People ‘It’s All a Surprise’: Luchita Hurtado Is Enjoying a Star-Making Turn in the Hammer Biennial at the Age of 97 For decades, the inventive painter's career took a back seat to those of her more famous family members. Not anymore. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 5, 2018
People Meet the Man Who Made a Living Selling North Korean Art to the West—Until UN Sanctions Got in the Way Pier Luigi Cecioni talks about the art world of Pyongyang, what the country's artists think about contemporary art, and why North Korean art matters. By Kate Brown, Jul 4, 2018
People The Head of Sotheby’s Closely Watched Artist Estate Service Makes a Surprising Exit After Just 18 Months Christy MacLear, the former head of the Rauschenberg Foundation, was tasked with building up the new division of Art Agency, Partners. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 2, 2018
People Can Artists Do Anything to Prevent Climate Change? Miami Beach Has Recruited One to Find Out Meet Misael Soto, the first artist-in-residence in Miami Beach's Office of Resilience. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 25, 2018
People David Goldblatt, Photographer of South African Apartheid’s Brutality, Dies at 87 "I’m interested in the conditions that give rise to events," Goldblatt once said. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 25, 2018
People ‘Make Your Bed’: Curator Helen Molesworth Offered These 5 Pieces of Advice in Her UCLA Commencement Address The curator discussed the special skills of listening that artists develop, and their importance for a world in crisis. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 21, 2018
People Meet Hao Liang, the Young Chinese Artist Whose Reboot of Ancient Ink Painting Has Become a Bona Fide Market Sensation The up-and-coming artist's dense, referential paintings have already sold out at Gagosian. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 19, 2018
People ‘There Is So Much You Go Through Just Trying to Make It’: Amy Sherald on How She Went From Obscurity to a Museum Survey (and the White House) The artist on the strange side effects of fame, new directions in her work, and the aspirations she's almost afraid to articulate. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 19, 2018
People Veteran New York Curator Deborah Cullen-Morales Has Been Appointed Director of the Bronx Museum The veteran of the Wallach Art Gallery and El Museo del Barrio replaces the museum's late director Holly Block. By Henri Neuendorf, Jun 19, 2018
People ‘I May Need to Lie Down’: The Art World Goes Nuts Over Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Louvre Takeover on Social Media The megastar couple took over the Louvre to shoot the music video for their new joint album's lead single. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 19, 2018
People A Poignant Documentary Examines the Tension Between Photographer Joel-Peter Witkin and His Identical Twin, Painter Jerome Witkin Directed by Trisha Ziff, the film is featured in the 2018 AFI DOCS Film Festival at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. By Rachel Gould, Jun 15, 2018
People Art Basel’s Marc Spiegler on Why Art Fairs Aren’t to Blame for the Current Gallery Crisis We spoke to the fair empire's global director in advance of Art Basel's opening. By Andrew Goldstein, Jun 10, 2018
People Anthony Bourdain Bought This John Lurie Painting Days Before He Died The artist mourned the chef's passing on social media. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 8, 2018
People ‘The Whole Way of Collecting Has Changed’: Christie’s Loïc Gouzer on the Regrettable Rise of the ADD Art Collector artnet News's Andrew Goldstein spoke to the auction-house rainmaker about why no one wants to learn about art anymore. By Andrew Goldstein, Jun 6, 2018
People Artists Eric Fischl and April Gornik Are Launching a Residency Program in an Old Hamptons Church A former Methodist Church in Sag Harbor will house a new residency program and art center. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 6, 2018