A Brief Exploration of Egon Schiele’s Artistry
Graham Routhier, who recently exhibited his first solo show, talks with the Brown Art Review about his art practice.
In late September the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office ordered 7 Schiele paintings to be seized from both private and public (including the Carnegie and Oberlin Museums of Art) collections and repatriated to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum, an Austrian-Jewish cabaret artist who was killed during the Holocaust. Not even 10 days later, six of the paintings hit the auction floor with a combined (expected) sale of up to $8.45 million.
Hunter Melton writes to beloved creator Patrick McHale (Over the Garden Wall) on new and old projects, asking what’s changed.
Coming to terms with the commercialization of art.