The Pinakothek der Moderne, a museum of modern art in Munich, Germany, fired one of its employees recently after he displayed one of his own creations at the gallery.
This new biography describes Haring as a nimble, spontaneous performer and an artist of endearing naivety who was nevertheless corrupted by his popularityKeith Haring’s career began underground, but soon zoomed to stratospheric altitudes. His cartoons of irradiated babies, attributed to an anonymous scribbler known as Chalkman, began to crawl along the walls of New York subway stations in 1978. A few years later, now a household name, Haring was shuttling across the Atlantic by Concorde,...
The SCFD collects a one-tenth of one percent sales-and-use tax to help fund cultural attractions and free day programming.
The Bennington Museum has various permanent and traveling displays of artwork and historical memorabilia, from its "Gilded Age Vermont" exhibit to the world's largest public collection of paintings by Grandma Moses. Most days, the bodies of work don't talk to the visitors or walk out the door when the museum closes. But on Friday, April 19, the Bennington Museum will host an exhibit titled "Tattoo Living" that celebrates bodily adornment. The one-night-only event, featuring as many as 16...
JOPLIN, Mo. — To bring awareness to "National Donate Life Month", folks gathered, tonight, in Joplin to discuss the impact of being an organ donor. 988 lives saved. According to officials with the Midwest Transplant Network, that's what organ donations did in the Midwest, in 2023 alone. Tuesday, locals celebrated the heroes who made it []
Prospect Cottage on the beach at Dungeness, Kent was a home and sanctuary for the artist and film-maker Derek Jarman. The gardens are world famous, but the interior, shielded from public view by net curtains hung by his partner, Keith Collins, after his death, has been largely unseen. This haven has been photographed by Gilbert McCarragher, and Prospect Cottage: Derek Jarman’s House is published by Thames & Hudson Continue reading
"The planned sum is so small that it will not save the economy, but it would be a deep blow to the cultural sector," writer Rosa Meriläinen told Yle.
DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — If you have gotten your picture taken in the Circle City there's a chance it was taken by Art Solomon. He passed away at his home late Sunday night after a nearly three-year battle with glioblastoma, a cancer that starts in the brain During his 73 years of life, Solomon left []
Staff member put work on display at Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne ‘in hope of achieving his breakthrough’Europe live – latest updatesAccording to a quote commonly – if wrongly – attributed to the artist Andy Warhol, everyone will have their 15 minutes of fame. At Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne museum earlier this year, one technician and aspiring artist got to bask in the limelight for a whole eight hours.The museum in southern Germany on Tuesday confirmed that it had fired a member of its...
Nicholas Shakespeare’s new biography, Ian Fleming: The Complete Man, digs into the 007 creator’s own experience of espionage
According to Pew Research Center, only 22% of Americans believe Hamas’ reasons for fighting Israel are in any way valid.
Teresa Hughes shaped the lives of many during her time at Finham Park School