What I Buy & Why: Art-Fair Director Kamiar Maleki on the Artwork That Got Away (and the One His Son Can’t Stop Trying to Play With)

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What I Buy & Why: Art-Fair Director Kamiar Maleki on the Artwork That Got Away (and the One His Son Can’t Stop Trying to Play With)

Kamiar Maleki, the London-based director of the Pulse and Volta fairs, tells us about which artists he has his eye on.

By Tim Schneider, Apr 12, 2020

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The Art World Works From Home: 2021 Venice Biennale Curator Cecilia Alemani Spends Her Days Doing Marathon Skype Studio Visits

The art world may be working remotely, but it certainly does not stop. We're checking in with art-world professionals to see how they work from home.

By Artnet News, Apr 9, 2020

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How Do You Start a New Job as a Museum Director When Your Institution Is Closed Indefinitely? Just Ask Laura Raicovich of the Leslie-Lohman Museum

The former Queens Museum director says now is the time to "radically reimagine" who museums serve, and how.

By Julia Halperin, Apr 8, 2020

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Conceptual Photographer Thomas Demand on Why He Decided to Anonymously Design a Store Window for Every Prada Boutique in the World

The project is Demand's first-ever collaboration with a fashion brand.

By Noor Brara, Apr 7, 2020

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7 Scientific Pioneers Who Were Also Artistic Visionaries, From the Inventor of the Morse Code to the Founder of Neurobiology

Who says you can only have one calling?

By Katie White, Apr 6, 2020

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Anne Bass, the Philanthropist and Art Collector Who Captivated New York’s High Society, Has Died at 79

Bass, who made her mark in Texas and New York, was a staunch supporter of the ballet and various art museums.

By Artnet News, Apr 3, 2020

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The Art World Works From Home: Painter Doron Langberg Has Turned His Dining Table Into a Studio and Is Eating a Lot of Baba Ganoush

The art world may be working remotely, but it certainly does not stop. We're checking in with art-world professionals to see how they work from home.

By Tatiana Berg, Apr 3, 2020

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David Driskell, the Celebrated Painter and Scholar Who Championed the Long History of Black Art in America, Has Died at 88

As a curator, Driskell organized a groundbreaking survey of art by African Americans in 1976.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 2, 2020

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How Much Are Kanye West’s (Quite Skillful) High School Drawings Worth? Around $20,000, According to Antiques Roadshow

The suite of five drawings are owned by his cousin-in-law.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 2, 2020

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Police Are Searching for 82-Year-Old Celebrity Wildlife Photographer Peter Beard, Who Has Gone Missing on Long Island

The 82-year-old artist has dementia and was last seen in East Hampton, where he lives and works.

By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 2, 2020

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American Pop Artist Idelle Weber, Known for Her Striking Depictions of Corporate Banality, Has Died at Age 88

The opening credits of 'Mad Men' recall the artist's featureless silhouettes of anonymous corporate workers.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 1, 2020

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‘Nothing Prepares You for This’: Top UK Museum Directors Reveal What It Takes to Put an Art Institution on Lockdown

Hartwig Fischer, Maria Balshaw, Iwona Blazwick, and others lift the curtain for Artnet News on an unprecedented week for London museums.

By Javier Pes, Mar 27, 2020

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‘All My Works Are Harbingers’: How Fourth Plinth Artist Heather Phillipson Found Dark Meaning in the Delay of Her Career’s Biggest Break

The artist discusses her whipped cream sculpture that would have been unveiled in London this week.

By Naomi Rea, Mar 26, 2020

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‘I Use the Capitalist System to the Very End’: Christo on What It’s Like to Achieve His Lifelong Dream of Wrapping the Arc de Triomphe in Fabric

The 84-year-old legend discusses the highs and lows of his extremely ambitious—and sometimes dangerous—art practice.

By Devorah Lauter, Mar 25, 2020

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Ten Years Ago, Artist Jeffrey Gibson Almost Quit the Art World in Frustration. Here’s How He Found the Strength to Keep Striving

Instead of quitting his practice, he bought a sprawling former schoolhouse and transformed it into a massive studio.

By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 25, 2020