Abstract Expressionist Artist Satoru Abe Is Making Art in a Luxury Shopping Mall
One of Hawaii's most beloved artists, Abe is 93 and has been churning out 200 pieces a year for nearly all his life.
View ArticleBaltimore Museum of Art Dedicates a Year of Exhibitions to Art Made by Women
Titled '2020 Vision,' it will encompass 13 solo exhibitions and seven thematic exhibitions dedicated to the often-overlooked accomplishments of women in the Western canon.
View ArticleAi Weiwei Is Planning to Make a Documentary About Protests in Hong Kong
The legendary dissident artist is speaking out against Western reluctance to engage with Chinese human rights struggles.
View ArticleArtists Show Subversive Ways to Challenge Power in the Rubin Museum’s New...
Sara Raza, curator of the Rubin Museum's new show 'Clapping with Stones,' discusses the subtle, subversive ways art can be a form of resistance.
View ArticleHong Kong Airport Protesters Are Using Art to Voice Dissent
Protesters in Hong Kong's International Airport are being helped by artists to find new and powerful ways to communicate their discontent.
View ArticleChelsea’s Biggest Galleries Are Pushing an Impossible Standard for Dealers
Thanks to some of Chelsea's biggest galleries, collectors now need a luxury experience to go with their art buying, with a host of amenities now being offered behind the scenes.
View ArticleThe Best Lesson I Learned on the Road as a Traveling Art Handler
Or: What to do when you think you've lost a Jasper Johns.
View ArticleDramatic 1960s Portraits of Queen Elizabeth II Hint at What’s Coming in ‘The...
How Olivia Colman will portray the Queen of England is anyone's guess, but portraits made of the monarch during the 1960s give a lot away.
View ArticleThe New York Public Library Lions are Getting a Nine-Week Facelift
Patience and Fortitude have guarded the Schwarzman building for over a century, so it stands to reason that they could use some R&R.
View ArticleFor Museum Boards, Age Diversity Is One of Many Issues—Could Nixing Trustee...
The idea of adjusting the financial commitment for museum trustees has been suggested as a way to to fix the age diversity problem facing boards. Eliminating the money all together could solve even...
View ArticleArtist Molly Crabapple Arrested While Protesting Amazon’s Affiliations With ICE
Crabapple is one of many urging Amazon to stop working with Palantir Technologies, a software company that provides ICE with data used for immigration raids.
View ArticleThe Innovative Companies Carving Out a Space for Art in the Sharing Economy
Some smart startups have realized the potential of monetizing digital art.
View ArticleWhat Lessons Can the Art World Learn From the Last Recession?
Lessons from 2008 provide insight into what happens to the art market during a recession. Were a new one to hit, here's what the art world should expect.
View ArticleSwizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Are Building an Arts Center to Foster Talent in...
Voracious contemporary art fans, Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz have chosen a former industrial site on which to build their Dean Collection Music & Art Campus.
View ArticleThe Museum of Ice Cream’s $200 Million Valuation Represents a Bleak Future
At the very least, it doesn't bode well for the definition of the word 'museum.'
View ArticleStay Overnight in Edward Hopper’s ‘Western Motel’ Painting Recreated at a Museum
The exclusive experience is part of 'Edward Hopper and the American Hotel,' a major exhibition focusing on Hopper’s longstanding fascination with hotels, motels, tourist homes and apartments.
View ArticleRobert Indiana’s Former Caretaker Let the Artist Live in Filth, His Estate...
In the latest in a series of lawsuits, Indiana's former caretaker has been accused of allowing the artist to live in filth and squalor.
View ArticleA Rare Nazi-Era Porsche Went Unsold at Sotheby’s After a Big Mistake by the...
The 1939 Porsche Type 64 may be worth a lot, but an unfortunate mistake saw a Sotheby's auctioneer trying to sell the vehicle for five times its probable value.
View ArticleThe Met Must Decide What to Do With a Trove of Works Obtained Through a...
Before being arrested several years ago, suspected art smuggler Subhash Kapoor allegedly spent decades selling looted artwork to museums.
View ArticleMexico’s Art Dealers Shift Strategy to Cope With an Austere New Presidency...
As of 2019, no more resources will be allotted to Mexico's annual fund for emerging cultural projects. Coupled with that, an economic downturn has forced many local collectors to put buying on hold.
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