Fine Art

Mark Bradford says he wanted his Spoiled Foot installation to make the viewer feel "as if the center of the room was no longer available."

Arts

Memory Fuels Art And Activism In Mark Bradford's 'Tomorrow Is Another Day'

5:22am October 19, 2018

by Susan Stamberg

Bradford represented the U.S. at the 2017 Venice Biennale. An exhibit of his work is now on view at The Baltimore Museum of Art — where one curator says he may well be the best painter working today.

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Sophie Calle, at a private concert by Pharrell Williams in Paris on May 26, 2014. Pharrell contributed to the album Souris Calle, in tribute to Sophie Calle's dead cat.

Bono, Pharrell, Laurie Anderson And More Memorialize A... Cat

2:22pm October 16, 2018

by Andrew Flanagan

French artist Sophie Calle's cat died in 2014. To mourn him, Calle asked dozens of musicians — including Michael Stipe, The National and Jarvis Cocker — to memorialize him.

Banksy Art Shreds Itself

8:07am October 07, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with art critic Jerry Saltz of New York magazine about the surprise self-destruction of one of the artist Banksy's paintings at a London auction.

Arts

The Actor Behind 'Robocop' On Detroit And Art History

7:57am October 06, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon asks Peter Weller about his career in art, from playing the titular character in 1987's RoboCop to getting a doctorate in art history.

Titus Kaphar often appropriates familiar styles from the Western art canon, but his paintings and sculptures alter the images to point out hidden histories of racism and slavery.

Arts

Meet The MacArthur Fellow Disrupting Racism In Art

6:03am October 05, 2018

by Mary Louise Kelly

Newly minted "genius" grantee Titus Kaphar takes on historical paintings, modifying the scenes to lead the eye to those relegated to the background.

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The 2018 recipients of the MacArthur "genius" grant.

Here Are The Winners Of The 2018 MacArthur 'Genius' Grants

3:57pm October 04, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

From engineering to economics, from painting to planetary science, the range of this year's class is vast. But the MacArthur Foundation expects them all to do big things with their newfound $625,000.

Corot's mother was a milliner and his father was a textile merchant — he paints many of his models in elaborate costumes. He made Jewish Woman of Algeria in 1870.

Arts

At The End Of His Career, This 19th Century Artist Painted As He Pleased

7:13am October 03, 2018

by Susan Stamberg

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot painted thousands of landscapes. But in the last two decades of his life, he turned his attention to painting women — often dressed in elaborate costumes.

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In 1897, Belgian King Leopold brought 267 Congolese people to his country estate to display them in a mock African village — a practice referred to as a human zoo.

Where 'Human Zoos' Once Stood, A Belgian Museum Now Faces Its Colonial Past

7:30am September 26, 2018

by Joanna Kakissis

When the Royal Museum for Central Africa reopens, it intends to finally confront a sordid part of Belgium's history — the exploitation led by King Leopold II which killed millions in Congo.

British artist Jason deCaires Taylor's Coralarium sits in waters off the Maldives.

Maldives Police Use Pickaxes To Destroy Artwork Deemed Un-Islamic

11:03pm September 25, 2018

by Lauren Frayer

The 20-foot-tall stainless steel cube was decorated with life-size human statues and semi-submerged in a coral lagoon. The artwork was criticized because it depicted human figures.

Christie's exhibition space in King Street, London, United Kingdom. Exhibition of impressionists artworks in June 2014.

Science

Researchers Explore Gender Disparities In The Art World

9:50am September 18, 2018

by Shankar Vedantam

Researchers studied nearly 2 million art auction sales and found paintings by women fetched less money than paintings by men. Disparities that plague parts of the economy also affect the art world.

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