Sable Elyse Smith Wins $200,000 Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize
Artist Sable Elyse Smith has won the Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize, which is awarded every two years and administered by the Contemporary Austin. The award comes with $200,000, a solo...
View ArticleWoman Sues Walker Art Center, Claiming She Was Told She Could Not Breastfeed...
A Minneapolis woman is suing the Walker Art Center after an employee, apparently ill-informed on the museum’s policies, allegedly told her she could not breastfeed her infant in a gallery. Megan...
View ArticleJulie Mehretu Designed BMW Art Car Unveiled at Centre Pompidou
The 20th BMW Art Car, designed by contemporary art luminary Julie Mehretu, was unveiled Tuesday at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Following tradition, the BMW M Hybrid V8 race car will take part in the...
View ArticleThailand Celebrates Return of 11th Century Sculptures Repatriated by the Met...
The government of Thailand recently held an official repatriation ceremony for two 11th century sculptures previously held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art for three decades and connected to art...
View ArticleLivestream Portal Reopens in Dublin and New York Following Lewd Behavior
On Tuesday, May 14 a large portal that livestreams between Dublin’s city center and New York’s Flatiron district was shut down due to lewd behavior. The art installation returned again on Sunday,...
View ArticleAi Weiwei to Get His First US Retrospective in a Decade at Seattle Art Museum
Ai Weiwei, the Chinese provocateur who ranks among the world’s most popular artists, will have his first US retrospective in a decade at the Seattle Art Museum next year. His last retrospective, held...
View ArticleTop Collector Ron Perelman Sold 71 Works Worth $963 M. by Picasso, Warhol,...
Businessman Ronald O. Perelman, who appeared on the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors several times and was once a frequent Gagosian client, sold 71 artworks by blue-chip artists for $963 million between...
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White Cube Now Represents Howardena Pindell, Pioneering Artist and Curator,...
White Cube, which has locations in Europe, Asia, and the US, has added Howardena Pindell, an influential artist and curator now in her 80s, to its roster. The gallery will feature a new artwork,...
View ArticleOrlando Museum of Art Bequest Controversy, a Taylor Swift Art Experience,...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES STRINGS ATTACHED. The Orlando Museum of Art has asked a Florida court to change...
View ArticleDamien Hirst Dating Controversy Continues as Report Reveals More Works Made...
Damien Hirst this week continued to face scrutiny over the dating of his artworks after a new Guardian report revealed on Tuesday that more than 1,000 paintings were made years later than his studio...
View ArticleBeloved LA Art Space Rebrands as the Brick Ahead of Reopening Next Month
Ahead of its reopening in its new home next month, the beloved Los Angeles art space formerly known as LAXART has rebranded as the Brick. Since June 2022, LAXART has been closed amid preparations to...
View ArticleLiverpool Brings on Local Artists to Make Taylor Swift Pieces Ahead of Eras...
In advance of Taylor Swift’s three sold-out concerts in Liverpool this June, the British city will be transformed into “Taylor Town” and will soon play host to new art installations about the singer....
View ArticleIn a Polarized Art World, This New Index Is Mapping Incidents of Censorship...
As more and more artists claim they have been censored after speaking out on Palestine and Israel, a new online tool—called the Art Censorship Index, and released earlier this week—aims to track and...
View ArticleRenoir, Sisley Paintings Sold Under Duress During Nazi Occupation of France...
Two paintings, one by Alfred Sisley and another by Auguste Renoir, sold under duress by a Jewish gallery owner during the Nazi occupation of France, were returned to his beneficiaries on Thursday, May...
View ArticleA Painting of Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, Graces Tatler Magazine Cover...
The British magazine Tatler revealed Wednesday the cover of its July 2024 issue on Instagram: a portrait of Her Royal Highness Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, by the British-Zambian artist...
View ArticleSotheby’s Rainmaker Brooke Lampley Heads to Gagosian
Brooke Lampley, the global chairman and head of global fine art at Sotheby’s, will leave the auction house at the end of May for a Senior Director position at Gagosian, ARTnews has learned. Lampley...
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Painter George Rouy Joins Hauser & Wirth, Becoming the Youngest Artist on Its...
George Rouy, a fast-rising British painter, is the latest artist to join the roster of Hauser & Wirth, the mega-gallery which operates 18 spaces worldwide. The 29-year-old painter is now the...
View ArticleThe Price of a Dollar and the Return of the Collector’s Market
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Before the Blade helicopters disembark...
View ArticleA Madonna-Frida Kahlo Controversy, Hirst Backdating Scrutiny Grows, Critics...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES MADONNA-KAHLO MISUNDERSTANDING. Madonna sparked outrage among Frida Kahlo...
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Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Nonconformist Artist Who Merged Art and Design, Dies...
Marc Camille Chaimowicz, an artist whose unclassifiable installations trotted the line between art and design with aplomb, has died at 77. His death was announced on Thursday by Brussels’s WIELS...
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