Why the British Museum Fought So Hard to Keep This Miniature Watercolor
The government blocked an export license for the work, by Indian artist Nainsukh of Guler, in 2018. Now the British Museum has purchased it for more than $500,000.
View ArticleGoogle Launches Doodle Competition on ‘Kindness’ Amid Employee Unrest
Perhaps these budding artists will have something to say about the impact of generosity and good will in the workplace.
View ArticleHow Australian Art Museums Are Protecting Their Collections From Fire Threats
Gallery and museum employees in Australia are well-versed in the strategies necessary to prevent artwork from being damaged in an environmental emergency.
View ArticleChloë Sevigny Is Having a Baby With Her Art Gallery Director Boyfriend
Sevigny confirmed this week that she and her boyfriend, Sinisa Mackovic of Karma gallery in the East Village, are expecting.
View ArticleIsraeli Artist Tsibi Geva Breaks Down the Man-Made World
One of Israel's biggest artists, Tsibi Geva continues his interest in deconstructing architecture, patterns and industrial items in a new show at Albertz Benda.
View ArticleMarilyn Minter, Laurie Simmons Open ‘Abortion Is Normal’ Exhibition to Fund...
Organized in part by the artists Laurie Simmons and Marilyn Minter, the exhibition's proceeds will also go towards educating voters on reproductive issues.
View ArticleThe Founders of Chinatown’s Public Swim Gallery Want to Make Art Accessible...
Madeleine Mermall and Catherine Fenton Bernath are aware that high prices can make buying art seem impossible. Their space will dissuade people of the notion they can't be collectors.
View ArticleAndrew Cuomo’s Nautical-Themed 2020 Vision Poster Is the Wildest Art of the Week
Created for Cuomo by Brooklyn artist Rusty Zimmerman, it includes a dizzying landscape of sea creatures representing political threats.
View ArticleBall Scene Legend Omari Wiles Presents a Tribute to ‘Paris Is Burning’ at the...
The Senegalese dancer and choreographer combines voguing with West African dance traditions in his compelling new work, 'New York Is Burning.'
View ArticleCecilia Alemani’s Venice Biennale Appointment Is Great News for the Art World
Only the fifth woman to hold the position of artistic director, Alemani has a track record that's setting high hopes for the Venice Biennale's next edition.
View ArticleIn NYC, a Fair Dedicated to Outsider Art Cultivates an Interest in the Eccentric
For 28 years, the Outsider Art Fair has shaken up the New York art scene by highlighting voices too often discounted by fine art insiders.
View ArticleHitchcock Icon Kim Novak Ditched Hollywood to Become a Painter
Best remembered for her starring role in 'Vertigo,' Kim Novak found her creative outlet in painting after stepping away from the spotlight.
View ArticleTimes Square’s New Public Sculpture: A Mirrored Heart That’s Supposed to...
There's apparently one specific viewpoint that will unveil the artwork's inner secret.
View ArticleAi Weiwei Explains Why He Was Sued by a Casino Worker in ‘New York Times’ Op-Ed
The dissident artist writes that he's experienced xenophobic discrimination in Berlin, which became his home after he spent four years under house arrest in China.
View ArticleNo, Britney Spears Is Not Trying to Launch a Career in Painting
A painting that Spears made and donated to a charity auction for the victims of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting was used by a French gallery pretending to host her first solo show.
View ArticleMiró Thought His ‘Monster’ Sculptures Were His Most Unconventional Works
Miró's sculptures, which he created after finding fame with painting, show the artist's truly wild side.
View ArticleArtists Call on MoMA to Cut Board Members Who ‘Profit From ‘Suffering’
The artists exhibiting in one of MoMA PS1's current exhibitions have signed an open letter requesting the removal of certain board members.
View ArticleK-Pop Stars BTS Launch a Global Initiative to Fund Contemporary Art
Artists like Antony Gormley and Tomás Saraceno have been tapped to create the first works to debut.
View ArticleDive Into Kubrick’s Mind in an Exhibition About the Making of ‘2001: A Space...
See the lengths of control Stanley Kubrick went to in order to make '2001: a Space Odyssey' in the Museum of the Moving Image's new show.
View ArticleJerry Saltz Has Some Advice for Novice Art Admirers
Not sure how to talk about art? In a new video for Lifehacker, Jerry Saltz lays out the basics.
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