The Smithsonian discovers just how much the Abstract Expressionists drank, Artinfo puts together a list of artworlders’ favorite restaurants, and bloggers worry celebrity obsession has hit a new high. This week in art news: Your guiltiest pleasures.
1. Scientists Investigate Stendhal Syndrome
A group of scientists in Florence are monitoring the vital signs Read More
A replica of a piece of Egyptian art from the Brooklyn Museum’s collection made a recent cameo on HBO’s saucy vampire drama True Blood, and the museum’s online community helped administrators take notice.
During the second season premiere of the show, Sam Merlotte, the puppy-dog-eyed roadhouse restaurant owner, pays a visit to mystery woman Maryann Forrester’s house. On her coffee table, he sees a Read More
Shelley Bernstein calls herself “chief geek” at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, but her official title is chief of technology. Among other things, she’s responsible for communicating with museum members through the institution’s official blog, through Facebook, and through all the other online doohickeys that kids are prattling on about these days. She uploads behind-the-scenes Read More
As you steady yourself for the Holidays, a supermarket carol on your lips and maybe (but hopefully not) a pink slip in your pocket, plan to visit the Brooklyn Museum. Plan to be cheered, inestimably. As of today, the museum is exhibiting its well-known Female Figurine, a five-inch tall clay lady dating to Mesopotamia in Read More
What do Jasper Johns, Cindy Sherman, Annie Leibovitz and Keith Haring all have in common? Each artist has work up for sale at the 4th Annual Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM to us locals) Silent Auction.
BAM certainly plays an integral part in the Brooklyn art scene, and the auction, which raises money for BAM’s Read More
