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Galleries

Mendes Wood DM Gallery Is Banking on Pop-Up Shows in the World’s Most Beautiful Homes. So Far, It’s Working

In the past two years, the gallery has held exhibitions in a 17th-century Dutch church and a famed architect's home in Connecticut.

By Kate Brown, Mar 17, 2022

Sustainability

‘Everything We Have, We Lose’: Activist and Artist Jenny Kendler on Climate Grief, and What Artists Can Do for the Planet

The Chicago-based artist is a founder of Artists Commit, an organization that helps galleries, artists, and institutions adopt sustainable practices.

By Kate Brown, Mar 11, 2022

Museums

Are Two Museum Directors Better Than One? One of Germany’s Biggest Contemporary Art Complexes Is About to Find Out

Till Fellrath and Sam Bardaouil, the new co-directors of the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, have been working together since 2008.

By Kate Brown, Mar 9, 2022

Studio Visit

How Hungarian Artist Zsófia Keresztes Manages the Deadline Pressures of Venice, and Why Videos of Seals Calm Her Nerves

Each week leading up to the Venice Biennale, we bring you into the studio of an artist preparing to show in and around the Giardini.

By Kate Brown, Mar 9, 2022

Artnet News Pro

The War in Ukraine Didn’t Dampen Sales at Art Genève, and Some Dealers Are Giving Proceeds to Relief Efforts

Pace Geneva donated all of its proceeds from the fair to aid Ukraine.

By Kate Brown, Mar 7, 2022

Shows & Exhibitions

The Artists and Curator Behind the Russia Pavilion Have Pulled Out of the Venice Biennale Amid the Ongoing War in Ukraine

The pavilion of the Russian Federation will remain closed during this year's Venice Biennale.

By Kate Brown, Feb 28, 2022

Studio Visit

Flora Yukhnovich Has Rapidly Become One of the Hottest Artists in the World. We Toured Her Studio Ahead of Her New Solo Show

We spoke to the British painter about why most of her works leave her feeling disappointed, her current mood board, and more.

By Kate Brown, Feb 28, 2022

Politics

‘I Am Not Running From My Home’: Pavlo Makov, the Artist Representing Ukraine in the Venice Biennale, on Selling Art to Help Arm the Front Lines

Makov spoke to Artnet News from his home in Ukraine's second-largest city, where he is sheltering with his family.

By Kate Brown, Feb 24, 2022

NFTs

‘We Reappropriated What Belongs to Us’: Congolese Artists Minted NFTs of a Colonial-Era Sculpture—and the Museum That Owns It Is Not Happy

The collective has also built a museum where it hopes to one day exhibit the important piece of Congolese history.

By Kate Brown, Feb 22, 2022

People

The Visionary Artist Dan Graham, Who Was Known For His Glass Pavilions and Astrological Prowess, Has Died at 79

Graham famously disowned the term "conceptual art."

By Kate Brown, Feb 21, 2022

Politics

A Chorus of Prominent Artists and Museum Directors Blast the Funding of a New Berlin Art Center as ‘Scandalous’

Some 650 prominent figures, including Hito Steyerl and Kader Attia, are protesting the new Kunsthalle Berlin and the "Smerling System."

By Kate Brown, Feb 18, 2022

Artnet News Pro

These Mid-Size Art Galleries Are Punching Way Above Their Weight. How? By Sharing Profits and Production Costs

Prohibitively expensive projects become much more feasible with shared resources.

By Kate Brown, Feb 15, 2022

Studio Visit

To Make His Pocket-Sized Artworks, Curtis Talwst Santiago Needs Silence. But Things Get Loud When He Goes Into Painting Mode

The Trinidadian-Canadian artist creates micro-dioramas in old jewelry boxes and vividly colored paintings that conjure intimate histories.

By Kate Brown, Feb 15, 2022

Shows & Exhibitions

Is It Time to Rethink the Art Exhibition? An Upstart Nonprofit Is Doing Just That With Radical Pop-Up Shows Across Berlin

LAS has been roving across some of Berlin's most iconic venues with ambitious artistic projects.

By Kate Brown, Feb 11, 2022

Shows & Exhibitions

Germany Is Celebrating Gerhard Richter’s 90th Birthday With a Bonanza of Exhibitions. Here’s What to See

Richter, who turned 90 on February 9, is the subject of shows across three cities in his home country.

By Kate Brown, Feb 9, 2022

Kate Brown

Europe Editor

Mendes Wood DM Gallery Is Banking on Pop-Up Shows in the World’s Most Beautiful Homes. So Far, It’s Working

‘Everything We Have, We Lose’: Activist and Artist Jenny Kendler on Climate Grief, and What Artists Can Do for the Planet

Are Two Museum Directors Better Than One? One of Germany’s Biggest Contemporary Art Complexes Is About to Find Out

How Hungarian Artist Zsófia Keresztes Manages the Deadline Pressures of Venice, and Why Videos of Seals Calm Her Nerves

The War in Ukraine Didn’t Dampen Sales at Art Genève, and Some Dealers Are Giving Proceeds to Relief Efforts

The Artists and Curator Behind the Russia Pavilion Have Pulled Out of the Venice Biennale Amid the Ongoing War in Ukraine

Flora Yukhnovich Has Rapidly Become One of the Hottest Artists in the World. We Toured Her Studio Ahead of Her New Solo Show

‘I Am Not Running From My Home’: Pavlo Makov, the Artist Representing Ukraine in the Venice Biennale, on Selling Art to Help Arm the Front Lines

‘We Reappropriated What Belongs to Us’: Congolese Artists Minted NFTs of a Colonial-Era Sculpture—and the Museum That Owns It Is Not Happy

The Visionary Artist Dan Graham, Who Was Known For His Glass Pavilions and Astrological Prowess, Has Died at 79

A Chorus of Prominent Artists and Museum Directors Blast the Funding of a New Berlin Art Center as ‘Scandalous’

These Mid-Size Art Galleries Are Punching Way Above Their Weight. How? By Sharing Profits and Production Costs

To Make His Pocket-Sized Artworks, Curtis Talwst Santiago Needs Silence. But Things Get Loud When He Goes Into Painting Mode

Is It Time to Rethink the Art Exhibition? An Upstart Nonprofit Is Doing Just That With Radical Pop-Up Shows Across Berlin

Germany Is Celebrating Gerhard Richter’s 90th Birthday With a Bonanza of Exhibitions. Here’s What to See

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