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Author Archives: Alex Holt
Nasher Sculpture Center Resculpts the Line Between Artifact and Art
Are 800,000-year-old tools from North Africa sculptures? The Nasher Sculpture Center, a Dallas-based museum, certainly thinks so. The museum is currently displaying Paleolithic stone artifacts that are so old they were created by a different species. The exhibition, titled “First Sculpture,” is … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artifacts, axes, Dr. Thomas Wynn, Nasher Sculpture Center, Tony Berlant
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Welcome to the Age of the Crypto Art Auction
What happens when the world of cryptocurrency and fine art collide? One company is exploring what it might be like to bring the two things together. Paddle8, a company that describes itself as “the auction house for the 21st-century collector,” … Continue reading
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Tagged auction, Bidcoin, bitcoin, cryptocurrency, Paddle8, The Native
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When Art History and Tech Collide
Have you seen the new craze? It’s all over Instagram and Facebook. People from around the world are using Google’s free museum app to find their art history doppelgängers! Google’s Arts and Culture app has been around since 2016. Originally, … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts and Culture app, facial recognition, Google, museum, paintings, social media
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What Role Does Art Play in Satire?
Some satirical forms, such as political cartoons, have long been walking the line between satire and art. This begs the question: Does art take itself too seriously? Furthermore, is there any room for silliness in contemporary art? At Comfort Station … Continue reading
Hurricane Irma Debris Turned into Art
They say every cloud has a silver lining. In this case, even the darkest of billows have one. No one embodies this philosophy more than Laura Baker, who has used the devastation of Hurricane Irma as inspiration for her art. … Continue reading
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Tagged Gold Coast Woodturners, Hurricane Irma, Laura Baker, Ron Purnell, woodturner, woodturners
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Los Angeles Named America’s Art Hub
New York City took a demotion yesterday, after Richard Florida of CityLab crowned Los Angeles the new art capital of the U.S. The Big Apple has been at the center of America’s art industry since god-only-knows-when; so naturally, New Yorkers … Continue reading
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Tagged art capital of the U.S., CityLab, Los Angeles, new york, Richard Florida
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Connecting Ancient Art with Modern Audiences Via Technology
Even in historical art, technology is never very far away. As part of the de Young’s “Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire” exhibition, for example, 14-year-old Minecraft aficionado Trevor Fox helped produce a digital map that lets visitors virtually … Continue reading
Art to See in New York: Winter Edition
If you’re in New York now—or plan to be in the near future—you probably know the city for the mecca of art that it is. With so much to see and do, it can be overwhelming to know where to … Continue reading
Thief Returns Stolen Art
In a bizarre turn of art-related events, a woman was recently caught on video mailing stolen art back to the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The two photographs, valued at $105,000, went missing from MoMA PS1 in Long … Continue reading
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Tagged Alanna Heiss, FedEx, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, stolen art
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