While not contemporary, the story about the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa is a fascinating episode of greed, conspiracy, secrets, lies, and more lies. An excerpt from the upcoming book, The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection, by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler appears in the May issue of Vanity […]
In a bout of self-promotion (which I hope to keep to a minimum), I wanted to inform our readers that the show that Alex and I curated and have been working on for so long is finally open. The reception for the LouvreFRITOS will take place tomorrow, Friday, October 3rd at Cuchifritos gallery/project space from […]
I’ve only become aware of James Jean by name in the recent years, quickly learning that he is both an extremely famous and coveted illustrator and coincidentally, a SVA grad. Above is the first interpretation in a tit-for-tat collaboration where Jean eventually and slightly reluctantly cedes control over the art direction to realise a good-cause […]
Rindy Sam, the French artist who was arrested for planting a crimson kiss on an all-white Cy Twombly canvas, has been ordered to pay 1,500 euros to the painting’s owner, as well as a symbolic £1 to Twombly himself.
The painting is worth about $2.8 million and the prosecution claimed that 30 different products have been […]
Rindy Sam claims that planting a luscious lipstick kiss on an all-white Cy Twombly painting was “an artistic act provoked by the power of art.” As her case goes to trial, the 30-year-old French artist will have to defend her swoon against a prosecution that wants her to pay a fine of 4500 euros (about […]
