Messages in Bottles (...and more)

Sculptor Tony Feher displays one of his Aquapod pieces

“Tony Feher’s messages in bottles—along with a spectrum of works from the last 25 years—launch a traveling retrospective.”

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Sculptor Tony Feher emerged in the 1990s, inspired by minimalism and daily objects. Using a variety of materials, Feher (born 1956) turns his attention to the sculptural qualities of the mundane. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Feher now lives and works in New York.

Record Broken: Half a Billion Dollars Raised At Christie's

Basquiat's Dustheads sold for $48.8 million  (click photo for larger image)

“With a Jackson Pollock and Jean-Michel Basquiat breaking auction records, Christies enjoyed the most lucrative auction in history.”

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An Interview with Marcel Duchamp

This is a photo of Marcel Duchamp taken at the Walker Art Center in 1965, three years before the artist’s death. Photo: Eric Sutherland for the Walker Art CenterMarcel Duchamp - The Passage from Virgin to Bride - 1912 - oil on canvas - 23 3/8 x 21 1/4" (59.4 x 54 cm) - Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) New York, NY (click photo for larger image)“I believe that a picture, a work of art, lives and dies just as we do...” These word were spoken by French born American artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) who is most closely associated with Cubism (a movement in which subject matter is broken up, analyzed and reassembled) and Dadaism (a movement which ridiculed contemporary culture and traditional art forms).

“To coincide with a current exhibition on Marcel Duchamp at the Barbican, London (until 9 June), here is an interview with the artist from the March 1993 issue of The Art Newspaper, until then unpublished.”

Man Made: A Selling Exhibition of Works By Jean-Michel Basquiat Opens At Sotheby's S/2 Galleries

 Jean-Michel Basquiat, Love Dub for A. Signed, titled and dated 1987 on the reverse. Acrylic and oilstick on canvas, 87 by 114¼ in. 221 by 290.2 cm. Photo: Sotheby's. (click photo for larger image)

“From 2 May through 9 June 2013, Sotheby’s S|2 private sales galleries in New York will host an exhibition of works by the Brooklyn-born painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, offering a comprehensive view of his short but legendary career.”

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American Neo-Expressionist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) began his career as a grafitti artist, in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York. "Basquiat's canon revolves around single heroic figures: athletes, prophets, warriors, cops, musicians, kings and the artist himself."

Mmmmm......Rothko Toast!

The latest tasty available at SFMOMA’s café on Third Street, in San FranciscoMark Rothko, No. 14, 1960, 1960; painting; oil on canvas, 114 1/2 in. x 105 5/8 in. (290.83 cm x 268.29 cm); Collection SFMOMA, Helen Crocker Russell Fund purchase; © 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkRussian born Mark Rothko (1903-1970) was--and remains--one of the most famous postmodern American artists. His works introduced contemplative introspection into the post-World War II Abstract Expressionist school. Using color as the sole means of expression led to the development of Color Field painting. And Now...“Behold: Rothko toast, the latest artsy menu item SFMOMA's café on Third Street. Like the work that inspired it ("No. 14, 1960") the toast features two tones of color (apricot butter and wild blueberry jam).