New York City
ArtDan BeauchampKusama, Yayoi Kusama, Tokyo, Osaka, Art, Contemporary Art, Fashion, Louis Vuitton, Nudity, Performance Art, War, Sex, Gender, Violence, Self-Obliteration, Venice, Venice Biennale, New York, New York City, Painting, DotsComment

The Self-Obliteration of Yayoi Kusama

With Louis Vuitton, the world’s most popular artist paints the finishing touches on her legacy.

ArtDan BeauchampKusama, Yayoi Kusama, Tokyo, Osaka, Art, Contemporary Art, Fashion, Louis Vuitton, Nudity, Performance Art, War, Sex, Gender, Violence, Self-Obliteration, Venice, Venice Biennale, New York, New York City, Painting, DotsComment
The Self-Obliteration of Yayoi Kusama
Travel, ArtDan BeauchampAzabudai Hills, Japan, Tokyo, Minato City, Mori, Yoshitomo Nara, teamLab, Borderless, Tokyo Tower, Heatherwick Studio, Pelli Clarke, Pace, Roppongi, Vessel, New York City, New York, Fuji, Cherry Blossoms, Sakura, Shueisha, Manga, Hudson Yards, Olafur Eliasson, Wang Zhan, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Gentrification, Financialization, Venture Capital, Shopping, Christmas, Architecture, Art, Japanese Art, Public Art, Contemporary Art, Performance Art, Food, Tourism, Economy, News, Art NewsComment

First Look: Azabudai Hills

Japan’s tallest building is finally open.

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampAzabudai Hills, Japan, Tokyo, Minato City, Mori, Yoshitomo Nara, teamLab, Borderless, Tokyo Tower, Heatherwick Studio, Pelli Clarke, Pace, Roppongi, Vessel, New York City, New York, Fuji, Cherry Blossoms, Sakura, Shueisha, Manga, Hudson Yards, Olafur Eliasson, Wang Zhan, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Gentrification, Financialization, Venture Capital, Shopping, Christmas, Architecture, Art, Japanese Art, Public Art, Contemporary Art, Performance Art, Food, Tourism, Economy, News, Art NewsComment
First Look: Azabudai Hills
Art, TravelDan BeauchampArtist Birthday, Art History, Art, Jaume Plensa, Sculpture, Contemporary Art, Spain, New York, New York City, Chicago, Millennium Park, Humanity, Human Body, Spirituality, Madison Square Park, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Plensa, Public, Public Space, Public Art, Installation Art, InstallationComment

About Jaume Plensa: Sculptor of Humanity

Art, TravelDan BeauchampArtist Birthday, Art History, Art, Jaume Plensa, Sculpture, Contemporary Art, Spain, New York, New York City, Chicago, Millennium Park, Humanity, Human Body, Spirituality, Madison Square Park, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Plensa, Public, Public Space, Public Art, Installation Art, InstallationComment
About Jaume Plensa: Sculptor of Humanity
ArtDan BeauchampJenny Holzer, Feminist, Feminism, Conceptual Art, Art, Artist Birthday, Art History, New York, New York City, Text, Language, Installation, Installation Art, Truth, Opinion, Commodity, Social Media, Architecture, Poet, Poetry, Light Projection, Print, Screenprinting, Curation, Writing, Contemporary ArtComment

About Jenny Holzer: Artist, Poet, Curator

ArtDan BeauchampJenny Holzer, Feminist, Feminism, Conceptual Art, Art, Artist Birthday, Art History, New York, New York City, Text, Language, Installation, Installation Art, Truth, Opinion, Commodity, Social Media, Architecture, Poet, Poetry, Light Projection, Print, Screenprinting, Curation, Writing, Contemporary ArtComment
About Jenny Holzer: Artist, Poet, Curator
Art, TravelDan BeauchampDallas Museum of Art, DMA, Basquiat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York, New York City, Dallas, Texas, United States, Neo-Expressionism, Graffiti Art, Graffiti, Black Art, News, Art NewsComment

The Dallas Museum of Art's New Basquiat Acquisition Goes on Display

Sam F is the first and only work by Jean-Michel Basquiat to be acquired by the DMA.

