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  • crime

    Shepard Fairey Never Needs to Go to Boston Again

    Shepard "OBEY Obama" Fairey has pleaded guilty to vandalism charges in Boston, and he's getting off easy. Boston, on the other hand... More »
    07/10/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Spirit Fingers: Let's face it, he was going to have a hell of a time in the clink with a name like... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • artists

    Poster Boy, His Arms Star in Documentary

    Poster Boy, vandalartist-in-chief of the NYC subway system, has been quiet lately. Or has he? He just had another art show in Jersey, and he stars in this mini-documentary lauding his folk heroism. 'America's Got Talent,' he's ready! [AnimalNY]
    07/09/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by BookishLookish: I desire him ardently. 6 Responses | Other threads

  • Unjust desserts

    Chocolate Is Death

    A 29 year-old chocolate factory worker in New Jersey died today after falling into an eight-foot-deep vat of melted chocolate. One option for the poor man's cadaver: a mold for chocolates. More »
    07/08/09
    10,595
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by El_Gato: His passing was bitter sweet. 14 Responses | Other threads

  • controversies

    Joe Jackson Pancake Painting a Little Too Intense For Corporate America

    Speaking of important Michael Jackson news, pancake-painter-to-the-stars Dan Lacey has some! He painted this moving portrait of "Joe Jackson with a Michael Jackson memorial ticket and a pancake upon his head." Ebay is censoring it! More »
    07/07/09
    5,013
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Mymoustache: Joe Jackson with a pancake and michael jackson memorial concert ticket on his head - brilliant. Young Michael Jackson with shirtless... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • I CAN HAZ MASTURPEESUZ

    A Context-Free, Comment-Free Review Of Contemporary Art, With Suggestions

    Things I Did On My July 4th Vacation: hit up The New Museum's Younger Than Jesus exhibition. It's a contemporary art exhibit showcasing only artists born after 1976. It ends today. Here is what I saw, presented without comment. More »
    07/05/09
    8,221
    60

    By Foster Kamer

    Comment by Foster Kamer: I mean, if you guys didn't watch the Ryan Trecartin video, you absolutely should. You will have nightmares. 7 Responses | Other threads

  • magazines

    What Had Better Be the Nine Best Words Ever

    Opium Magazine is running "The Longest Story Ever Told": it's printed on the cover, then printed over in black ink, which will fade over the course of 1,000 years to reveal the nine-word-long story. We already guessed it: More »
    06/29/09
    14,466
    63

    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Thomas Paladino: This is, literally, the dumbest thing ever. Like, in the history of mankind. 4 Responses | Other threads

  • music

    Moby Is Magic

    New York magazine's Hugo Lindgren proves that—with just a few hours in the studio—Moby can transform a scratchy demo of an amateurish ballad into a rejected outtake from some bad Jennifer Grey movie soundtrack. [NY Mag]
    06/24/09
    2,681
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Nic Fit: Say what you will, he was and is a smarter businessman that all of us combined. 2 Responses | Other threads

  • culture

    Metropolitan Museum Still Humongous

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art laid off 357 people today. This will save them $10 million—$28,000 per layoff. They still have 2,200 employees. Several uncultured questions: More »
    06/22/09
    8,652
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by HiredGoons: Art Restorers and Preservationists are a huge part of the staff. I'm assuming they have a lot of people all over... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • thomas kinkade

    World's Worst Artist, Jesus Team Up For Scam

    Thomas "Painter of Darkness" Kinkade, the world's single most objectionable mass-producer of wall-hangings for middle American Baptists, is not just a terrible offender against aesthetics—he's also a crook! More »
    06/19/09
    37,776
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by misslinda: I must confess, I've done worse. Back when I was a starving art school student, I did holiday drawings for... 10 Responses | Other threads

  • and now he's dead

    Iz the Wiz, Legend

    Iz The Wiz, a graffiti legend since the 1970s, died of heart failure in Florida last night. He started in NYC and went all-world. Blogue has details and a retrospective of his art.
    06/18/09
    2,909
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by SpyMagician: It's fairly predictable that most Gawker commenters would just take a snarky dump on someone who actually created great work... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • hardcore

