Art Fairs Art Council Collection Has Snapped Up Work by Four Rising U.K. Talents as Part of Its Inaugural $49,000 Fund The new initiative picked works from Frieze art fair to enter into public collections. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 11, 2023
Art Fairs Women Artists Shine at Frieze Masters. Here Are 5 of Our Favorite Rediscoveries, From a Korean Avant-Garde Visionary to a British-Born Surrealist The new fair section "Modern Women" spotlights women artists who have been historically overlooked. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 11, 2023
Up Next ‘Behind the Glossy Image, Tragedy Lurks’: How Rising Star Esben Weile Kjaer Has Ensnared Our Attention With His Macabre Pop Sensibility For his show at Albion Jeune in London, the artist has taken the tropes and techniques of Medieval art and added his own contemporary twist. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 10, 2023
Law The U.K. Is Rolling Out a New ‘Retain and Explain’ Policy Regarding Its Controversial Public Statues British artist Hew Locke, whose past work has engaged with controversial public statues, weighed in on the new guidelines. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 10, 2023
On View See Inside a New Getty Museum Show on Medieval Graphic Design, Featuring Illuminated Manuscripts and Ornate Religious Texts Many medieval methods will be familiar to readers today, including the use of sophisticated data visualization techniques. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 10, 2023
On View El Anatsui’s Towering Site-Specific Installation Is Unveiled At Tate Modern—See It Here The London museum's director noted the "remarkable ambition" of the artist's monumental work. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 10, 2023
On View Need a Fast Pass to Serenity This Frieze Week? An Art-Filled Chapel in London Offers an Oasis of Calm The chapel is an ideal setting to contemplate the artworks's themes of memory, loss, and transformation. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 7, 2023
Archaeology A Metal Detectorist in the U.K. Has Discovered Two Ancient Roman Cavalry Swords Once Used for Fighting on Horseback The swords indicate the presence of the Roman military in Cotswolds, England. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 7, 2023
Style Post-Minimal Legend Lynda Benglis’s Gleaming, Flowing Sculptures Adorned Loewe’s Paris Runway and Were Translated into Accessories Creative director Jonathan Anderson collaborated with the legendary American sculptor on his subtly subversive collection. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 6, 2023
On View Artist Kerry James Marshall’s First Commissioned Portrait Captures the Quiet Authority of Renowned Scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Marshall has donated the painting to Cambridge University. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 3, 2023
On View At the Musée d’Orsay’s High-Tech New Van Gogh Show, an A.I. Version of the Artist Will Answer Visitors’ Questions There will be V.R. and NFT elements. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 3, 2023
Archaeology A Norwegian Man Stumbled Upon a Trove of Gold Dating to the Early Middle Ages, Including a Rare Pendant Depicting the Norse God Odin Archaeologists say the find is Norway's most significant discovery of gold treasures in over a century. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 1, 2023
Science & Tech Artist Marco Brambilla’s New A.I.-Generated Ode to Elvis Is Inaugurating Las Vegas’s Immersive Entertainment Venue, the Sphere The video installation is on view as part of a new limited concert by the band U2. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 29, 2023
Reviews The Turner Prize Exhibition Promises to Tell Us Something About the Art of Our Time. In 2023, It’s Complicated Each of the installations deals with a different aspect of contemporary society, but Jesse Darling's work was the clear standout. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 28, 2023
People Los Angeles Artist Hayley Barker’s Lush, Transfixing Landscapes Are Autobiographical Tributes to Nature The dreamy, ethereal haze of Barker's painting foregrounds the growing fragility of the natural world. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 27, 2023
