People Nomura, the Company Behind the Biggest Monetary Prize in Contemporary Art, Just Awarded Two Grants to Emerging Artists Cameron Rowland and Cheng Ran were each awarded $100,000. By Kenneth Baker, May 21, 2019
People ‘We Are Always Speaking to a Mass Audience’: MoMA Curator Thomas Lax on the Advantages—and Challenges—of Art in the Digital Age The curator also tells us about how formative early experiences shaped his understanding of the world. By Terence Trouillot, May 20, 2019
People At 31, the Painter Avery Singer Is a Bona Fide Art Star. She’s Trying Very Hard Not to Let That Get in Her Way Singer is included in this year's Venice Biennale—the latest in a steady stream of major institutional shows for the young artist. By Taylor Dafoe, May 19, 2019
People Is It Time for a Land Art Renaissance? Jessica Morgan on Her Ambitious Vision for Dia in New York and Far, Far Beyond We spoke to the Dia Art Foundation director about the possibilities she is most energized about for the future. By Andrew Goldstein, May 16, 2019
People Architect I.M. Pei, Who Designed Some of the World’s Most Mesmerizing Museums, Has Died at 102 Pei, known for the Louvre Pyramid and the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, is recognized as one of the most influential architects of all time. By Taylor Dafoe, May 16, 2019
People Lutz Bacher, the Elusive Conceptual Artist Who Never Revealed Her Real Name or Age, Has Died The mysterious, pseudonymous artist died of a heart attack on May 14, leaving behind precious few details of her life. By Sarah Cascone, May 16, 2019
People ‘There Were Women Working Then, Too’: How Dia Director Jessica Morgan Is Breaking Open the (Male) Canon of Postwar Art We spoke to the dynamic visionary about how she is leading the Dia Art Foundation into a more diverse future. By Andrew Goldstein, May 15, 2019
People This Artist Documented Her Journey Through Breast Cancer for an Unflinching New Film Produced by Angelina Jolie and Darren Aronofsky Artist Prune Nourry treated her work as “a way to come back to being a sculptor, and not being a sculpture.” By Sarah Cascone, May 15, 2019
People Artist Kehinde Wiley’s Latest Paintings Are a Progressive Riposte to Paul Gauguin’s Primitivist Portraits of Tahitians We spoke to the artist about his travels to Tahiti and the residency program he will be opening next month in Senegal. By Naomi Rea, May 14, 2019
People A Young New York Artist’s Death Devastated a Community. Now Friends Say It Was All a Cruel Performance—and She’s Still Alive For more than two weeks, a young New York artist has been missing. What's really going on? By Eileen Kinsella, May 14, 2019
People ‘I Didn’t Want My Art to Come Out While I Was an Actress’: At the Venice Biennale, Rose McGowan Reflects on Her New Life as an Artist We toured the art of Venice with the actress-turned-artist. By Sarah Cascone, May 14, 2019
People Basquiat, the Comic Book: See the Rise of Art Star Jean-Michel Basquiat in a New Graphic Novel Basquiat's dramatic life story has inspired films, a Broadway musical, and now a graphic novel. By Eileen Kinsella, May 14, 2019
People Damien Hirst’s Net Worth Rose Nearly $20 Million Last Year, According to the Sunday Times’s ‘Rich List’ Hirst is one of only two artists to make the annual list of the 1,000 wealthiest people in the UK. By Taylor Dafoe, May 13, 2019
People Mother-Daughter Power Duo Mera and Jennifer Rubell Reflect on How Art Has Shaped Their Relationship On the occasion of Mother's Day, we spoke with the collector and the artist. By Sarah Cascone, May 10, 2019
People See 10 Outlandish Paintings of ‘Socialite Scammer’ Anna Delvey by the New York Post Photographer Who Followed Her Every Move The artist says Delvey laughed when she saw the works. By Eileen Kinsella, May 8, 2019