    This Makes Shepard Fairey Look Like Shepard Fairy, LOLOLOL

    A street artist in Russia was arrested by the secret service, interrogated, and beaten after he made this piece showing Vladimir Putin as a woman. In Russia, politicians, cops, and vandals are all equally insane criminal badasses. [via Daily Mail]
    06/16/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by shostakobitch: in soviet russia, graffiti tags you! 2 Responses | Other threads

  • art

    Museums Now Thrilled to Welcome Banksy

    Hello, it's a big new art show by zillionaire street artist Banksy, an artist who does not suck—his first show since his crazy robot monkey show in NYC last year. Let's look, shall we? More »
    06/12/09
    12,830
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Baroness: Hacky Catskills comedian of the art world, one-liners and rimshots and then an eternity of sitting in some collector's warehouse. 6 Responses | Other threads

  • art

    Hoda and Kathie Lee Grapple on Syrupy Flapjack

    Pancake painter-to-the-stars Dan Lacey has completed yet another work of art suggested by you, the celebrisexually-obsessed readers of this blog. Today: Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford wrestle nude, on a pancake. You can buy this thing! More »
    06/09/09
    3,103
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Thatcornellguy: I always knew KLG was a woman on top 5 Responses | Other threads

  • art

    A Bold Fresh Piece of Haha

    These posters were plastered over some Faile art in an unidentified city: "Kill Bill: A Roaring Rampage of Revenge. The Feel Good Movie of the Year." Bill: ranting about these on air will only add to their powers of attraction.
    06/03/09
    3,629
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by bjonston: Sometimes, when I'm alone at night and I can't fall asleep, I fantasize about the myriad ways in which Bill... 7 Responses | Other threads

  • art

    Perez Hilton in Ghost-Splooging Scandal

    In a shocking breach of the integrity (ahem) his fans have come to depend upon, it turns out Perez Hilton might not have phallically doodled on celebrity pictures alone. He uses one or more ghost writer/sploogers. And he might have been a secret. More »
    06/01/09
    10,898
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    By Ryan Tate
  • full frontal art

    Madonna and Guy Ritchie Are Naked and Beautiful

    This is an oil painting, by Scottish artist Peter Howson, that a nude Madonna and her now ex-husband Guy Ritchie sat for back in 2005. It is being auctioned off in Glasgow, and is expected to go for some ÂŁ22,000. Image via Getty.
    05/27/09
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    By Richard Lawson

    Comment by onebadclam: Madonna gets to check another item off her list of media in which to get naked. Next up, chainsawed... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • invitations

    The Hottest Ticket in New York

    Want to meet Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor? More »
    05/26/09
    2,989
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    By John Cook

    Comment by I Love New Jersey: This might be a good way to see if I really have the swine flu by exposing lower life forms... 15 Responses | Other threads

  • recessionomics

    'Nobody Wants Me to Do Anything, So I'm Just Doing What I Want'

    The Way We Live Now: Moaning, creatively. Artists are poor. More so! But credit cards are now a responsible financial option. I think we've solved all of our problems! More »
    05/20/09
    3,107
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by BadUncle: Thank God. My Lugar's charge card bill was getting thicker than their steaks. 5 Responses | Other threads

  • pic of the day

    BaconBaconBacon!

    [A visitor attends a press preview for the new exhibit "Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective," opening May 20th at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The collection celebrates the British artist's 100th birthday; image Getty]
    05/18/09
    1,545
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    By Richard Lawson

    Comment by Just Sayin'.......: Francis Bacon is celebrating his 100th birthday! I had no idea he was even still alive! Happy birthday Francis! 11 Responses | Other threads

  • recessionomics

    Well Cover Me in Tiger Skin and Call Me Richie Rich

    The Way We Live Now: Sick of it all. You work and work to stay positive and then one day you come across some superrich asshole whose yacht's decorated in endangered animal skins. Screw it. More »
    05/15/09
    4,164
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Mount_Prion: Eh, I just got passed over for the position I wanted and I think I'm going to quit my job. Lets... 11 Responses | Other threads

