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Quiz: You’re at a Fair and Everyone’s Wearing Masks. Can You Recognize These Art-World Mainstays From the Tops of Their Faces Alone?

It's one of the gravest challenges facing the art world today.

Art World

5 Vivid Artworks That Celebrate the Use of Fruit, From a Paul Cézanne Still Life to Maestro Dobel Tequila’s Fruit Chemist Installation

At Frieze New York, Maestro Dobel is presenting a "Fruit Chemist" installation that celebrates mixology with fruit and tequila.

By In Partnership With Maestro Dobel Tequila, 16 hours ago

Art World

From Frieze’s Triumphant Return to Kim Kardashian’s Looted Art: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week

Catch up on this week's news, fast.

By Artnet News, 17 hours ago

Politics

Struggling Nightclubs in Germany Are Petitioning to Be Recategorized as Cultural Institutions to Get Better Tax Breaks

Clubs in Germany could enjoy some of the same legal rights as museums and other cultural venues.

By Artnet News, 18 hours ago

Museums

Mega-Collector Lonti Ebers Is Ready to Open a $40 Million Private Museum in Brooklyn. She Promises It Won’t Be a Shrine to its Founder

Ebers rejects the typical private museum setup, favoring a hybrid institution that includes space for exhibitions, performances, and studios.

By Taylor Dafoe, 18 hours ago

Shows & Exhibitions

Artist Sanford Biggers Explains How Our Misunderstandings of Classical Sculpture Inspired His Rockefeller Center Takeover

The 25-foot-tall bronze is the artist's biggest sculpture to date.

By Sarah Cascone, 22 hours ago

Art World

Art Industry News: Interpol Has a New App That Will Let You Identify and Report Stolen Art From the Comfort of Your Home + Other Stories

Plus, the Wexner Center for the Arts nabs a top curator from Dia, and the Uffizi opens a blockbuster show about the life of Dante.

By Artnet News, 23 hours ago

Art World

For the First Time Ever, the Turner Prize Shortlist Is Comprised Entirely of Socially Engaged Art Collectives

One of the five shortlisted collectives will be announced as the winner in December.

By Kate Brown, 23 hours ago

Art History

This Tender Mary Cassatt Painting of a Mother and Child Is Surprisingly Fraught. Here Are 3 Things You Might Not Know About ‘The Child’s Bath’

For Mother's Day, a look at one of the Impressionist's most celebrated.

By Katie White, 1 day ago

Archaeology

Archaeologists Have Discovered the Oldest Human Burial in Africa, Offering Clues About How Early Humans Regarded Death

Archaeologists have named the child Mtoto.

By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago

Law

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Is Launching a $25 Million ‘New Deal’-Style Program to Employ Local Artists With Public Commissions

The money will fund some 1,500 local artists in the “comeback of New York City,” the mayor says.

By Taylor Dafoe, 2 days ago

Art World

‘It Was Like Making Homes’: Watch Artist Rachel Rossin Build Entire Worlds in Her Hybrid Digital Artwork

As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words.

By Caroline Goldstein, 2 days ago

Museums

Andy Warhol’s Life Revolved Around Sex, Drugs—and Catholicism? A New Museum Show Says Faith Played a Key Role in His Work

The Brooklyn Museum will present "Andy Warhol: Revelation" this fall.

By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago

Science & Tech

Christie’s Is Selling a Bottle of Wine That Spent 14 Months on the International Space Station. The Price Is Out of This World

The bottle of “space-aged” wine comes with a custom trunk and a meteorite corkscrew.

By Taylor Dafoe, 2 days ago

Art World

Art Industry News: Even Grateful Dead Frontman Jerry Garcia Is Now (Posthumously) Getting Into the NFT Market + Other Stories

Plus, the Istanbul Biennial moves to 2022 and Napoleon Bonaparte's personal belongings are going up for auction.

By Artnet News, 2 days ago

Quiz: You’re at a Fair and Everyone’s Wearing Masks. Can You Recognize These Art-World Mainstays From the Tops of Their Faces Alone?

5 Vivid Artworks That Celebrate the Use of Fruit, From a Paul Cézanne Still Life to Maestro Dobel Tequila’s Fruit Chemist Installation

From Frieze’s Triumphant Return to Kim Kardashian’s Looted Art: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week

Struggling Nightclubs in Germany Are Petitioning to Be Recategorized as Cultural Institutions to Get Better Tax Breaks

Mega-Collector Lonti Ebers Is Ready to Open a $40 Million Private Museum in Brooklyn. She Promises It Won’t Be a Shrine to its Founder

Artist Sanford Biggers Explains How Our Misunderstandings of Classical Sculpture Inspired His Rockefeller Center Takeover

Art Industry News: Interpol Has a New App That Will Let You Identify and Report Stolen Art From the Comfort of Your Home + Other Stories

For the First Time Ever, the Turner Prize Shortlist Is Comprised Entirely of Socially Engaged Art Collectives

This Tender Mary Cassatt Painting of a Mother and Child Is Surprisingly Fraught. Here Are 3 Things You Might Not Know About ‘The Child’s Bath’

Archaeologists Have Discovered the Oldest Human Burial in Africa, Offering Clues About How Early Humans Regarded Death

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Is Launching a $25 Million ‘New Deal’-Style Program to Employ Local Artists With Public Commissions

‘It Was Like Making Homes’: Watch Artist Rachel Rossin Build Entire Worlds in Her Hybrid Digital Artwork

Andy Warhol’s Life Revolved Around Sex, Drugs—and Catholicism? A New Museum Show Says Faith Played a Key Role in His Work

Christie’s Is Selling a Bottle of Wine That Spent 14 Months on the International Space Station. The Price Is Out of This World

Art Industry News: Even Grateful Dead Frontman Jerry Garcia Is Now (Posthumously) Getting Into the NFT Market + Other Stories

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