Art & Exhibitions Saudi Arabia Refused to Lend the ‘Salvator Mundi’ to the Louvre Because They Wouldn’t Show It Next to the ‘Mona Lisa,’ a Report Says The report contradicts a claim put forward in a new documentary. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 12, 2021
On View Yayoi Kusama’s Exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden Offers New Yorkers a Welcome Shot of Joy—See Images Here The artist has always drawn from nature in her work. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 8, 2021
On View This Ultra-Cool Artist Is So Inspired by Teenagers in Malls That She Created an Installation Specifically for Nordstrom’s Flagship Maggie Lee created the installation in collaboration with the Whitney Museum. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 8, 2021
On View How an Artwork by the Conceptual Artist Lawrence Weiner Inspired Rashid Johnson to Create His Breakthrough Shelf Sculptures As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 8, 2021
Art & Exhibitions For Its Major Post-Pandemic Triennial, the New Museum Has Invited 40 Rising Artists to Explore the Theme of Persistence The exhibition, titled “Soft Water Hard Stone,” opens in October. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 2, 2021
Art & Exhibitions Painter Alice Neel’s Career Survey at the Met Suggests What Empathy Can Look Like in an Age of Difference—See Images Here Neel had a deep sense for her sitters and their idiosyncrasies. By Artnet News, Apr 1, 2021
On View ‘It’s a Strength’: Watch Artist Barbara Kasten Explain Why Beautiful Art Isn’t as Powerless as She Once Thought As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 1, 2021
Art & Exhibitions Hauser & Wirth Will Exhibit Philip Guston’s Klan Paintings a Year After the Series Sparked a Fiery Debate About Censorship The New York show will feature works from the KKK series that caused four museums to postpone a long-planned retrospective of the artist's work. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 31, 2021
Art & Exhibitions This Dollhouse-Sized Museum Exhibition Will Show Tiny Works by Damien Hirst, Rachel Whiteread, and Other Artists—See Images Here The Pallant House Gallery commissioned more than 30 British artists to create miniature works for a model gallery show. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 30, 2021
On View The Getty Museum Just Acquired the Recently Rediscovered Artemisia Gentileschi Painting That Set a New Record at Auction The work will go on view when the museum reopens this spring. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 30, 2021
Art & Exhibitions Painter Amy Sherald’s Bravura New Show in Los Angeles Demands Patient Looking and Quiet Contemplation—See Images Here The artist's show presents five works made over the course of the past year. By Artnet News, Mar 26, 2021
On View Watch Julie Mehretu Surround Herself With Unfinished Canvases Until She Finds a Work’s ‘New Point of Entry’ As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 25, 2021
Art & Exhibitions Ray Johnson Spent the Final Years of His Life Developing an Enigmatic Photography Project. It’ll Go on View Next Summer Disposable cameras were Johnson's most treasured artistic tools towards the end of his life. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 25, 2021
Art & Exhibitions As the Market for Digital Art Heats Up, König Galerie Is Hosting a Show on the Virtual Blockchain World Decentraland The Berlin gallery is selling NFTs of the digital works. By Artnet News, Mar 22, 2021
Reviews Veering From the Didactic to the Lyrical, El Museo del Barrio’s Worthy New Triennial Defines Latinx Art Through a Common Struggle “Estamos Bien—La Trienal" is the museum's first national survey of Latinx art. By Barbara Calderón, Mar 19, 2021
