Woody Allen’s memoir will be finally be published in the US next month, but whether it will go into detail about abuse allegations by step-daughter Dylan Farrow remain to be seen....
Hildebrand Gurlitt’s horde of art stolen during World War II is finally beginning to find its way back to the original owners, or their heirs, nearly a century after the conflict ended....
In Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s short life, he found time as a 13-year-old to sit for a portrait that could be worth as much as $2 million when it goes up for auction at Christie’s in Paris next week. (Nov. 27)....
Greg Messel writes in a new book Robert F. Kennedy stood at the precipice of history when he ran for president of the United States. He was felled by an assassin’s bullet on June, 6, 1968....
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Heavenly Bodies” exhibit, the largest ever staged by New York City’s premiere museum, is heading for its final weekend before it shutters on Monday (Oct. 8), offering one last chance to view more than 60,000-square-feet of exhibits....
Mary Corse, David Wojnarowicz and Kevin Beasley are among the artists whose works will be featured at the The Whitney Museum of American Art this summer. The museum said it will keep its doors open all week during July and August to accommodate an influx of visitors. Ordinarily closed on Tuesdays, the museum will be open all week, starting July 3, from 10:30 am to 6 pm Sunday through Thursday....
A statue of a naked President Trump, titled “The Emperor Has No Balls” has sold at auction. It’s the last of its kind from a series that popped up in cities all over the country in 2016. Brace yourself, it’s no Michelangelo’s David. Julien’s Auctions hosted the sale Wednesday night in Los Angeles, where the Trump figure sold for $8,000 over its pre-sale estimate of $20,000....
Mexico is too often stereotyped as a dusty backwater to the United States, but when the U.S. was still a collection of British colonies, Mexico had imperial pretensions and a flourishing culture that produced dramatic artworks rivaling European Masters. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan has unveiled a new exhibit that captures the glory of Mexico’s 18th century milieu, during a period when it was known as “New Spain.”...
ilma af Klint (1862–1944) began her career with conventional studies at Tekniska Slolan and the Royal Academy of Art in Stockholm, but her distinctive abstract paintings were inspired by her deep interest in the occult and the spiritual world. Her radical abstract paintings will go on display at the the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City in the fall, marking the first solo exhibition in the United States, the museum announced....
Vincent Van Gogh spent the early part of his career in the Netherlands and was inspired to paint an iconic landscape “Fishing Net Menders in the Dunes.” The early representation of his work is heading for the auction block and is expected to fetch up to $6 million. The painting is on display in Paris and will be auctioned June 4. It will be the first Van Gogh auctioned there in more than 20 years....
The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) will host the 38th edition of The Photography Show April 5-8, at Pier 94 in New York City. (P...
Tom Cruise was spotted atop the Tate Modern museum in London, filming his new Mission Impossible movie. (Photo: Bang ShowBiz)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York’s premiere repository of art and culture, is standing fast against a coterie of critics, including neo-Fascists, who are demanding the removal of a Balthus painting titled “Therese Dreaming.” The painting depicts a young girl leaning back on a chair with her leg propped up and a far-away look on her face. Critics say it sexualizes the subject because her underwear is visible and the pose is “suggestive.”...
The late Paul Newman is know for more than ranch dressing. He was also a snazzy dresser, and his vintage Rolex Daytona watch just fetched a whopping $17.8 million in a New York City auction. Wife Joanne Woodward gave Newman the watch after they starred together in 1969 movie “Winning.”...
David Bowie’s iconic 1972 song “Starman” marked a turning point in his career, and a working draft of the lyrics he wrote is going up for auction in Los Angeles. Experts say it could sell for a bargain basement price of around $5,000. Bowie, who died at 69 this past January, was at the height of his career and going through one of his metamorphoses when the tune was released....
David Rockefeller, banker, philanthropist and avid collector died in March at the age of 101, prompting the sale of more than 2,000 items from his estate, including art works, furniture and decorative objects, according to Christie’s. ...
Henry David Thoreau was America’s first cultural iconoclast. Not much is popularly known about him beyond his seminal book “Walden.” But the Morgan Library & Museum’s upcoming exhibit provides a rare window into Thoreau....
Muhammad Ali, easily one of the largest sports icons of the 20th Century, is expected to be a major draw when many of his personal items go up for auction in one of the most significant sports memorabilia auctions in recent memory. Ali, was not only a championship boxer, but also a civil rights activist who led a major protest against the Vietnam War in the 1960s....
MoMA’s Party in the Garden was fit for a Rockefeller, make that two or three Rockefellers. The elite New York family was joined by a sprinkling of celebrities and other movers and shakers to raise money for Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), a place where old money rubs shoulders with the terminally hip. ...
Joan Rivers’ lavish jewelry, fine French furniture, exclusive Bob Mackie gowns, paintings and other object reflecting her eclectic lifestyle will hit the auction block in New York City later this month, with items ranging in price from $500 to $200,000, according to Christie’s. Rivers, a pioneering female comedian, cultural touchstone and arbiter of taste and fashion, died in Sept. 2014....
Keith Girard is Editor and Pubilsher of TheImproper, New York City’s cutting edge arts, entertainment pop culture and lifestyle Web magazine. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of Billboard magazine and a reporter for the Washington Post among other media positions.
