Hauser & Wirth Opens New Gallery Hong Kong Space with Zhang Enli Show – ARTnews.com
Despite recent speculation about Hong Kong’s primacy waning as a major player in the art world over the past few…
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Amanda Palmer On Why Crowdfunding Works
It’s the opposite of magic: it’s a salary that I pull from a community that trusts me. – The Big…
Volta Art Fair NYC has moved!
Change is coming for the 2024 edition of VOLTA New York. The new dates are Preview: Wednesday, September 4…
Netflix to Stream W.W.E.’s ‘Raw’ in $5 Billion Deal
Netflix reached a multibillion-dollar, 10-year deal for exclusive rights to W.W.E.’s flagship weekly wrestling show “Raw,” as the streaming giant…
US museums face a funding crisis as new generation of donors comes of age
There is a saying in the museum world: “There is always a job in development.” But for the first time,…
LA Philharmonic Presents Kurt Cobain-Inspired Opera “Last Days”
Blake, a successful musician, has recently escaped rehab to return home. The safety of his house is soon disrupted by…
Egypt Bulldozed Iconic Cairo Art Center With ‘Millions’ in Art Inside – ARTnews.com
Darb 1718, an iconic contemporary arts center in Cairo, was demolished on January 6, the organization said in a post…
These Are the Worries Haunting a Post-‘Babylonian’ Art Market in 2024
Happy New Year, reader! The first column of 2024 finds some of you on the beach, others packing up to…
On the anniversary of a hero’s death
Nine years ago my father died on this day… here’s my eulogy from that date: “Hoy se ha caido otro roble…
Beverly Johnson, ‘the Model With the Big Mouth’
Less obvious were the nagging model rivalries. As her fame grew, Ms. Johnson fretted that younger Black models, Iman in…
Canadian museum removing name of former director and Nazi supporter Ferdinand Eckhardt from its entrance hall
Canada’s Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) announced last month that it is dropping the name of its former director Ferdinand Eckhardt…
Indiana University Cancels Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby’s Exhibition
Artist Samia Halaby (photo via Wikimedia Commons) Over 1,300 people have signed a petition urging Indiana University at Bloomington (IU)…
Christie’s Communications Head Deirdrea Miller Departs – ARTnews.com
Deidrea Miller, the senior vice president and head of communications for Christie’s Americas division, has left the auction house. Miller…
Do this season’s big screen teachers make the grade?
Dedicated teachers are a movie — and Oscar — staple. “Dead Poets Society’s” Robin Williams; “Stand and Deliver’s” Edward James…
Multiple Exposures Gallery Presents WINTER
Multiple Exposures Gallery (MEG) has announced WINTER, a new fine art photography exhibition juried by Tim Anderson, publisher and editor…
Tom Wilkinson, Actor in ‘The Full Monty,’ Dies at 75
Tom Wilkinson, the actor who could turn a manic lawyer, a steel-foreman-turned-stripper and parts small and large into mesmerizing turns,…
UK New Year Honours—Venice Biennale artist Sonia Boyce made a dame; stained glass supremo Brian Clarke is knighted
Artist Sonia Boyce, who represented Great Britain at the Venice Biennale last year, has received a damehood in the King’s…
Pope.L, Artist and Performer Who Crawled Across NYC, Dies at 68
A portrait of Pope.L (photo by Peyton Fulford, courtesy Modern Art London) Artist Pope.L, who worked across the interdisciplinary fields…
Contemporary Art and Art Fairs: The AIPAD Photography Show New YorkApril 9
New York’s annual and most important photography art fair opens this week. More than 80 photography galleries and dealers from…
Jakub Skokan and Martin Tuma
Jakub Skokan and Martin Tuma’s Zoolandscape “records forms of artificially constructed biotopes and landscape scenes of the environment of European…
Indiana University’s Plan to Sell $10M. in Art for Dorm Reno Furthered – ARTnews.com
A judicial ruling dismissed a lawsuit over the proposed sale of three major paintings from the Brauer Museum of Art…
The Rise and Fall of MuchMusic
When MuchMusic first aired in 1984, it was dubbed “Canada’s answer to MTV.” The channel launched the careers of musicians…