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Art Industry News: A ‘Downpour of Stink Bombs’ at the Louvre Is Threatening to Dethrone the Museum’s Longtime Director + Other Stories

Plus, museum attendance plummeted 70 percent in 2020 and painter Joe Bradley leaves Gagosian for two smaller outfits.

By Artnet News, Mar 30, 2021

The Big Interview

‘Comeback? I Haven’t Ever Been There’: Artist Lorraine O’Grady on Why Her Retrospective, at Age 86, Feels Like Her First Big Break

On the occasion of a career retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum, Lorraine O'Grady discusses Boston, Basquiat, and caste in the art world.

By Artnet News, Mar 29, 2021

Politics

The Musée d’Orsay Will Be Renamed the Musée d’Orsay–Valéry Giscard d’Estaing—Really—in Honor of the Late French President Behind Its Founding

The former president helped establish the popular museum.

By Artnet News, Mar 29, 2021

Art World

Editors Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Jacob Lawrence Lecture to a Roadside Push to Pay Women Artists

Plus, a painting show at Andrew Kreps and a Rachel Rossin talk at the New Museum.

By Artnet News, Mar 29, 2021

Art World

Longing for the Louvre? The Museum Just Uploaded Over 75 Percent of Its Fabled Collection to a Browsable New Online Database

The database includes looted items recovered from Germany in 1945 that are waiting to be restored to the families.

By Artnet News, Mar 29, 2021

Art World

Art Industry News: Leon Black Will Resign as MoMA’s Board Chair Amid Scrutiny of His $158 Million Payout to Jeffrey Epstein + Other Stories

Plus, Brexiteers want to build their own museum and the buyer of that $15.4 million Van Gogh painting is revealed.

By Artnet News, Mar 29, 2021

Exhibitions

Painter Amy Sherald’s Bravura New Show in Los Angeles Demands Patient Looking and Quiet Contemplation—See Images Here

The artist's show presents five works made over the course of the past year.

By Artnet News, Mar 26, 2021

Art World

Art Industry News: An NFT Artwork Made by a Celebrity Android Sold for $688,888, Finally Making Humans Irrelevant + Other Stories

Plus, Ja Rule also made some money off an NFT and WWII codebreaker Alan Turing is the new face of the £50 note.

By Artnet News, Mar 26, 2021

The Art Angle

The Art Angle Podcast: How NFTs Are Changing the Art Market as We Know It

Art business editor Tim Schneider helps us figure out WTF an NFT is.

By Artnet News, Mar 26, 2021

Art World

Art Industry News: How an LA Gallery Owner Became World-Famous (It Involves Shrimp Tails and Cinnamon Toast Crunch) + Other Stories

Plus, London's Masterpiece fair cancels its 2021 edition and the Smithsonian is on the hunt for a class of new directors.

By Artnet News, Mar 25, 2021

Art World

Art Industry News: ‘Shark Tank’ Billionaire Mark Cuban Is Launching a ‘Super-Easy’ Gallery for NFTs Called Lazy.com + Other Stories

Plus, French galleries are up in arms that auction houses are allowed to reopen and the Uffizi will send Botticellis to the Tuscan hills.

By Artnet News, Mar 24, 2021

Editors Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Julie Mehretu at the Whitney to Alteronce Gumby in Queens and Manhattan

Plus, Destiny Belgrave at Deanna Evans Projects and more.

By Artnet News, Mar 23, 2021

Art World

Art Industry News: The Guggenheim Is Looking for an MBA to Teach It About NFT Art (But Just Pay Them an Intern’s Salary) + Other Stories

Plus, MoMA board chair Leon Black leaves Apollo four months early and Damien Hirst is a big fan of Beeple.

By Artnet News, Mar 23, 2021

Exhibitions

As the Market for Digital Art Heats Up, König Galerie Is Hosting a Show on the Virtual Blockchain World Decentraland

The Berlin gallery is selling NFTs of the digital works.

