In observance of World AIDS Day tomorrow, December 1, nationwide screenings of the film Untitled by Jim Hodges, Encke King, and Carlos Marques da Cruz will air in 55 arts organizations throughout the country and Canada—venues …

New York Times’ Carol Vogel reported earlier today that the six artist finalists for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s 2012 Hugo Boss Prize have been announced. The prizewinner, to be announced next fall, will receive $100,000 …

One of my favorite discoveries of 2011 has been The O’s, and I have Tiger Darrow to thank for that. I first saw The O’s when they opened for Tiger at the Cactus Cafe in Austin …

The Art Newspaper reported Thursday that a one-day private conference in Florence, Italy in October convened bankers, collectors, curators and academics for discussions on the future of art and finance – and China’s clout derived clear …

The vast majority of the holiday birds lovingly prepared and graciously devoured last Thursday were what I call “butterball-type” turkeys.  These are the frozen birds sold by the millions at a Wal-Mart near you for a …

Thunderbird Jewelry of Santo Domingo Pueblo, curated by folklorist J. Roderick Moore and by Wheelwright Museum curator Cheri Falkenstien-Doyle, should be seen as a contemporary art installation in its own right. Three hundred necklaces arranged along …

I left San Francisco 2 months ago for my last tour of 2011. I started my journey in Los Angeles and Miami, and then I proceeded to Sao Paolo and continued to Ljubljana. Then came Amsterdam, …

Like the bastard offspring of Johnny Cash and Lightnin’ Hopkins, blues-punk rocker Scott H. Biram‘s raucously raw sound is cleverly juxtaposed with intelligent lyrics and his songs go down like a handful of amphetamines chased by …

Podcast: Download It took eight screenwriters to make Tower Heist. After a few minutes, you’ll wonder what it takes to make this Brett Ratner film go away. In a Manhattan luxury tower, the building employees learn …

Sometimes art and design marry, and it’s a beautiful thing. trans_actions is one such wedding, in which art market data is presented in a visually-exciting format. “trans_actions is a panoramic data visualization that illustrates the dramatic …