Modernism is sexy. And not just because Mad Men is set during the period of the style’s apex, the early 1960s, though there’s no denying the show’s appeal. No, Modernism conjures up an era, one in which father still knew best, women knew their place, and the thought of an African-American president was as fantastical –– and frightening — to white Americans as a night of the living dead. At auction recently, a Serra from the late ’60s went for $1.98 million (the highest amount ever paid for a Serra), a Pollock sold for $8.7 million, exceeding its $6 million estimate, and a signature color-field Rothko went through the roof to the tune of $31.4 million. People are not only still paying for Modernist masters but paying more than ever.
There are a lot of Andy Warhols. The Campbell’s-soup-can-reproducing Andy. The
tedious filmmaking
Andy. The
celebrity
Andy. But there’s also an Andy that few casual...
We all know how important Michelangelo is. He painted a massive fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel for, uh, Pete's sake, sculpted totally buff nudes ou...
Chow, Baby didn’t really — maybe a little bit, but not really — expect its
Taco Bell Cantino Tacos
($1.49 each) lime segments to
talk out loud
, like on the commerc...
From
9 p.m. to 4 a.m.
on
Friday
at
the Where House
(2510 Hemphill St. on the South Side), the
Funkytown Fall Festival
will take place, featuring (in order of appearance...
Before
Machete
was a real movie, it was a fake movie. For their 2007 double-bill
Grindhouse
, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino had four trailers created for n...