Black Romantic

Black Romantic

Art21’s blog has posted an interview with former BAS guest Kerry James Marshall. They sat down with Marshall while he was installing his show “Black Romantic” at Jack Shainman Gallery. The video on their website is worth checking out. Below is an...
Guggenheim Names New Director

Guggenheim Names New Director

via the New York Times: After a seven-month search, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation on Tuesday named Richard Armstrong of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh as its next director. Mr. Armstrong, 59, who has been director of the Carnegie for 12 years,...
Nagi Noda dead at 35

Nagi Noda dead at 35

On Sunday September 7th Japanese artist/designer Nagi Noda passes away. She was 35. There is no word on the exact cause of her death; but people have speculated that it was related to a car accident she was in last year that had left the artist with Chronic pain and...
Artist Nests on Rotterdam Tower

Artist Nests on Rotterdam Tower

Artist Benjamin Verdonck is currently nesting on the Rotterdam Weena Tower. His performance “The Great Swallow” involves a nest, man, and a gaint egg. Here’s the YouTube video clip:
Robert Rauschenberg Dead at 82

Robert Rauschenberg Dead at 82

via MICHAEL KIMMELMAN for the New York Times: Robert Rauschenberg, the irrepressibly prolific American artist who time and again reshaped art in the 20th century, died on Monday night at his home on Captiva Island, Fla. He was 82. The cause was heart failure, said...