Art, TravelDan BeauchampDallas Museum of Art, DMA, Basquiat, Jean-Michel Basquiat, New York, New York City, Dallas, Texas, United States, Neo-Expressionism, Graffiti Art, Graffiti, Black Art, News, Art NewsComment
The Dallas Museum of Art's New Basquiat Acquisition Goes on Display
ArtDan BeauchampFort Worth, Fort Worth Modern, Texas, United States, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York City, Sculpture, Collage, Wangechi Mutu, Black Art, Art, Caryatid, Afrofuturism, Wangechi, Mutu, Acropolis, Colonialism, Imperialism, Racism, Bronze, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Pistoletto, Karl Bitter, BitterComment

About Wangechi Mutu's The Seated III

ArtDan BeauchampFort Worth, Fort Worth Modern, Texas, United States, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York City, Sculpture, Collage, Wangechi Mutu, Black Art, Art, Caryatid, Afrofuturism, Wangechi, Mutu, Acropolis, Colonialism, Imperialism, Racism, Bronze, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Pistoletto, Karl Bitter, BitterComment
About Wangechi Mutu's The Seated III
Art, Travel, And MoreDan BeauchampStonewall, Stonewall Inn, Gay Pride, Gay, Pride, Art, Photography, New York, New York City, United States, Peter Hujar, Hujar, Come Out, Coming Out, Gay Liberation Front, Pride March, Race, Racism, Stonewall Riots, Jim Fouratt, Fouratt, Nan Goldin, Goldin, Andy Warhol, Warhol, Susan Sontag, Sontag, Alec Soth, Soth, Marriage Equality, Sodomy, David Wojnarowicz, Wojnarowicz1 Comment

About Peter Hujar's Come Out!! Poster for the Gay Liberation Front

Hujar achieved little recognition during his life but he played a pivotal role in queer history.

Art, Travel, And MoreDan BeauchampStonewall, Stonewall Inn, Gay Pride, Gay, Pride, Art, Photography, New York, New York City, United States, Peter Hujar, Hujar, Come Out, Coming Out, Gay Liberation Front, Pride March, Race, Racism, Stonewall Riots, Jim Fouratt, Fouratt, Nan Goldin, Goldin, Andy Warhol, Warhol, Susan Sontag, Sontag, Alec Soth, Soth, Marriage Equality, Sodomy, David Wojnarowicz, Wojnarowicz1 Comment
About Peter Hujar's Come Out!! Poster for the Gay Liberation Front
ArtDan BeauchampInteraction Art, Installation, Experience, Marina Abramović, Marina Abramovic, Abramović, Abramovic, Yayoi Kusama, Kusama, Tokyo, Instagram, Performance Art, Selfies, Aesthetics, Psychology, Venice Biennale, Venice, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Ini Archibong, Archibong, Pipilotti Rist, Rist, James Turrell, Turrell, New York, New York City, Japan, United States, FutureComment

Focus on Experience

As part of my new series about art shifts of the decade, I investigate the popularity of experience-focused art: performance, installation, and interaction.

ArtDan BeauchampInteraction Art, Installation, Experience, Marina Abramović, Marina Abramovic, Abramović, Abramovic, Yayoi Kusama, Kusama, Tokyo, Instagram, Performance Art, Selfies, Aesthetics, Psychology, Venice Biennale, Venice, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Ini Archibong, Archibong, Pipilotti Rist, Rist, James Turrell, Turrell, New York, New York City, Japan, United States, FutureComment
Focus on Experience
ArtDan BeauchampQueer Art, Sexuality, Masculinity, Elmgreen & Dragset, Elmgreen and Dragset, Elmgreen, Dragset, Michel Foucault, Foucault, Denmark, Copenhagen, Queer Theory, Postmodernism, Installation, Sculpture, Contemporary Art, Public Space, Marfa, Texas, New York, New York City, Berlin, Germany, Holocaust, NAZI, Bertel Thorvaldsen, ThorvaldsenComment

Elmgreen & Dragset: Master Duo of Queer Subversion

Scandinavian artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset are known for their installations that examine society through an absurdist lens.

ArtDan BeauchampQueer Art, Sexuality, Masculinity, Elmgreen & Dragset, Elmgreen and Dragset, Elmgreen, Dragset, Michel Foucault, Foucault, Denmark, Copenhagen, Queer Theory, Postmodernism, Installation, Sculpture, Contemporary Art, Public Space, Marfa, Texas, New York, New York City, Berlin, Germany, Holocaust, NAZI, Bertel Thorvaldsen, ThorvaldsenComment
Elmgreen & Dragset: Master Duo of Queer Subversion