A piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York on Wednesday.
Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at art auction
Category: Arts
Surrealist René Magritte’s ‘The Empire of Light’ sells for a record $121M at auction in New York
An eerie nighttime streetscape below a pale blue daytime sky by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte, “The Empire of Light,” sold for $121.2 million, a record for the artist, at an auction in New York.
Inktober exhibit in Evergreen Park displays ‘each student’s individual voice’
Libby McArthur, an Evergreen Park Community High School art teacher, and her students created art on 31 consecutive days in October.
How a viral, duct-taped banana came to be worth $1 million
A conceptual artwork of a banana duct-taped to a wall has an estimated value of between $1 million and $1.5 million at Sotheby’s auction on Nov. 20.
Chicago artists of color see a bit of support but want more inclusivity, opportunity in American institutions
While there is more support for artists of color around Chicago, some feel there is much more work to be done to widen the scope of American art.
Talking in the library: Trio of librarians launch podcast at Green Hills
Green Hills Public Library District’s first podcast, “Checked Out,” features discussions of books, TV, movies and more.
Elmhurst Art Museum has new executive director and chief curator
Allison Peters Quinn comes to the west suburban art museum from the Hyde Park Art Center.
Review: ‘Midway’ to here: Paul D’Amato photographs the people and places surrounding Midway Airport
Nearly every week for the past 10 years, Paul D’Amato has been photographing the environs of Midway International Airport.
Politics feel like a circus? Go see ‘The Great Farce,’ an art exhibit now at Northwestern
Federico Solmi’s installation recently opened at the Block Museum in Evanston. It’s like all of the election year art, all at once, magnified, multiplied and crammed inside eight minutes of chaos.
Sixth edition of Chicago Architecture Biennial is coming next September
Every Biennial has had a theme and the title for this one will be “CAB 6: Shift: Architecture in Times of Radical Change,” with projects from some 50 countries.