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‘The Colonial Effect on Us Is Huge’: Why Congolese Collector Sindika Dokolo Sees Restitution as a Way to Remake African Identity

The Congolese mega-collector is on a quest to help return illegally looted art to Africa.

By Kate Brown, Oct 8, 2019

People

The Art World Remembers Matthew Wong, Self-Taught Painter of Vibrant Landscapes, Who Has Died at 35

Jonas Wood, Matthew Higgs, and others share memories of the artist.

By Nate Freeman, Oct 7, 2019

People

After Two Controversy-Plagued Editions, the Whitney Museum Appoints Two ‘Acutely Attuned’ Curators to Organize Its 2021 Biennial

The museum has once again tapped its own in-house curators for the job.

By Caroline Goldstein, Oct 7, 2019

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High-Profile Curator Tim Marlow Is Leaving the Royal Academy to Run London’s Design Museum

The curator and broadcaster takes the helm at the Design Museum in the aftermath of a controversy over its funding.

By Javier Pes, Oct 7, 2019

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‘Even If You Don’t Get All the Details, You Can Still Follow Along’: How Charles Gaines Taught a Generation of Artists

Gaines is currently offering a free lecture series at Hauser & Wirth in conjunction with his first show at the gallery.

By Janelle Zara, Oct 7, 2019

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‘It Will Not Be a Passing, Fashionable Moment’: Goodman Gallery’s Liza Essers on Why the Art World’s Axis Is Tipping Toward Africa

As the South African gallery prepares to open in London this week, its owner explains how the new space plays into her global vision.

By Kate Brown, Oct 1, 2019

People

Palais de Tokyo Patron Is Swiftly Dismissed After Posting a Bizarre Rant Against Teen Activist Greta Thunberg on Facebook

The museum swiftly distanced itself from the patron.

By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 30, 2019

People

The Business of Being an Art Collector: A Roundtable Discussion With Three Top Patrons About How the Pursuit Has Changed

Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Dimitris Daskalopoulos, and Paul Ettlinger sat down to discuss how art collecting has evolved.

By Cristina Ruiz, Sep 30, 2019

People

The Condition of ‘Have-Not-Ness’: Why Performance Artist Pope.L Puts His Body on the Line and Embraces Vulnerability

The artist is the subject of three New York exhibitions this fall.

By Janelle Zara, Sep 26, 2019

People

Artists Cameron Rowland, Mel Chin, and Jeffrey Gibson Are Among the 2019 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winners

The winners will receive $625,000 in unrestricted grant money, distributed over five years.

By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 25, 2019

People

Famed Writer Susan Sontag Had a Brief Affair With Jasper Johns—and It Ended When He Left Her at a New Year’s Eve Party

The affair, according to a new biography of Sontag by Benjamin Moser, started in 1965.

By Sarah Cascone, Sep 25, 2019

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‘People Have Woken Up—to a Degree’: Artist Fred Wilson on Progress in the Art World and the Evolving Reception of His Work

The artist spoke with us on the occasion of his splendid exhibition at Pace gallery in New York.

By Terence Trouillot, Sep 25, 2019

People

‘I Was a No One’: How Kamel Mennour Went From an Algerian Art-World Outsider to a Star Paris Dealer

Mennour's gallery is now celebrating its 20th anniversary.

By Naomi Rea, Sep 24, 2019

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‘You Have to Create the Market’: Dealer Mariane Ibrahim on Moving to Chicago and Promoting Artists From Africa, Its Diaspora, and Beyond

Mariane Ibrahim's new 5,000 square-foot space results from a much longer journey than her move from Seattle to Illinois.

By Tim Schneider, Sep 17, 2019

People

‘Whatever Is Said Here, Stays Here’: New York Gallerist Courtney Willis Blair on Founding a Supper Club for Black Women in the Art World

A rising star in the New York art world, Blair is doing everything in her power to unite, support, and promote the work of women of color.

By Rachel Gould, Sep 16, 2019

‘The Colonial Effect on Us Is Huge’: Why Congolese Collector Sindika Dokolo Sees Restitution as a Way to Remake African Identity

The Art World Remembers Matthew Wong, Self-Taught Painter of Vibrant Landscapes, Who Has Died at 35

After Two Controversy-Plagued Editions, the Whitney Museum Appoints Two ‘Acutely Attuned’ Curators to Organize Its 2021 Biennial

High-Profile Curator Tim Marlow Is Leaving the Royal Academy to Run London’s Design Museum

‘Even If You Don’t Get All the Details, You Can Still Follow Along’: How Charles Gaines Taught a Generation of Artists

‘It Will Not Be a Passing, Fashionable Moment’: Goodman Gallery’s Liza Essers on Why the Art World’s Axis Is Tipping Toward Africa

Palais de Tokyo Patron Is Swiftly Dismissed After Posting a Bizarre Rant Against Teen Activist Greta Thunberg on Facebook

The Business of Being an Art Collector: A Roundtable Discussion With Three Top Patrons About How the Pursuit Has Changed

The Condition of ‘Have-Not-Ness’: Why Performance Artist Pope.L Puts His Body on the Line and Embraces Vulnerability

Artists Cameron Rowland, Mel Chin, and Jeffrey Gibson Are Among the 2019 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winners

Famed Writer Susan Sontag Had a Brief Affair With Jasper Johns—and It Ended When He Left Her at a New Year’s Eve Party

‘People Have Woken Up—to a Degree’: Artist Fred Wilson on Progress in the Art World and the Evolving Reception of His Work

‘I Was a No One’: How Kamel Mennour Went From an Algerian Art-World Outsider to a Star Paris Dealer

‘You Have to Create the Market’: Dealer Mariane Ibrahim on Moving to Chicago and Promoting Artists From Africa, Its Diaspora, and Beyond

‘Whatever Is Said Here, Stays Here’: New York Gallerist Courtney Willis Blair on Founding a Supper Club for Black Women in the Art World

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