Faux Van Gogh and Pinot Grigio: The Rise of Paint-and-Sip Studios
On a Wednesday night in mid-November, I arrived at Painting Lounge with a bottle of wine in my left hand, bracing myself for the worst.
The Boss Women Of the Supreme Court Now Featured in Their Own Portrait
Today in About Damn Time: the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery uncloaked a portrait featuring the women of the United States Supreme Court, past and present. As of November 2, 2015, the painting hangs in the Washington, D.C. gallery.
Documentary Packed in a Trunk Unveils Edith Lake Wilkinson's Lost Art
In 1924, under dubious circumstances, painter Edith Lake Wilkinson was committed to an asylum for the mentally ill. Her paintings were locked away in a trunk, mailed to a relative, and cloistered for 40 years. Now, HBO documentary Packed in a Trunk brushes off the dust and returns Wilkinson’s artwork to daylight.
Woman Must Give Back the Renoir She Found in a West Virginia Junk Pile
Remember that lucky woman from Virginia who plucked a Renoir out of a pile of crap at a West Virginia flea market and bought it for a mere seven dollars? Yeah, well, she has to give it back to the Baltimore Museum of Art, from where it was stolen in 1951.
Boozy Painting Classes Shut Down in Brooklyn (Update)
The boozy painting hipster art club in Williamsburg achieved the sort of vintage coolness that so many hipsters try (and fail) to achieve: on Thursday night, the NYPD shut down the popular art-and-wine class, calling it an “illegal speakeasy.”
Boozy Painting Class Promises to Make You Think You’re Talented
If you're self-conscious about your lack of artistic talent or manual dexterity with a paintbrush, take heart — a few glasses of Pinot Grigio might be all that's standing in your way on the path to artistic greatness.
Here's a Video to Ruin Every Bob Ross Memory You've Ever Had
Who knew that Bob Ross's painting instructionals were so sexual? Who ever wanted to know that Bob Ross's painting instructionals were so sexual?
People Mad at Cafe for Not Showing Enough Nudity
Usually it's people complaining that art shows too much skin and trying to bring more censorship into the picture. But there's a been a refreshing—if somewhat ridiculous—reversal at one Brooklyn cafe. The Tea Lounge, which is in the very child-friendly neighborhood of Park Slope, attempted to make itself less…
Woman Rubs Her Butt on $30 Million Painting
You probably made an ass of yourself the last time you were drunk, but as long as you didn't rub your ass on any expensive artwork there's someone out there who's more mortified than you are. Yesterday 36-year-old Carmen Tisch was charged with felony criminal mischief for punching, scratching, and sliding her butt…
Color Field Painter Helen Frankenthaler Dies At 83
Helen Frankenthaler, an artist who helped develop a style of painting known as Color Field, has died at the age of 83. Though she was one of the most famous female artists of her generation, she said she never thought of herself as a "lady painter."
Feminist Artist Sylvia Sleigh Dies At 94
Sylvia Sleigh, an artist who often painted male nudes in odalisque-style poses, has died at 94. She once said of her art, "I wanted to give my perspective, portraying both sexes with dignity and humanism."
11-Year-Old Raises $110,000 For Oil Cleanup
11-year-old Olivia Bouler wanted to help clean up the oil spill, so she contacted the Audubon Society with an idea. They approved, and soon after, AOL signed on. Bouler has so far raised $110,000 selling her paintings. [CNN, AOL]
Encounters At The End Of The World
[Berlin, January 22. Image via Getty]
Mona Lisa's Smile Due To Too Much Bacon?
An Italian scientist is arguing that Mona Lisa's facial expression reveals signs of "very high cholesterol." Vito Franco also claims this mannerist masterpiece and this renaissance painting both depict subjects with Marfan syndrome. [Telegraph]
Stars: They're Just Like Us! Except For, You Know, The Giant Life-Sized Portraits Of Themselves.
The recession has not hurt Hollywood's booming terrible-portrait business, although the stars make a big show of finding the likenesses embarrassing. They should.
Last Impressions
When Claude Monet's beloved wife and muse Camille died at 32, the artist responded the only way he knew how: a vivid, evocative painting that would hang over his own deathbed 47 years later. [Obit]
