Analysis African American Artists Are More Visible Than Ever. So Why Are Museums Giving Them Short Shrift? Our research finds that less than three percent of museum acquisitions over the past decade have been of work by African American artists. By Julia Halperin & Charlotte Burns, 14 hours ago
Market Yes, Basquiat Is an Art-Market Superstar. But the Work of Other African American Artists Remains Vastly Undervalued The total combined auction value of work by other African American artists is $460.8 million—just 0.26 percent of the global auction market. By Julia Halperin & Charlotte Burns, 14 hours ago
On View ‘They Were Like Challenges to Me’: Watch How Rackstraw Downes Engages With Great Landscape Painters Who Came Before Him As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By artnet News, 4 hours ago
Politics Ousted CSU Long Beach Museum Director Vows to Fight Her ‘Shocking’ Dismissal Was Kimberli Meyer's firing connected to lauren woods's anti-racist artwork? By Sarah Cascone, 5 hours ago
Auctions Want a Painting by Frank Sinatra? Soon, You Can Buy One—Alongside His Microphones, Photographs, and Picasso The singer and his wife Barbara's belongings will be sold in a series of sales at Sotheby's. By Henri Neuendorf, 8 hours ago
Art World Gems Worn by Elizabeth Taylor and Anita Ekberg Glitter in the Kremlin Museums as Bulgari Fêtes Its Legacy as Jeweler to the Stars The exhibition tells the story of Bulgari's storied past with previously unseen treasures culled from famous collections. By Nazanin Lankarani, 10 hours ago
Art World Art Industry News: Ai Weiwei Has Decided to Embark on a Quieter Life in Upstate New York + Other Stories Plus, Ana Mendieta finally gets an obituary in the New York Times, and was Caravaggio killed by the sword not syphilis? By artnet News, 12 hours ago
Art World For His Latest Spectacle, JR Will Unveil a Massive Installation at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate JR took on the US-Mexico border wall, and now he is celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall. By Kate Brown, 12 hours ago
Galleries Hauser & Wirth Is Now Launching a Glossy New Art Magazine Too, Called ‘Ursula’ Veteran New York Times journalist Randy Kennedy is executive editor. By Eileen Kinsella, 13 hours ago
Market What Does the Road to Success Look Like? Case Studies of African American Artists From Three Generations We examine the unique trajectories of Norman Lewis, Betye Saar, and Kerry James Marshall. By Julia Halperin & Charlotte Burns, 14 hours ago
Analysis Visualizing the Numbers: See Infographics Tracing the Representation of African American Artists in Museums and the Market See visualizations of our findings. By Julia Halperin & Charlotte Burns, 14 hours ago
Politics Walk of Shame? A Guerrilla Artist Put Donald Trump’s Hollywood Star Behind Bars—Literally The star was recently destroyed by a vandal with a pickax. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Politics The Latest Round of Trump Administration Tariffs Spares Chinese Art and Antiquities In the escalating trade war with the Asian superpower, art has been spared—for now. By Henri Neuendorf, 1 day ago
Art World Geta Brătescu, Whose Playful Art Defied Romania’s Repressive Regime, Has Died at 92 The artist only rose to international attention in her later years. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Reviews Biennials Have Been Accused of Being Too Unwieldy—So the Busan Biennial Hired an Editor Instead of a Curator Jörg Heiser's debut biennial is (perhaps unsurprisingly) tightly edited and well argued. By Hili Perlson, 1 day ago
Art World The First Bangkok Art Biennial Will Fill the City’s Ancient Temples With Art by Yayoi Kusama and Other Contemporary Stars Elmgreen & Dragset, Yayoi Kusama, and Marina Abramovic join 75 artists at the inaugural edition of the biennial. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Art World Art Industry News: Only Art Fairs Can Solve the Gallery Crisis, Says a New York Times Op-Ed + Other Stories Plus, the Prado secures funding for its ambitious expansion and the untold story of how Salvator Mundi resurfaced in the US. By artnet News, 1 day ago
