People Meet Kris Lemsalu, the Eccentrically Costumed Artist Who Will Give ‘Birth to a World of Shamanic Force’ at the Venice Biennale Lemsalu will team up with friends, including the artist Sarah Lucas, to create her own world on a Venetian island. By Kate Brown, 8 hours ago
Opinion The World’s Most-Liked Instagram Post Is a Picture of an Egg—And It Hatches a New Age of Conceptual Art for the People It's the viral sensation of the moment. But it has an art-historical precedent. By Ben Davis, 23 hours ago
People Actress Lucy Liu Is Also an Artist—and She’s Having Her First Museum Show in Singapore Liu's practice involves plucking trash off the street and giving it a new home in books. By Caroline Goldstein, 19 mins ago
Politics Second Lady Karen Pence Lands a Part-Time Job Teaching Art at a Christian School That Bans Gay Teachers Pence is an experienced educator whose key White House initiative is "Healing with the HeART." By Henri Neuendorf, 24 mins ago
Art World Must-See Art Guide: San Francisco This month's guide features Claudia Wieser, Wayne Thiebaud, Rodrigo Cass, and more. By artnet News, 1 hour ago
Art World MOCA Los Angeles Will Close Its Pacific Design Center Location After Nearly 20 Years The museum's satellite space in West Hollywood will close for good on February 24. By Julia Halperin, 2 hours ago
Art World Scientists Have Found the Rare Secret Ingredient Rembrandt Used to Make His Paintings So Vibrant The discovery could be critical in helping to preserve the Dutch artist's masterful paintings for future generations. By Henri Neuendorf, 4 hours ago
Art World ‘This Is an Insult to Our Ancestors’: Chinese Social Media Erupts Over the Loan of a Prized Calligraphic Work to Japan Taiwan's National Palace Museum loaned Japan the work, complicating the issue further. By Sarah Cascone, 4 hours ago
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Market Art Stage Singapore Is Canceled One Week Before Opening, Leaving Exhibitors Wondering Why In an email to exhibitors, the fair’s president blamed “given circumstances,” which have yet to be revealed to exhibitors or the fair’s director. By Kate Brown, 8 hours ago
Art World A Swedish Artist Launched a Propaganda Campaign to Reverse Brexit. ‘Leave’ Backers Call It ‘Possibly Criminal’ Jonas Lund’s performance turned the Photographers' Gallery into an "influencing agency" like the ones active in the US presidential election and EU referendum. By Naomi Rea, 8 hours ago
Art World After Gerhard Richter Disavowed a New Movie Based on His Life, the Director Fires Back: ‘He Hasn’t Seen the Film’ The director of 'Never Look Away' says he even read the screenplay to Richter word for word before it was released. By Henri Neuendorf, 23 hours ago
On View Critic Hilton Als’s Latest Show at David Zwirner Takes on the Myth of James Baldwin The show approaches Baldwin as a complete person—not just as a cultural icon. By Taylor Dafoe, 1 day ago
Art World A Painting Stolen From a Belgian Church Last Week Might Have Been by Michelangelo An authenticator was set to examine the work the day after it disappeared. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Politics An Architecture Firm Is Raising Money to Build a Gold Prototype for Trump’s Border Wall Around Mar-a-Lago Chicago's New World Design architecture firm is back with another anti-Trump project. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Art World Art Industry News: Damien Hirst Reveals His Greatest Fear Is Being Ignored + Other Stories Plus, a young vandal caused $2 million worth of damage to the Denver Art Museum and the ICA Boston gets a massive Yayoi Kusama Infinity Room. By artnet News, 1 day ago
