People After Living in Obscurity in Venezuela, the Late Artist Gego’s Meticulous Wire Sculptures Are Now in Global Demand The artist is the subject of a traveling museum retrospective, currently on view at the Museo Jumex. By Devorah Lauter, 5 hours ago
People The New Innovators: Alvaro Barrington on Gratitude, Bad Faith, and Why It Takes Eight Galleries to Raise an Artist "My most expensive mistakes are when I don't rely on community," Barrington says. By Tobi Onabolu, 5 hours ago
The Back Room The Back Room: Recession Ready This week: how to know when the art market is headed for a recession, early sales from Art Basel Miami Beach, a speculative bubble bursts, and much more. By Naomi Rea & Julia Halperin, 1 hour ago
Art World Pantone Names Viva Magenta Its 2023 Color of the Year for Its ‘Liveliness and Energy’ The brand used Midjourney to generate A.I. images featuring the color. By Sarah Cascone, 4 hours ago
Auctions Elvis Presley’s Dilapidated Private Jet Will Go Up for Auction and Is Not Likely to Fetch a Kingly Sum It was recently rescued from 30 years sitting on an uncovered tarmac in Roswell, New Mexico. By Vittoria Benzine, 3 days ago
Art World Damien Hirst Is Now Selling Pared-Down Versions of His Monumental ‘Veil Paintings’ Via the Same Company That Released His NFTs The new works were painted by the artist's own hand. By Richard Whiddington, 3 days ago
On View Artist and Designer Thomas Barger Makes the Leap From Tables and Chairs to Wall-Based Works His show is currently on view at Salon 94 Design in New York. By Meka Boyle, 3 days ago
Art Fairs Three Generations of Feminist Artists Convened in Miami to Launch a Participatory NFT Project and a Reproductive Rights Protest Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova teamed up with Judy Chicago and Michele Pred on a pair of empowering Miami Art Week events. By Sarah Cascone, 3 days ago
On View ‘We Try to Absorb the Narrative in the Field’: See How Richard Mosse Is Rethinking What a Contemporary Documentary Image Can Do As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, 3 days ago
Events and Parties Anna Delvey Is Debuting New Paintings at a Secret Miami Party and Making an Appearance Via Zoom (Because She’s Under House Arrest) Works by the scam-artist-turned-real-artist range in price from $15,000 to $25,000, according to the party’s presenters. By Taylor Dafoe, 3 days ago
Archaeology Archaeologists Ask Netflix to Reclassify Graham Hancock’s ‘Unfounded’ Netflix Docuseries ‘Ancient Apocalypse’ as Fiction They decry Hancock as a flagrant pseudo-archaeologist. By Vittoria Benzine, 3 days ago
Galleries Fearless Art Lovers Trekked by Boat to Half Gallery’s Pop-Up in a House on Stilts in Biscayne Bay. It Was Worth It The exclusive painting event was held 1.5 miles offshore at one of the historic Stiltsville homes. By Sarah Cascone, 3 days ago
Art World Day in the Life: Follow Creative Director Pari Dust on Her Whirlwind Miami Schedule, From Fairs to Fashionable Soirées From Mugler to Louboutin to Cavalli, Pari Dust knows the names to drop at Miami Art Week 2022. By Pari Ehsan, 3 days ago
Archaeology A Pre-Hispanic Mural Depicting Moche Warriors Has Been Rediscovered in Northern Peru After Being Lost for More Than a Century The fresco was last seen in black-and-white photographs taken in 1916. By Richard Whiddington, 3 days ago
Auctions This Symbolist Masterpiece Was Expected to Be the Priciest Painting Ever Sold in Poland. Now, Police Are Trying (and Failing) to Seize It Authorities believe the work may have been stolen. So far the seizure has been thwarted by a lack of proper packing materials. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, 3 days ago
Auctions Phillips’ New Partnership With a Beijing Auction House Brings in a Modest $33.6 Million During Its First Evening Sale in Hong Kong The sale is a collaboration with Yongle auction house and follows Phillips' partnership with Poly Auction. By Vivienne Chow, 3 days ago
Art World British Automaker Aston Martin Will Apply Its Car Design Mastery to the Creation of Its First Luxury Residence in Japan The luxury carmaker's No 001 Minami Aoyama is a sleek, four-level home in Tokyo, complete with an "automotive gallery." By Danielle Demetriou, 3 days ago
