Artnet News Pro Amid Recession Fears and a Leadership Shuffle, Art Basel Could be Different This Year. Art Pros Weigh In With Predictions As the art world gathers, we spoke with industry experts to see what's at the top of their minds going into next week. By Kate Brown, 6 hours ago
Opinion How a New Wave of ‘Hypersentimental’ Portraiture Is Serving Up Painting for the Age of Vibe Shifts and Nano-Influencers Or: Why is everyone painting their cool friends all of a sudden? By Kate Brown, 1 day ago
Museums ‘The Act of Opening a House Is So Beautiful’: Berlin’s Historic House of World Cultures Relaunches With an Ambitious Multisensory Weekend Newly helmed by the visionary director Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, the building will be pulsing with new rhythms, views and tastes. By Kate Brown, May 31, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions From Rising-Star Painters to the Return of Post-Internet Art—Here’s What’s Stealing the Spotlight at Gallery Weekend Berlin Berlin Gallery Weekend is open across the city through April 30. By Kate Brown, Apr 28, 2023
People ‘She Put Everything Into Art’: The Curator of a New Charlotte Salomon Exhibition on How the WWII-Era Artist Painted Through Her Pain The exhibition, 'Life? or Theater?' is on view at the Lenbachhaus in Munich through September 10. By Kate Brown, Apr 18, 2023
People Berlin’s Star-Studded Paris Bar Became World-Famous for Its Artist Patrons. Was It All an Artwork by Its Late Owner Michel Würthle? The restauranteur and artist, who died last month, upheld a raucous scene that included a glittering coterie of collectors, dealers, and artists. By Kate Brown, Apr 18, 2023
Art World Pioneering Collector and Chinese Art Patron Myriam Ullens Has Been Shot Dead Outside Her Home in Belgium The founder of the UCCA in Beijing was a prominent figure in the art world. By Kate Brown, Mar 30, 2023
People ‘This Is Her Reality’: The First-Ever Biography on Hilma af Klint Unearths How the Swedish Artist Lived, Worked, and Communed With Spirits Julia Voss, author of 'Hilma af Klint: A Biography,' spent a decade retracing the life of the enigmatic painter. By Kate Brown, Mar 27, 2023
People Artists and Curators Remember the ‘Brave’ Sculptor Phyllida Barlow, Whose Assemblages Challenged Space, Perspective, and Gravity The British sculptor has died at age 78. By Kate Brown, Mar 14, 2023
People Hito Steyerl on Why NFTs and A.I. Image Generators Are Really Just ‘Onboarding Tools’ for Tech Conglomerates "This is the Future" has just opened at the Portland Art Museum. By Kate Brown, Mar 10, 2023
Pop Culture How ‘Inside,’ a Tense Tale of Survival Set in a Luxury Penthouse, Transforms Blue-Chip Art Into Willem Dafoe’s Unlikely Arch-Nemesis The anxiety-ridden film, which had its world premiere at the Berlinale film festival, even had its own curator. By Kate Brown, Mar 6, 2023
Art Fairs Art Basel Has Unveiled the Exhibitors for Its 2023 Flagship Swiss Fair—Find Out Who Made the Cut (and Who Didn’t) The fair will host 285 galleries in June. By Kate Brown, Feb 23, 2023
Opinion Art Collectives Were the Talk of the Art World in the Last Few Years. Has Their Moment Passed? As soon as collective action became a “trend,” it was always at risk of going out of fashion. By Kate Brown, Feb 9, 2023
Museums Runners-Up for the Fourth Plinth Commission Rarely Realize Their Proposed Works. One Collector Is Changing That for a 2021 Finalist Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo is making artist Goshka Macuga's sculpture a reality. By Kate Brown, Feb 6, 2023
Books The Palace Forbade Prince Harry From Defending Himself After an Eton Art Teacher Accused Him of Cheating, His Memoir Reveals The prince details the painful experience in his new memoir, 'Spare.' By Kate Brown, Jan 19, 2023