has been delayed a year to the fall of 2014... more
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Artist and traveller, Tim Storrier, wins Australia's 2012 visual arts' "Archibald Prize." See images by prizewinners and finalists here... more
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American portrait artist and social activist, Martha Rosler, shows her photo-slides of 30-years-ago Cuba (then censored under American politics) and explains her points of view to Daniel Kunitz... more
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Canadian-trained painter, Monique Mouton, now working in Los Angeles, continues to explore what's new in Abstraction--learning to put forth a new perspective in communication with paint... more
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In the UK, an artist often needs very deep pockets to succeed in a case of Copyright Infringement... the test is whether the defendant has copied the whole or a substantial part of the claimant's original work, and "substantial part" is a matter of quality not quantity... more
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Artwork: collateral for Cash Loans? Maybe you'll do better via Cash for Art loans! Value fluctuation is a problem, but ARTINFO explores navigating money markets around the world... more
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Iconic Canadian author and artist Douglas Coupland makes time to discuss Canadian art and identity (between scheduled appearances at art fairs in New York and Dubai) with ARTINFO Canada... more
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Tokyo Art Fair focuses on portraits and figures this year (see slides) following last year's EQ & Tsunami -- however, next year Japan will be inviting more galleries around the rest of the world to participate again... more
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In a new form of street art, Dutch artist Max Zorn has revolutionized the use of brown packing tape to form detailed portraits. Demo video attached... more
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As Germany prepares for potential EU-requested tax hike on fine art, visual artists and collectors alike shudder along with galleries and cultural institutions... more
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Often a mess of paint, plastic or pottery...why think of an audience in your art studio? A dozen creative British artists share their secrets in this slide show and a new book called Sanctuary... more

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Harvard Prof. Eric Kandel's life work has led to the study of memory, particularly with respect to both traumatic and pleasurable experiences. You'll be fascinated to learn how this led to the study of Gustav Klimt's erotic painting, Judith... more
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Suppose you walked into a New York gallery, bought a painting that appeared to be influenced by the great Leonardo, and later found out that it may very well have been painted by the master himself...seems like a pure urban myth, eh? Read on.. more
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