David Hockney’s Brother Tells the Poignant Story Behind the Artist’s Celebrated Portrait of Their Parents

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David Hockney’s Brother Tells the Poignant Story Behind the Artist’s Celebrated Portrait of Their Parents

Read an excerpt from John Hockney's book 'The Hockneys' here.

By John Hockney, Nov 27, 2019

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See 10 Striking Photos of a Young Patti Smith Taken by Her Friend and Collaborator, Lynn Goldsmith

The pair are celebrating their long friendship with a limited-edition publication.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 27, 2019

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What I’m Buying and Why: Collector Mihail Lari on the Most Impractical Work in His Collection and Why He Regrets Buying a De Kooning

Top collectors share their strategies (and obsessions).

By Tim Schneider, Nov 26, 2019

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These 8 Female Artists Only Saw Their Careers Catch Fire Well Into Their 80s. Here’s How They Finally Got Their Due

Good things come to those who wait.

By Katie White, Nov 26, 2019

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What I’m Buying and Why: Collector Alan Lo on His Most Expensive Acquisition and the Pros and Cons of Being an ‘Impulse Purchaser’

Top collectors share their strategies (and obsessions).

By Tim Schneider, Nov 25, 2019

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‘It Needs to Be More Than Just a Surface-Level Effort’: Dealer Tina Kim on the Rise of Women Artists in 2019, and What Must Happen Next

Artnet News sat down with Kim to discuss all that happened in the art market this year, and why she believes the future is bright.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 24, 2019

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Tomás Saraceno, Brainy Spider-Man of the Art World, Talks Arachnids—and Denies He Is Trying ‘to Capture and Eat Berlin’s Art Scene’

The environmentally conscious artist's entire show at Esther Schipper in Berlin packs up into one box.

By Kimberly Bradley, Nov 21, 2019

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A French Museum Says It Has Found Michel de Montaigne, Famed Humanist Philosopher of the Renaissance, in Its Basement

It's probably his body, the museum's director says. "We need to check."

By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 21, 2019

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‘We’re Talking About Geniuses’: Shirin Neshat on the (Mostly Female) Filmmakers, Artists, and Singers Who Inspire Her Most

The Iranian artist is influenced by figures ranging from Frida Kahlo to Ingmar Bergman.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 20, 2019

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It’s Never Too Late: 20 Art-World Superstars Who Only Found Success Long After Others Would Have Given Up

Sometimes it takes a while to hit your stride.

By Artnet News, Nov 19, 2019

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‘We Had to Do It For Ourselves’: Legendary Gallerist and Artist Suzanne Jackson on Why the Art World Has Never Gotten Her Story Right

Ahead of the artist's first New York solo show, at Ortuzar Projects, she speaks to Artnet News about her newfound acclaim.

By Melissa Smith, Nov 19, 2019

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The Artist Behind Wall Street’s ‘Charging Bull’ Is Seeing Red Over a Plan to Remove the Sculpture From the Financial Hub

Arturo Di Modica isn't buying the city's explanation for moving his 'Charging Bull' to a spot outside the New York Stock Exchange.

By Brian Boucher, Nov 18, 2019

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Peer Inside the Otherworldly Studio of Andra Ursuţa, a Sculptor Who Transforms Horror-Movie Props Into Eerie Totems

"The throwaway, cheap props that the culture uses to express its fear—I love to use those kinds of things," Ursuta says.

By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 18, 2019

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‘I’m Leaving It to the Artists to Create This Thing’: Swizz Beatz on His Mysterious New App for Letting Creatives Sell Their Own Art

As always, the hip-hop producer and art collector has big plans for the art world.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 17, 2019

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A Gallery Attendant at a Scottish Museum Has Long Made Art on the Side. Now He Just Won One of His Country’s Biggest Art Prizes

Michael Youds, a gallery attendant at the Scottish National Galleries, won the Scottish Portrait Award, one of Scotland’s biggest art prizes.

By Maxwell Williams, Nov 15, 2019