Art

Perhaps the most striking piece immediately visible as you enter Art Basel from the convention center's East entrance is Obama by Yan Pei-Ming at David Zwriner. Perhaps an Obama portrait should say "W... Continue reading "Art Basel: Politics and Portraits " >  

The morning's rain gave way to a breezy, cool day -- a little too cool for ill-prepared New Yorkers like Joel Wachs, president of the Andy Warhol Foundation, who brought only two Hawaiian shirts and a T-shirt for his visit to South Florida for Art Basel week. He found himself shivering at the VIP...  

Sten & Lex is an amazing street artist from Italy. He had a show in London recently at the Pure Evil Gallery where some of these stunning black and white stencil artworks were exhibited.  

In today's supercharged art market, being a collector no longer means simply selecting paintings and sculptures that appeal to the eye.  

James Oleson creates large sculptures from scrap steel. He calls the process ''found material sculpture.''  

After a trip that included talks in the Middle East on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a farewell speech to NATO foreign ministers in Brussels, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stopped at Buckingham Palace for a classical musical recital with Queen Elizabeth II, above right, at which Dr...  

It’s the rare opera finale that doesn’t include bloodshed: A new deal between La Scala opera house in Milan, Italy, and an Italian performers union will ensure that La Scala’s gala opening night will take place Sunday as scheduled, The Associated Press reported. The Fials union, which represents...  

It’s back: the dreaded curse of “Tristan.” At the Metropolitan Opera, Gary Lehman, above left, sang in place of an ill Peter Seiffert, above right, in Tuesday night’s performance of “Tristan und Isolde.” Last season, Mr. Lehman was one of four tenors to sing Tristan in a six-performance run...  

Blockbuster has announced a three-year deal with the concert production company Live Nation to sell tickets and merchandise for Live Nation events in 500 of its retail stores, Reuters reported. The announcement comes as Ticketmaster’s contract to sell tickets for Live Nation concerts is set to...  

Sci Fi Channel has announced it is preparing a spinoff that will take place in the decades before “Battlestar Galactica.”  

A decade ago exhibitions linking Africa and the Americas were not uncommon. They are now, though, which may be one reason that “S & M: Shrines and Masquerades in Cosmopolitan Times” looks so fresh.  

The alto saxophonist Jon Irabagon has a smart tone, a shrewd technique and a catholic grasp of the jazz tradition.  

With “Dancing With the Stars” retired from ABC’s schedule for the year and CBS’s lineup in repeats, television ratings were down considerably on Monday night.  

Among the new series that CBS announced on Tuesday for its midseason schedule is “Game Show in My Head,” a hidden-camera reality show whose executive producers include Ashton Kutcher.  

The winners of the Gotham Independent Film Awards were announced Tuesday night by the film organization IFP.