By Artnet News, Mar 22, 2021

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Art World

Art Industry News: A ‘Downpour of Stink Bombs’ at the Louvre Is Threatening to Dethrone the Museum’s Longtime Director + Other Stories

The Big Interview

‘Comeback? I Haven’t Ever Been There’: Artist Lorraine O’Grady on Why Her Retrospective, at Age 86, Feels Like Her First Big Break

Politics

The Musée d’Orsay Will Be Renamed the Musée d’Orsay–Valéry Giscard d’Estaing—Really—in Honor of the Late French President Behind Its Founding

Art World

Editors Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Jacob Lawrence Lecture to a Roadside Push to Pay Women Artists

Art World

Longing for the Louvre? The Museum Just Uploaded Over 75 Percent of Its Fabled Collection to a Browsable New Online Database

Art World

Art Industry News: Leon Black Will Resign as MoMA’s Board Chair Amid Scrutiny of His $158 Million Payout to Jeffrey Epstein + Other Stories

Exhibitions

Painter Amy Sherald’s Bravura New Show in Los Angeles Demands Patient Looking and Quiet Contemplation—See Images Here

Art World

Art Industry News: An NFT Artwork Made by a Celebrity Android Sold for $688,888, Finally Making Humans Irrelevant + Other Stories

The Art Angle

The Art Angle Podcast: How NFTs Are Changing the Art Market as We Know It

Art World

Art Industry News: How an LA Gallery Owner Became World-Famous (It Involves Shrimp Tails and Cinnamon Toast Crunch) + Other Stories

Art World

Art Industry News: ‘Shark Tank’ Billionaire Mark Cuban Is Launching a ‘Super-Easy’ Gallery for NFTs Called Lazy.com + Other Stories

Market

Introducing: The Spring 2021 Artnet Intelligence Report

Events and Parties

Editors Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Julie Mehretu at the Whitney to Alteronce Gumby in Queens and Manhattan

Art World

Art Industry News: The Guggenheim Is Looking for an MBA to Teach It About NFT Art (But Just Pay Them an Intern’s Salary) + Other Stories

Exhibitions

As the Market for Digital Art Heats Up, König Galerie Is Hosting a Show on the Virtual Blockchain World Decentraland

Artnet News

Art Industry News: A ‘Downpour of Stink Bombs’ at the Louvre Is Threatening to Dethrone the Museum’s Longtime Director + Other Stories

‘Comeback? I Haven’t Ever Been There’: Artist Lorraine O’Grady on Why Her Retrospective, at Age 86, Feels Like Her First Big Break

The Musée d’Orsay Will Be Renamed the Musée d’Orsay–Valéry Giscard d’Estaing—Really—in Honor of the Late French President Behind Its Founding

Editors Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Jacob Lawrence Lecture to a Roadside Push to Pay Women Artists

Longing for the Louvre? The Museum Just Uploaded Over 75 Percent of Its Fabled Collection to a Browsable New Online Database

Art Industry News: Leon Black Will Resign as MoMA’s Board Chair Amid Scrutiny of His $158 Million Payout to Jeffrey Epstein + Other Stories

Painter Amy Sherald’s Bravura New Show in Los Angeles Demands Patient Looking and Quiet Contemplation—See Images Here

Art Industry News: An NFT Artwork Made by a Celebrity Android Sold for $688,888, Finally Making Humans Irrelevant + Other Stories

The Art Angle Podcast: How NFTs Are Changing the Art Market as We Know It

Art Industry News: How an LA Gallery Owner Became World-Famous (It Involves Shrimp Tails and Cinnamon Toast Crunch) + Other Stories

Art Industry News: ‘Shark Tank’ Billionaire Mark Cuban Is Launching a ‘Super-Easy’ Gallery for NFTs Called Lazy.com + Other Stories

Introducing: The Spring 2021 Artnet Intelligence Report

Editors Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Julie Mehretu at the Whitney to Alteronce Gumby in Queens and Manhattan

Art Industry News: The Guggenheim Is Looking for an MBA to Teach It About NFT Art (But Just Pay Them an Intern’s Salary) + Other Stories

As the Market for Digital Art Heats Up, König Galerie Is Hosting a Show on the Virtual Blockchain World Decentraland

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