The Art World at Home: Curator Maya Allison Is Organizing the UAE’s Pavilion for the Next Venice Biennale and Making Sourdough

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The Art World at Home: Curator Maya Allison Is Organizing the UAE’s Pavilion for the Next Venice Biennale and Making Sourdough

The curator is working on projects from her home on the campus of NYU Abu Dhabi.

By Artnet News, Jan 20, 2021

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Art Critic Robert Storr Has Never Been Afraid to Make Enemies. Now, as He Releases a New Book of Essays, He’s Calling Them Out by Name

To mark the publication of a new book of essays, the critic discusses the limits of art theory and the fallout from the Philip Guston controversy.

By Pac Pobric, Jan 20, 2021

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What I Buy & Why: St. Louis Collector Susan Barrett on Her Most Gratifying Purchase and Why Amy Sherald Is ‘the Holy Grail’

The president of the art consultancy Barrett Barrera Projects opens up on her collecting habits.

By Naomi Rea, Jan 17, 2021

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The Guggenheim Taps Museum Veteran Naomi Beckwith as Its First Black Chief Curator

Beckwith will replace Nancy Spector, who left the museum last year.

By Artnet News, Jan 14, 2021

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The Art World at Home: Art Dealer Khalil Akar Is Collaborating With Ava DuVernay and Making Nigerian Cuisine

We caught up with the director of the Signature African Art gallery in London.

By Artnet News, Jan 13, 2021

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Studio Visit: Artist Davina Semo on the Lure of a Ringing Bell and Why She Always Looks Forward to Mondays

The artist's public art installation of cast bronze bells is on view at Brooklyn Bridge Park through April.

By Katie White, Jan 13, 2021

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‘Most Black Film Isn’t Allowed to Be Ambiguous’: How Garrett Bradley’s Quiet Documentaries Found a Rapt Audience in the Art World

The artist was awarded best director at Sundance and has a solo show on view now at MoMA.

By Melissa Smith, Jan 12, 2021

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Artist Paul Mpagi Sepuya Is Doing a Solidarity Print Fundraiser to Help Save a Beloved LGBTQ+ Nightclub in Los Angeles

The community has rallied to Akbar, a beloved spot trying to sustain itself through lockdown.

By Ben Davis, Jan 11, 2021

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3 Eye-Opening Facts About the Life and Work of the Beloved, Tormented, and Widely Misunderstood Painter Francis Bacon

French writer Yves Peyré has published new information about his artist friend in a recent monograph.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 11, 2021

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‘It’s Time the Old Rulebook Was Rewritten’: Artist Marianna Simnett on the Virtues of Shocking Imagery and Difficult Art

Simnett says artists need to stick to their guns and insist on radicality.

By Kate Brown, Jan 10, 2021

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The Reclusive Designer Martin Margiela Left Fashion to Focus on Art. A Decade Later, He’s Having His First Solo Show in Paris

Details of the show remain mysterious.

By Kate Brown, Jan 4, 2021

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What I Buy & Why: Arthur de Villepin on Starting a Gallery ‘by Collectors, for Collectors’ and Why Some Art Is Love at First Sight

Top collectors share their strategies (and obsessions).

By Naomi Rea, Jan 3, 2021

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‘My Practice Looks Very Different Today’: 15 Artist-Mothers on Balancing Work and Family After a Year Like No Other

We spoke with artists from around the US and the world.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 3, 2021

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The Art World at Home: Detroit Institute of Arts Director Salvador Salort-Pons Is Kicking Off a Show About Car Culture and Enjoying Leftover Paella

We caught up with the museum director about his life in Detroit.

By Artnet News, Dec 29, 2020

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In Memoriam: Remembering the Curators, Artists, Writers, and Dealers We Lost in 2020

David Driskell and Beverly Pepper were among those who died in 2020.

By Artnet News, Dec 29, 2020