by Shane McAdams | Apr 8, 2013 | Blog
So this is it; the last entry of Thoughts from Across the Cultural Divide. It’s appropriate that I’m writing it on a plane from New York to Milwaukee – that’s where I wrote my first one and most of the ones in-between. I boarded bent on finishing before...
by Caroline Picard | Feb 8, 2012 | Blog
This Friday, Steve Seeley’s painting show opens at Rotofugi (who not too long ago moved to Lincoln Park, so check the website for their new address if you’re unsure). Seeley’s figurative work often features the juxtaposition of human bodies and...
by Christopher Hudgens | May 14, 2010 | Blog
Swedish artist Lars Vilks (most known for his political cartoon of Mohammed in 2007 that started many threats & attacks) was attacked again while giving a Lecture at Uppsala University in Sweden on art and freedom of expression. The lecture turned violent when...
by Christopher Hudgens | Sep 1, 2008 | Blog
Pope Benedict took the time this week to focus on one of the worlds largest menaces to civilized culture and faith, Martin Kippenberger’s Zuerst die Füsse. The Green Frog measuring 4 ft. in height who is holding a mug of beer in one hand and a egg in the other...
by Christopher Hudgens | Mar 19, 2008 | Blog
A newly discovered wooden sculpture of a Buddha that had religious objects sealed in its torso for 800 years sold for $14.3 million, setting a world record for any Japanese work of art, Christie’s auction house said. The seated figure of Dainichi Nyorai, or the...