The Curators of Spring Place, The Wing and The Wythe on the Art They Love...
For her part, Lolita Cross tries elevate the careers of underrepresented female artists in her exhibitions in The Wing’s Salons, showcasing them alongside established names like Jenny Holzer and...
View ArticleNobody Knows How to Talk About Picasso’s Personal Life
Even the cast of a new biopic series on the artist seem...perplexed.
View ArticleJerry Saltz Has a Pulitzer and I Have Questions
And one of those is: What if Roberta had won?
View ArticleDavid Hockney on How Grief and Aging Shaped His New, Bright Paintings
'I can’t go out to a restaurant where it’s too noisy. I cannot hear. So, I just don’t go,' says David Hockney. Instead, he makes friends come to him...and then paints them.
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About the Modigliani Expected to Sell for $150...
In what may prove to be a billion-dollar auction season, one painting is hogging all the attention.
View ArticleMiami’s Perez Museum Caters to World Cup Fans With a Show of Soccer-Inspired Art
'I can’t think of anything I’m more passionate about besides art and soccer to be perfectly honest,' said Perez Art Museum director Franklin Sirmans. It's perhaps why he decided to mount a new...
View ArticleThe Memorial to the Victims of Lynching Has a Message for Today
Alabama's new memorial and museum are places that reveal stark and tragic realities about racial injustice in America, not positing it as over, closed, or relegating these events to the past.
View Article100 Years On, What Does It Say That We’re Still Censoring Egon Schiele’s Nudes?
A slew of campaign images make their debut in New York this week to promote a spate of Schiele shows. But you won't see them the full images—they're apparently as risqué now as they were in the early...
View Article5 Must-See Gallery Shows in NYC During Frieze Week
The best art to see during Frieze week...that you don't have to sail the Hudson to get to.
View ArticleFrieze NY Is Flashy and Instagram-Friendly—But Does That Actually Sell Art?
'I can’t feed the children with likes' commented one gallerist at this year's edition of Frieze New York.
View ArticleThe Met’s ‘Heavenly Bodies’ Curator on How Catholicism Influences Fashion
The Met Museum's 'Heavenly Bodies' curator, Andrew Bolton, talks about about coming up with the idea for an exhibition that mixes style and spirituality, and how he expects Met Gala guests to get glam...
View ArticleHow to Buy Art You Know You’ll Love Forever
Observer's Ask an Expert series speaks with Elizabeth von Habsburg, managing director of Winston Art Group, about how to buy art you'll never regret.
View ArticleThe Modern Portrait: Is It Worth the Price to Get Yourself Painted?
Gertrude Stein did not like the portrait that Pablo Picasso painted.
View ArticleThe 51 Artists, Curators, Directors and Dealers Changing the Art World in 2018
Read, enjoy, and by all means, heartily disagree with the choices we’ve made. If there wasn’t debate, it wouldn’t be be art, would it?
View ArticleThe 5 Best Cities in the World With Up-and-Coming Art Scenes
Not only do these worldwide sites offer diverse art experiences, but they're also being credited with pushing the international contemporary art scene in exciting new directions.
View ArticleA New Exhibition Shows Why Soutine Never Became a Household Name—But Should Have
Did expressionist painter Chaim Soutine's favorite subject matter stop him from becoming a household name?
View ArticleAlready One of the Most Forged Artists, the Modigliani Problem Is About to...
He's one of the most forged artists in history already, and with a Modigliani expected to break records next week, experts foresee new fakes flooding the market.
View ArticleThere Are So Many Art Disputes, a Dedicated Arbitration Court Is Opening in...
A new tribunal for disputes over art could help both sides of the disagreement keep the issue private, speed up the process, and reduce the learning curve by having the case heard by experts in the field.
View ArticleA New Fashion Exhibition Aims to Show How the Industry Could Actually Be...
There's so much more at play in women's fashion than just how clothes fit on female forms.
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