An untitled painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat sold on May 15th for $110.5 million at a Sotheby’s auction. To which the only sensible response is – so what? Imagine for a moment that it was not a painting that had been purchased, but rather a yacht....
Each life has its story. Some are fairytales, some are nightmares. Post pictures & messages on Witness Your World, to turn them into artworks. Profits of sold artworks go to projects aiming to improve the world. ...
Art Art is good; self-expression is great. What it isn’t is a substitute for political action to transform the world and challenge power. Art is a very good way of distilling and describing the world and the mood of a time. Some of the painters who painted...
With images circulating more freely than ever, is it time for copyright legislation to be relaxed – or tightened? Apollo Magazine asked a range of senior figuresfor their perspectives on copyright now WIM PIJBES - GENERAL DIRECTOR, THE RIJKSMUSEUM The Rijksmuseum was the first cultural institution to radically...
Why releasing copyright will be the smartest thing you do. - Leo Babauta Recently I stirred up a roar of controversy with a post at Zen Habits: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway (or, The Privatization of the English Language). I had no idea the...
Original Article - The art collective launched by Nicolas, Gregory and Gilles Leroy – who came to be known as the Leroy Brothers – has been in operation since 1997 and is more similar to a 21st century family business than a visual art group....
Leroy Brothers talk at Art Hainan (Hainan Rendez-vous) on art investment with Magda Danysz (MD Gallery)....
As the highlight of Hainan Rendez-vous, “Art in Hainan” will come back with exclusive selection of great contemporary artists. Art in Hainan curated by Magda Danysz, director of the Galerie Magda Danysz in Paris and 18 Gallery in Shanghai. She’s decorated by the French ministry of...
Collective intelligence is a shared or group intelligence that emerges from the collaboration and competition of many individuals. Collective intelligence appears in a wide variety of forms of consensus decision making in bacteria, animals, humans, and computer networks. Collective intelligence can be encouraged to overcome ‘groupthink’ and individual...
[gallery] Leroy Brothers @ ShContemporary Art Fair 2011, Shanghai...