  • history

    Van Gogh: Action Hero

    Everyone knows Vincent Van Gogh cut his ear off and gave it to a prostitute because he was kind of pathetic. But a new study suggests Van Gogh might've been awesome! More »
    05/05/09
    5,288
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    By Pareene

    Comment by lurkystars: Sounds like Gauguin is the actual badass, just like I always thought! Van Gogh was a big whiny baby,... 19 Responses | Other threads

  • rumormonger

    Poster Boy-Friendly Ad Agency Happycorp: Dead? (Updated)

    Thehappycorp is an edgy little ad agency that most recently made news for getting Poster Boy to remix some MOMA ads, and getting fired by MOMA for it. Now a tipster says everyone's been fired. More »
    04/27/09
    3,755
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by ambitious: Nice to work with. Often funny. But I could see him coming off as douche-y (as per a few AgencySpy... more » | Other threads

  • Art is commerce

    Luxury, LV, and Leftovers: Art Eats the Rich

    A great, great story embodying the now-gone boom days: Louis Vuitton teamed up with Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami for an exhibit, with a pricey store. And the "prints" were just leftover scraps! Very fitting: More »
    04/23/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by iheartapocalypse: The only lasting contribution made to art since the 1950s was Jeff Koons developing a tiered membership program for Metropolitan... 8 Responses | Other threads

  • things to buy

    Michel Gondry Now Hustling $20 Caricatures

    Maybe all the cool kids already knew this, but for the rest of us: did you know that for the low low price of $19.95, HIP and FRENCH movieperson Michel Gondry will draw your portrait? More »
    04/19/09
    6,077
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Worst Spelling Ever: Why is my first thought always to send a pic of my cock? 4 Responses | Other threads

  • the art world

    Is Poster Boy Still Good in a Gallery?

    NYC subway ad vandalartist Poster Boy is all up the fancy galleries now! Well not the "fancy" galleries, but galleries nonetheless. But do ad remixes really translate to gallery walls? Kinda. More »
    04/14/09
    2,861
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by jiminy.peep: looks like the same empty pseudo-political faux-intellectual posturing by every other "street artist turned gallery artist" 3 Responses | Other threads

  • art

    Mickey Rourke Peed Upon by Star Dog

    Hello, pancake painter-to-the-stars Dan Lacey has completed another work of art suggested by you, the celebrity-obsessed Gawker readers. Today: "Mickey Rourke and the canine-star of Beverly Hills Chihuahua urinating on him." More »
    04/13/09
    2,210
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by DoctorEcks: Actually... I thought that MR had a Chi wah wah of his own. 1 Responses | Other threads

  • books

    Paula Froelich's Rejected Book Cover

    Page Sixer Paula Froelich has a book coming out called Mercury in Retrograde ("chick lit"). The current cover, pictured, is rather serene. But the original cover, pictured below, was more DYNAMIC: More »
    04/13/09
    7,372
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Rumpelstilskin: The newer cover reminds me that compilation film, New York Stories. Steal! 3 Responses | Other threads

  • photography

    AP Funneez: Shepard Fairey Edition

    The AP is currently suing (and being sued by) Shepard Fairey over his famous 'Obama' image, stolen from the AP. Here's the front page of the AP photo site on Friday. Ha. SUBTLETY.
    04/11/09
    4,818
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Chris Keal: OBEY! 2 Responses | Other threads

  • art

    S&M Goat Marries Pancake; Repubs Outraged

    Pancake painter-to-the-stars Dan Lacey has unveiled his third painting inspired by you, the Gawker commenters. Today: "An S&M goat getting married to a pancake while Rush Limbaugh and a bunch of other conservatives look on in rage." More »
    04/09/09
    2,666
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by scroll_lock: Let's hope she doesn't suffer Battered Wife Syndrome. 16 Responses | Other threads

  • publicity stunts

    Shadowy Group of Chavs Out to Destroy Banksy

    In 2007, NYC had "The Splasher," an anonymous pseudo-intellectual prick who went around defacing street art. Now England has its own pricks who've decided to deface Banksy murals. Unless it's an elaborate hoax. More »
    04/08/09
    3,684
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Botswana Meat Commission FC: What a weak manifesto. The Dadaists would take you punks to school! 2 Responses | Other threads

