Who Owns Street Art
From illicitly painted scribbles and drawings tagged on city walls once perceived as vandalism to graffiti, street art’s evolution has a long and fascinating story. Street art and graffiti’s history that has spanned decades is complex yet proud, with many graffiti artists being far from the criminals or gang members that they were assumed to […]
The Marriage of Art and Fashion
Fashion loves art and art loves fashion. The long-standing relationship between art and fashion have shared a colorful and fascinating history over the years. Despite what some may say are striking differences in industry, the argument has been that fashion can be in fact, an art form— achieving elevated aesthetic beauty and command an artful […]
The Allure of Esotericism in Art
Practiced throughout Asia, Egypt, and Europe from ancient era to high Renaissance time, the alchemy aspired philosophical and protoscientific culture had influenced everything from turning lead into gold, to creating an elixir for immortality for emperors. Just the word alchemy conjures up images of ancient pots of peculiar boiling liquids. But beyond the quests to […]
Power of Art: Can Art and Creativity Change the World?
“It lies in the power of art to honour the elusive but real value of ordinary life. It may teach us to be more just towards ourselves as we endeavour to make the best of our circumstances: a job we do not always love, the imperfections of age, our frustrated ambitions and our attempts to […]
The Ancient Game of Go: Human vs. Artificial Intelligence
In March of 2016, it was said that there was an unexplainable sadness that the groundbreaking artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol, the world’s best player over the last decade, in the ancient Asian strategy board game, Go. After chess, Go became the next Artificial Intelligence frontier. Yes, the game is simple enough and […]
Art Theft: Protecting Your Collection
According to the FBI, 52% of art thefts in the U.S. happen in people’s home with only 10% of art thefts occurring in galleries. And of all that stolen art, only 5% is recovered. In American history, the largest art theft robbery was Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist of 1990, where the stolen artworks […]
Conceptual Art: Why Is It So Difficult To Understand?
If you haven’t quite grasped what conceptual art is, don’t be too hard on yourself. Defining it is one thing, understanding it is something else and difficult, even for those who frequent the art circles. Conceptual art or conceptualism is art that has moved beyond traditional aesthetics or even materials. Conceptual art has been widely […]
American Abstraction: The CIA’s Art Collection Revealed
Trust the CIA to always be enveloped in a shroud of secrecy to the extent that it was once believed that even its art collection was heavily guarded and highly confidential. To be fair, the museum run by the CIA which is housed at its Langley headquarters and for obvious reasons, is not open to […]
Tribute to Zaha Hadid: Ultimate Art of Architecture
ZAHA HADID (1950 – 2016) In memory of her brilliance as a trailblazer of the “Art of Architecture.” She stepped beyond the challenges of regional and gender norms as a visionary architect and the first and only woman recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. To celebrate her gifts to the global community of creative aspirants, […]
Internet Governance: Yes ICANN?
Few people are familiar with the origins of the internet, and the belief that it is “owned” sounds absurd. After all, the world wide web seems like a no man’s land, doesn’t it? Who controls the Internet? Is there someone that with the flip of a switch can turn it off? Is there an organization […]
Mona Lisa Curse?
“Art should make us feel more clearly and more intelligently. It should give us coherent sensations, which otherwise we would not have had. That is what brought me to this city. That is what market culture is killing.” – Robert Hughes The Mona Lisa Curse is a Grierson award-winning polemic documentary film by art critic […]
Our Favorite Online Art Companies
When we think about online art companies, we most often think of places that sell art online. And there are certainly many companies that do that! But it’s not quite that simple. First off, those sales platforms have tons of different offerings and services. And there are plenty of different, non-sales offerings out there for […]