Hopper Draws Tate Modern's 2nd Biggest-Ever Crowd
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More than 400,000 art-lovers crowded London's Tate Modern over the summer for painter Edward Hopper's soul-searching chronicle of 20th century America, making it the gallery's second biggest draw ever.
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New York's Museum of Modern Art reopened to the public on Saturday after a two-year, &#36;825 million renovation and expansion that about doubled its size.
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Impressionist art still brings out the big spenders, but a successful auction at Christie's on Wednesday pulled in &#36;92.5 million and showed that contemporary art sales are where the action.
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Wide array of performers play to 68,000 crowd.
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Returning from two years of self-imposed exile in Queens, the Museum of Modern Art reopened its new midtown Manhattan quarters Saturday, a $425 million glass-and-granite temple
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Art is imitating news in New York, where a new exhibit features artists interpreting real world events in a day's time.
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Cy Twombly's belligerent early art, as opposed to his period of Romanticism, is the more stimulating half of the Whitney Museum's show.
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A landmark exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York tackles surprising contemporary issues.
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For the show "Greater New York," museum directors and curators will choose the work of 175 artists who they say best capture the city's contemporary art scene.
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Sundayâs program at Battery Park offered a spectrum of tap style from all ages, with enthralling solo and ensemble performances.
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Richard Diebenkornâs progress during his stay in New Mexico is the subject of a radiant hodgepodge of a show at the Grey Art Gallery at New York University.
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The art scene is booming like never before. A guide to understanding the madness, bracing for the backlash and enjoying it while it lasts.
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Portobello Road wall attracts hot bidding A work by guerrilla artist Banksy, which appeared in September last year outside a post-production company in Portobello Road, west London, has topped Â£200k on eBay:â¦
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A giant sculpture of a spider by Louise Bourgeois, similar to one, below, that has been luring the crowds to Tate Modern on Londonâs South Bank, has been donated to the gallery, the BBC reported. Vicente Todoli, the museumâs director, called the gift of the almost 30-foot-tall work, titled âMaman,â a âhistoric moment.â The steel and bronze sculpture was given to the Tate by Ms. Bourgeois and an anonymous benefactor. It is the largest of a series of spiders made by Ms. Bourgeois, now 96. The artist, who lives in New York, has described the piece as âan ode to my mother, my best friend.â She added: âLike spiders, my mother was very clever. Spiders are friendly presences that eat mosquitoes.â.
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A giant sculpture of a spider by artist Louise Bourgeois is donated to London's Tate Modern gallery.
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"The Gates" are open &#151; all 7,500 of 'em. The biggest art project in New York City's history debuted Saturday in Central Park with the unfurling of saffron-colored fabric banners suspended in 16-foot-high frames, providing a splash of sunrise 26 years in the making.
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A record 1.2 million people flocked to see an exhibition of masterpieces from New York's Museum of Modern Art(MoMA) in Berlin, which closed its doors on Sunday after a triumphant seven-month run.