For the first time in the history of the Royal Academy of Arts, 100 Royal Academicians have joined forces to produce a historic portfolio, Varnishing Day: A Moment in Time, which includes new artwork from artists and architects such as Chantal Joffe RA, Grayson Perry RA, Fiona Rae RA, Stephen Cox RA, Wolfgang Tillmans RA, Antony Gormley RA, Farshid Moussavi RA, Olywn Bowey RA, Alan Stanton RA, Anish Kapoor RA, Richard Long RA, Ed Ruscha RA and Michael Craig Martin RA.
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Mark Bradford Teams with Snap for Voter Registration
For National Voter Registration Day Snap partnered with Mark Bradford on a new augmented reality Lens to encourage people to register to vote. Snap reaches more 13-24 year olds in the US than Facebook, Instagram and Messenger combined — and a majority are of voting age. In fact, of the 100 million Snapchatters in the U.S., 80% are 18+.
Continue Reading...8 ultra-rare artist-created sneakers make up Sothebys ‘Cult Canvas’ sale.
Moments ago, a sale of eight ultra-rare and pristine artist-created sneakers dropped on Sothebys.com in a sale titled ‘Cult Canvas.’ All made exclusively by Nike, the items celebrate the cross section between art and fashion, illustration and design, and sport and culture.
Continue Reading...Sol LeWitt App Launched
The Sol LeWitt Estate and Microsoft have developed a new immersive app (Sol LeWitt App) that transports users into the creative world of iconic Conceptual artist Sol LeWitt as never before.
Continue Reading...Massive “Climate Clock” launched in New York City
For Climate Week, the iconic Metronome clock in Union Square has been repurposed as a giant Climate Clock, an 80-foot-wide digital display that keeps track of our remaining time window to take urgent action on climate change.
Continue Reading...Shortlist announced for inaugural £200k international art competition
Today, 23rd September, Peabody announces the five projects shortlisted for The Thamesmead Open, an ambitious, open call, international art competition.
Continue Reading...How to Buy Art on WhatsApp – Text Zien
The work is called ‘Association Grid: Dark Night’ by British artist Ed Fornieles. For now, it is stored somewhere on a zipped file on my phone, waiting for me to create it.
Continue Reading...Art Basel OVR:2020: Participating Galleries, Artists, and Highlights
Live from September 23rd to September 26th and featuring 100 Art Basel galleries from 28 countries and territories, ‘OVR:2020’ will be exclusively dedicated to works made this year.
Continue Reading...Cork Street to become epicentre of cultural activity during London’s busiest art month.
Cork Street Galleries has announced that Sadie Coles HQ, Lisson Gallery, Frieze Live and Stephen Friedman will take over gallery spaces on Cork Street and Old Burlington Street launching during Frieze week 2020. They will join Cork Street’s permanent roster of galleries to become the epicentre of cultural activity during London’s busiest art market month
Continue Reading...Migrate Art announces ‘Scorched Earth’
Migrate Art presents ‘Scorched Earth’ a charity auction and exhibition of new works by leading artists, organised in direct response to the widespread deliberate destruction of crop fields in Iraq. The participating artists have created new works using paint pigmented with ash collected by Migrate Art from land scorched by these fires.
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