What do you get the woman who has everything? Britain's Royal Academy of Arts has presented Queen Elizabeth II with works by some of the country's leading artists to mark the monarch's 60 years on the throne.
Art lovers should expect the unexpected in the latest offering of the ground-breaking and normally roof-scraping Monumenta exhibit, as artist Daniel Buren brings the Grand Palais' lofty ceiling for the first time _ literally _ down to earth.
An enamel black-and-white brooch by Roy Lichtenstein that recalls his pop art designs. A bold gilt-painted necklace twisted into a bowtie by Frank Stella inspired by his sculptural forms and reliefs.
An enamel black-and-white brooch by Roy Lichtenstein that recalls his pop art designs. A bold gilt-painted necklace twisted into a bowtie by Frank Stella inspired by his sculptural forms and reliefs. These wearable works of art are at once different but recognizable as the designs of their creators, and are among nearly 200 one-of-a-kind and limited edition jewelry pieces in a new exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design.
A blood-colored, globulous balloon ensconced in Paris' Grand Palais seems to suck you into its vortex as you lose your sense of balance. And that's not such a bad thing.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has vanished. But look around, and he seems to be everywhere.
Paris' latest monumental exhibit, a blood-colored, globulous balloon by Anish Kapoor, is at once enveloping and vertigo-inducing, and as often with the outspoken British artist, political. Mr. Kapoor dedicated it to jailed Chinese artist and government critic Ai Weiwei.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has vanished. But look around, and he seems to be everywhere. More than a month after one of China's best-known contemporary artists was arrested while trying to board a flight to Hong Kong, his name, his face and his art have popped up across the globe.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has vanished. But look around, and he seems to be everywhere.
