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Hamilton Nolan · 09/20/13 04:10PM

If you're unlucky enough to be in Times Square, you'll surely leap at the chance to publicly register your displeasure with capitalism.

Bejeweled European Skeleton Gods Discovered By "Macabre Art" Expert

Ken Layne · 09/10/13 12:00PM

In the middle of the European Renaissance, these fantastic skeleton gods were being constructed in the bowels of Europe's Catholic churches. Los Angeles art historian and photographer Paul Koudounaris found these secret saints in catacombs and storage bins across the old Holy Roman Empire.

These New George W. Bush Paintings May Herald a "Cat Period"

Max Read · 08/27/13 02:58PM

Two new paintings by former president George W. Bush, published for the first time here on Gawker, give us a new window into the ongoing development of the tortured artist/torture advocate—and opens the possibility for a new phase in his oeuvre: cats.

Cutie and the Boxer is a Tough Love Story

Maggie Lange · 08/16/13 04:45PM

In one of the final scenes of Zachary Heinzerling's documentary, Cutie and the Boxer, the 80-year-old artist Ushio Shinohara looks over a book of his works entitled Love is a Roarrrr!!. He likes the final word, but says he doesn't understand why it's preceded by a comparison to love. "Who put 'love is'?" Ushio asks his wife, another artist, named Noriko. She points to herself. "Why? Because I think so: Love is a roar. I found out by experience in my life. Love is a roar."

Jasper Johns' Longtime Assistant Accused of Stealing $6 Million in Art

Taylor Berman · 08/15/13 08:05PM

A longtime assistant to artist Jasper Johns was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with stealing Johns' artwork. According to federal prosecutors, James Meyer, who worked for Johns for 27 years, took at least 22 unfinished pieces of art from Johns' Connecticut workspace between September 2006 and February 2012, and sold them to a Manhattan art gallery for $6.5 million, $3.4 million of which went to Meyer.

Cord Jefferson · 08/06/13 12:44PM

Amazon now sells fine art. Got a birthday coming up? Ask your friends to all chip in for this Monet, which you can toss in your digital cart with only a click of a button and $1.45 million. Free shipping!

Precious Art Appraised as Detroit Tries to Dig Out of Debt

Cord Jefferson · 08/05/13 07:54PM

A couple weeks after a state-appointed emergency manager filed a bankruptcy claim on behalf of Detroit, the world-famous Christie's auction house has been called in to begin appraising some of the Detroit Institute of Arts' permanent collection. But lest you should assume this is the sign of vultures coming in to pick at a decaying carcass. everyone involved in this process promises this is just a formality and no art will be sold.

Detroit's Fox Affiliate Very Confused By Crisco Can and a Giant Fist

Camille Dodero · 07/31/13 11:45AM

Yesterday morning, Detroit-based artist Jerry Vile left a present for his bankrupt home: a giant Crisco can underneath the city's iconic Joe Louis fist. With his tribute, Vile left a placard identifying the installation's title as "A Vessel of Hope" and explaining that the gesture was meant to "ease the pain" of Detroit's bankruptcy. Most of the local media seemed to understand that this was an elaborate fisting joke. Except for one outlet.

Kate Bennert · 06/25/13 11:42AM

Heidi Klum has been saving her sons' shaved afros in ziplock bags so that she can glue it to their faces in the name of art.