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Newsmakers: Kathryn Andrews on Founding a Nonprofit Research and Art Center
Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a new ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. Artist Kathryn Andrews has long been interested...
View ArticleDealer Pierre Levai Was Held ‘Captive’ by His Lover Before His Death, Lawsuit...
The long-running legal saga over Marlborough Gallery dealer Pierre Levai has deepened further with yet one more lawsuit, this one centered around the gallerist’s final months. His son, Max Levai, has...
View ArticleStolen Banksy, Damien Hirst Works Recovered Two Years in Poland
More than two years after eleven artworks were stolen in a burglary in Poland, the works have been recovered, according to Polish international news network TVP World. At a value of more than...
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Niki de Saint Phalle Biopic Is a Convincing Portrait of an Artist in...
In 1952, Niki de Saint Phalle moved from the United States to France with her husband Harry Mathews and her infant daughter. Dark childhood memories, including ones involving her incestuous father,...
View ArticleBanksy Posts Mysterious Madonna and Child Mural on Instagram, Stirring...
On December 16, British street artist Banksy posted on Instagram an artwork referencing the Madonna and Child, stirring speculation to its meaning. The painting on a metal panel in an unknown location...
View ArticleIconic David Hammons Work to Be Restaged by Hauser & Wirth During Frieze LA
As part of its programming for the upcoming Frieze Los Angeles fair, Hauser & Wirth will restage David Hammons’s iconic work Concerto in Black and Blue (2002) for the first time since its debut...
View ArticleThe Defining Artworks of 2024
Crumbling amber, a nonbinary deity, a horned woman, a disco ball formed from synthetic hair: all these things and more appeared in the year’s most memorable artworks. Produced during a time that was a...
View ArticleCast of New Film ‘The Gallerist’ Confirmed As Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Catherine...
MRC is set to independently finance The Gallerist, Cathy Yan’s new film starring the previously announced Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega. The company also today officially confirmed the remaining...
View ArticleUK Considers Granting Artists ‘Right to Personality’ Amid Rise of Generative AI
The UK government is considering an upgrade of its “right to personality” law that could gain artists new safeguards against generative artificial intelligence models capable of mimicking their...
View ArticleChristie’s Totals $5.7 B. in 2024, Down from Last Year’s $6.1 B. Amid...
Christmas is almost here, which means Christie’s CEO Guillaume Cerutti did his best to bring festive cheer by crunching the auction house’s 2024’s numbers during his end-of-year press conference...
View ArticleRobert Smithson’s ‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, the renowned 54-year-old Land art installation on Utah’s Great Salt Lake, has officially been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Overseen by the...
View ArticleFollowing Hurricane Damage, the Rothko Chapel Reopens to the Public
After closing due to hurricane-related damage earlier this year in July, the landmark Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas reopened to the public on Tuesday. The chapel boasts a suite of 14 massive...
View ArticleKim Kardashian May Have Bought $4.9 M. Basquiat Painting at Christie’s Auction
Rumors are swirling that Kim Kardashian may be the owner of a $4.9 million Jean-Michel Basquiat painting that appeared at auction at Christie’s in 2017. Kardashian has yet to officially confirm she is...
View ArticleNew York’s Jack Hanley Gallery Closes after 37 Years in Business
Jack Hanley Gallery, a beloved gallery based in New York, said on Tuesday night that it would close this month, marking 37 years in business. Currently located in Tribeca, Jack Hanley Gallery first...
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Samantha Box’s Still Life Collages Look at How the Caribbean Is Exported to...
After 12 years of photographing queer youth in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, photographer Samantha Box came to the realization around 2018 that this sort of documentation was not work that...
View ArticleGuggenheim Museum’s Naomi Beckwith to Curate Documenta 16
Naomi Beckwith, the Guggenheim Museum’s deputy director and chief curator, will curate the 2027 edition of Documenta, a closely watched art exhibition that takes place once every five years in Kassel,...
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Nour Mobarak’s Polyphonic Opera Dissects the Power and Limits of the Human Voice
A well-known story from Ovid’s first-century narrative poem Metamorphoses goes something like this: after the sun god Apollo kills the snake-dragon Python, the god of love Cupid seeks revenge on...
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Janet Olivia Henry’s Dark and Playful Sculptures Made of Toys Are Gaining...
Do you want a plastic shopping cart small enough to be pushed around by a doll? Go right ahead, and Google it—you’ll turn up many carts of that kind. But not so long ago, it wasn’t so easy to find...
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Knight Foundation Announces Grant Recipients for 2024 Knight New Work in...
Today’s artists are navigating a landscape where digital technology blends the physical and virtual worlds, offering new ways to create, communicate, and collaborate. While technology can sometimes...
View Article10 Under-Recognized Artists Who Got Their Due in 2024
The Venice Biennale has traditionally been viewed as a survey of the present, but this year, it was arguably an exhibition about the past. More than half the 331 participants were dead, as sure a sign...
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