Art World Van Gogh at the Drive-Thru? As Museums Remain on Lockdown, a Toronto Exhibition Is Treating Viewers to the Dutch Master’s Art in Their Cars Visitors to the Toronto exhibition can experience the sound-and-light show from their cars. By Naomi Rea, May 18, 2020
Art World South Korea’s Gwangju Biennale Has Been Postponed Until Next Year, Adding to the Crush of International Shows in 2021 The biennale moved from this fall until February 2021. By Naomi Rea, May 12, 2020
Galleries David Zwirner Is Opening Up Its Online Viewing Room to 12 Galleries in Brussels and Paris in Its Latest Effort to Boost Smaller Dealers It is the fourth iteration of the gallery's ongoing Platform initiative. By Naomi Rea, May 12, 2020
Art World Kate Middleton and the National Portrait Gallery Are Collecting UK Citizens’ Photographs of Life Under Lockdown—See Their Images Here Before she became the Duchess of Cambridge, Middleton studied art history. By Naomi Rea, May 11, 2020
Market Paris Was Emerging as Europe’s Next Big Art-Market Hub. Post-Lockdown, Can It Maintain the Momentum? French galleries are itching to reopen their doors to the public. But will it make up for lost time? By Naomi Rea, May 7, 2020
Galleries Dealer Thaddaeus Ropac Will Use His Biggest Paris Gallery to Stage an Emergency Selling Show of Young Regional Artists to Support the Emerging Art Scene This September, the gallery will lend its space and sales infrastructure to emerging artists. By Naomi Rea, May 7, 2020
Events and Parties 300 Illuminated Drones Just Swarmed a Dutch Hospital as Part of a Secret Guerilla Artwork by Studio Drift to Honor Frontline Workers The dazzling event was also one of the only public commemorations of the 75th anniversary of Dutch Liberation Day. By Naomi Rea, May 6, 2020
People ‘He Was a Great Intellectual Force’: Christo, Miuccia Prada, and Other Art-World Figures Remember the Late Curator Germano Celant Friends and colleagues of the widely influential writer and curator tell us about his influence on their lives. By Naomi Rea, May 1, 2020
People ‘She Wears Her Wisdom Lightly’: How American Curator Zoé Whitley Became One of the UK’s Most Influential Arts Leaders Whitley, who became head of the Chisenhale Gallery in April, got her start as an intern at LACMA. By Naomi Rea, Apr 30, 2020
People Germano Celant, the Towering Italian Art Critic Who Gave the World Arte Povera, Has Died at Age 79 From Coronavirus Complications The revered critic and curator died in Milan after a stay at the San Raffaele hospital. By Naomi Rea, Apr 29, 2020
Art World The Foundation Dedicated to Mario and Marisa Merz Had Big Plans to Celebrate Its 15th Anniversary in Italy. Then the Pandemic Hit “It is a surreal experience,” says Beatrice Merz, the foundation's president. By Naomi Rea, Apr 29, 2020
Politics Anish Kapoor, Grayson Perry, and Other Artists Sign an Open Letter Warning That the UK Could Become a ‘Cultural Wasteland’ Without Urgent Funding More than 400 arts and culture workers are urging the government to do more. By Naomi Rea, Apr 27, 2020
People ‘I Shift Into Emergency Mode Pretty Easily’: Miranda July on How to Handle the Creative Obstacles—and Opportunities—of Quarantine July says it's time to take our digital "tools of distraction" and put them to creative use. By Naomi Rea, Apr 23, 2020
Exhibitions Top Museums Are Commissioning Locked-Down Artists to Create New Balcony Performances, Now the De Facto Art Form of the COVID-19 Era Seven prestigious institutions are commissioning new works looking at the subversive power of domestic spaces. By Naomi Rea, Apr 21, 2020
Art World 7 Practical Tips for Engaging Art Lovers Through Social Media That We Learned From an Internet Cowboy and the Meme King of London The experts weigh in on how to build a quality museum presence online. By Naomi Rea, Apr 21, 2020
