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Dealer and Socialite Angela Gulbenkian Faces Lawsuit Over Warhol Sale January 22, 2020
German art dealer, collector and socialite Angela Gulbenkian is facing a lawsuit over the sale of a Warhol print on behalf of its owner and allegedly keeping the profits. “The dispute lies in whether [the adviser] and Gulbenkian had the authority to sell the picture,” says Chris Marinello, the chief executive of Art Recovery Group. Read more at […]
Sam
New York – “Songs in the Dark” at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery Through February 20th, 2020 January 22, 2020
Mark Dion, Bureau of Censorship (1996/2019), via Art Observed The year 2020 is being heralded as a crucial moment for society, a moment to respond to massive political upheaval and environmental crises. With immigration on the rise around the globe, and social tensions inflamed over crises of leadership at the heads of global superpowers, the […]
Sam

Exploring the Liminal Spaces of Joshua Flint’s Surreal Paintings January 22, 2020
Through hazy lines and obscured faces, Joshua Flint (previously) reflects on the blurriness of in-between states in his most recent paintings. “Big Earth” shows a group of kids reaching up toward red- and pink-hued orbs that are set on a shadowy backdrop, while “Memory of Nature I” features a portrait of a man with a […]
Grace Ebert
Become a Piano Savant with This Clever Guide to Classic Tunes by Christoph Niemann January 22, 2020
Your days of expensive piano lessons are over. Master the foreboding notes in Jaws, a nursery rhyme often repeated by kids, and of course,”Für Elise,” with this straightforward diagram from Christoph Niemann (previously). In his riff on Beethoven’s classic, “How to Please Elise” provides simple instructions on how to play the first 51 notes of […]
Grace Ebert