Tag: Art and design
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American art museums cautiously embrace Pokémon Go
Institutions including MoMA in New York are seizing the opportunity to get gamers through the doors, though some museumgoers are unimpressed
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David Bowie’s private art collection to be unveiled for the first time
Works the late singer quietly collected over the years to go on display before being auctioned at Sotheby’s
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The whole truth about Van Gogh’s ear, and why his ‘mad genius’ is a myth
A new exhibition claims Vincent Van Gogh’s mental illness hampered his work, rather than drove his singular vision – and presents fresh medical evidence about his notorious self-mutilation
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A man for Four Seasons: my goodbye to New York’s modernist cathedral
Mies van der Rohe designed the chairs, Rothko created the artwork (then thought better of it) and New York’s power brokers did their deals over the salad and swordfish – but now the exquisite restaurant’s era has passed
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Bill Cunningham, 1929-2016: an appreciation
He was the original street-fashion photographer who believed in ordinary people’s self-expression through clothes
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Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera review – romance, heartbreak and a must-see exhibition
Art Gallery of New South Wales, SydneyBreaking a 10-year absence from Australian galleries, the paintings, photos and letters of the two Mexican lovers is illuminating and tragic