  • bravery

    Ivy League Manhattanite Travels to Brooklyn, Somehow Survives

    Kate Ahlborn—Harvard '07, Upper East Sider, Vanity Fair writer—ventured into Brooklyn, where dirty people live, for a weird Brooklyny art show, and wrote about it. May she never fucking return. More »
    04/07/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Richard Lawson: I hope she wrote a daring piece for the Crimson called "My Journey to Jamaica Plain" or something. 26 Responses | Other threads

  • things we actually like

    An Amazing Rescue in Little Sydney

    Australia-based photographer Keith Loutit is spending a year shrinking Sydney, taking video around the city using a shooting technique that makes everything look miniature — and an apparent near-drowning seem fun to watch. More »
    04/04/09
    12,681
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by LoveHandles: I spent the whole time trying to figure out what it is that makes it look like that. Can't put... 7 Responses | Other threads

  • gawker stalker

    Alec Baldwin Sneaking Out of Own Movie Premier With Lady Friend

    Judging from this emailed stalker sighting, Alec Baldwin is either not much of a fan of his movie Lymelife, or he really wanted to talk to Stylista winner Johhanna Cox about something: More »
    04/01/09
    6,307
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by pot-pourri: Wait, but according to multiple blind-item guesses on CDaN, he's totally gay!! This must be april fool's. 2 Responses | Other threads

  • art

    The Crucifixion of OctoMom

    Pancake painter to the stars Dan Lacey has completed his second painting suggested by you, the Gawker readers: OctoMom upon the cross, as Angelina and Madonna worship her. More »
    03/31/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by scroll_lock: Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Krap™ could really turn his image around if he learned from this guy. Crazed eyes instead... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • revenge

    How Mad Dog McEnroe Helped Bring Down Art Scammer

    Lawrence Salander apparently had a nice little painting ponzi scheme going for a while there. Then he tried conning a certain temperamental tennis star named John McEnroe. This, of course, ENDED him. More »
    03/26/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by Aaron Altman: "You want me to pay HOW much for a Thomas Kinkade? You cannot be SERIOUS!" 2 Responses | Other threads

  • crazies

    Immortals No Match For Bernie Madoff

    Two conceptual artists/nuts decided that they could stop people from dying by building bizarre apartments for them. But Bernie Madoff lost all their money! He's killed the dream of immortality through uneven flooring: More »
    03/24/09
    4,785
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by cdmunch: This is possibly the worst home on the planet for an alcoholic on the planet. 2 Responses | Other threads

  • art

    Obama Photographer Owes Art Gig To Shepard Fairey

    Everyone, it seems, is reaping fortune or fame from a 2006 Associated Press picture of Barack Obama. Except the AP. More »
    03/24/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by Almostbanned: So photographs of this guy are selling for $1200 each? He's the president. Most of the photos of him are... 6 Responses | Other threads

  • shut up, college

    University of Minnesota Dance Program Devastatingly Exposed as 'Privileged'

    In protest of "the ways in which conversations about institutional racism and white privilege have been mishandled and silenced within the [University of Minnesota Dance] department," anonymous activists have be-papered the department headquarters, provocatively: More »
    03/23/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Hamilton Nolan: Here is another part of their manifesto that is not at all patronizing: "To the faculty of Color, we say: We recognize... 10 Responses | Other threads

  • Poster Boy

    Poster Boy and friends have a gallery show in Brooklyn tomorrow. Don't tell the cops.

    03/20/09
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  • winners

    Limbaugh-Palin-Steele-Pancake Painting Reignites Culture War

    Ladies and gentlemen, your winning request, "Rush the Hutt," by wondrous pancake painter to the stars Dan Lacey. You may buy this cultural artifact on Ebay, right now. More »
    03/17/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Smitros: Excellent deployment of art history, such as this: [imagecache2.allposters.com] I wonder what other references he is having fun with. 9 Responses | Other threads

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