Fine Art

Abstract artist Larry Poons is enjoying a late-career resurgence of interest, decades after his optical dot paintings attracted acclaim in the 1960s. Poons is a key figure in the documentary The Price of Everything.

Arts

New Documentary Paints A Picture Of The Contemporary Art Market Run Amok

5:41pm November 04, 2018

by Michel Martin

HBO's The Price of Everything calls into question the current price explosion and commodification of modern art "that's fascinating, but it's also terrifying," says director Nathaniel Kahn.

Arts

Renaissance Reminiscent Paintings Celebrate Ferguson, St. Louis Residents

5:35pm November 03, 2018

by Jeremy D. Goodwin

Kehinde Wiley paints black men and women in poses once associated with white aristocrats. He says he's claiming space in the art museum for people who have not always felt welcome there.

Edmond de Belamy, created using artificial intelligence, will be auctioned at Christie's on Thursday.

A.I. Produced 'Portrait' Will Go Up For Auction At Christie's

10:08pm October 22, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

The print, called Edmond de Belamy, is a blurry depiction of what could be a "a man of the church" floating within a gilt frame. In place of the artist's signature is a math equation.

Arts

This Portrait Is Reminiscent Of A Rembrandt But Artificial Intelligence Created It

6:06pm October 22, 2018

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with art appraiser Erin-Marie Wallace about how a piece of art that was created by an algorithm, but looks like a Rembrandt can be appraised.

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Mark Bradford says he wanted his Spoiled Foot installation to make the viewer feel "as if the center of the room was no longer available."

Arts

Memory Fuels Art And Activism In Mark Bradford's 'Tomorrow Is Another Day'

5:22am October 19, 2018

by Susan Stamberg

Bradford represented the U.S. at the 2017 Venice Biennale. An exhibit of his work is now on view at The Baltimore Museum of Art — where one curator says he may well be the best painter working today.

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Sophie Calle, at a private concert by Pharrell Williams in Paris on May 26, 2014. Pharrell contributed to the album Souris Calle, in tribute to Sophie Calle's dead cat.

Bono, Pharrell, Laurie Anderson And More Memorialize A... Cat

2:22pm October 16, 2018

by Andrew Flanagan

French artist Sophie Calle's cat died in 2014. To mourn him, Calle asked dozens of musicians — including Michael Stipe, The National and Jarvis Cocker — to memorialize him.

Banksy Art Shreds Itself

8:07am October 07, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with art critic Jerry Saltz of New York magazine about the surprise self-destruction of one of the artist Banksy's paintings at a London auction.

Arts

The Actor Behind 'Robocop' On Detroit And Art History

7:57am October 06, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon asks Peter Weller about his career in art, from playing the titular character in 1987's RoboCop to getting a doctorate in art history.

Titus Kaphar often appropriates familiar styles from the Western art canon, but his paintings and sculptures alter the images to point out hidden histories of racism and slavery.

Arts

Meet The MacArthur Fellow Disrupting Racism In Art

6:03am October 05, 2018

by Mary Louise Kelly

Newly minted "genius" grantee Titus Kaphar takes on historical paintings, modifying the scenes to lead the eye to those relegated to the background.

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The 2018 recipients of the MacArthur "genius" grant.

Here Are The Winners Of The 2018 MacArthur 'Genius' Grants

3:57pm October 04, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

From engineering to economics, from painting to planetary science, the range of this year's class is vast. But the MacArthur Foundation expects them all to do big things with their newfound $625,000.