What I Buy and Why: Art Collector Pamela Joyner on the High-Maintenance Installation in Her Library That Took Five People a Week to Install

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What I Buy and Why: Art Collector Pamela Joyner on the High-Maintenance Installation in Her Library That Took Five People a Week to Install

The San Francisco-based founding partner at Avid Partners and Getty board member reveals her art-buying strategies (and obsessions).

By Nate Freeman, Apr 19, 2020

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‘We Lived for Seduction’: Yves Saint Laurent’s Muse, Betty Catroux, Recalls Her and the Designer’s Wild Adventures Through a Bygone Art World

A splashy exhibition about the woman behind Saint Laurent’s pathbreaking work opened in Paris in March.

By Noor Brara, Apr 17, 2020

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The Art World Works From Home: Gallerist Jack Shainman Rides Horses, Plans Exhibition Schedules, and Makes Omelettes in Isolation

We catch up with the gallerist to hear how he's finding ways to stay connected during the lockdown.

By Tatiana Berg, Apr 16, 2020

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Kanye West Once Said He Wanted to Live Inside a James Turrell Artwork. So the Artist Blew His Mind by Designing Him a New Home for His Birthday

West spent his 42nd birthday with Turrell at the artist's land art project 'Roden Crater.'

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 16, 2020

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Damien Hirst Really Wants to Work With Plutonium and 11 Other Revelations From His Epic Instagram Interview With Himself

In isolation, the artist answered 98 questions from the public on Instagram.

By Naomi Rea, Apr 16, 2020

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In March, One Artist Began What Was Supposed to Be a Brief But Glamorous Residency in the Hamptons. He’s Been Stuck There Ever Since

The artist arrived at the house on March 13—and then the world changed almost completely.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 15, 2020

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‘Everyone Is in a State of Panic Right Now’: 7 Mid-Career Artists on How They Are Facing the Enormous Challenges of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Kader Attia, Kathe Burkhart, and others on how they have rearranged their lives in recent weeks.

By Naomi Rea, Apr 14, 2020

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John Driscoll, a Scholar of American Art Who Led New York’s Eminent Driscoll Babcock Gallery, Has Died at 70 From Coronavirus

Driscoll took over as owner of the gallery in 1987.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 13, 2020

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The Famed Quilters of Gee’s Bend Are Using Their Sewing Skills to Make a Face Mask for Every Citizen in Their Small Alabama Town

The artists are working to make several hundred masks.

By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 13, 2020

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Before He Died, Ulay Established an International Foundation in His Name. Here’s How It Plans to Promote the Artist’s Complex Legacy

The foundation is also preparing for the artist's largest-ever retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

By Dorian Batycka, Apr 12, 2020

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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