People ‘Make Your Bed’: Curator Helen Molesworth Offered These 5 Pieces of Advice in Her UCLA Commencement Address The curator discussed the special skills of listening that artists develop, and their importance for a world in crisis. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 21, 2018
People Meet Hao Liang, the Young Chinese Artist Whose Reboot of Ancient Ink Painting Has Become a Bona Fide Market Sensation The up-and-coming artist's dense, referential paintings have already sold out at Gagosian. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 20, 2018
People ‘There Is So Much You Go Through Just Trying to Make It’: Amy Sherald on How She Went From Obscurity to a Museum Survey (and the White House) The artist on the strange side effects of fame, new directions in her work, and the aspirations she's almost afraid to articulate. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 20, 2018
People Veteran New York Curator Deborah Cullen-Morales Has Been Appointed Director of the Bronx Museum The veteran of the Wallach Art Gallery and El Museo del Barrio replaces the museum's late director Holly Block. By Henri Neuendorf, Jun 19, 2018
People ‘I May Need to Lie Down’: The Art World Goes Nuts Over Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Louvre Takeover on Social Media The megastar couple took over the Louvre to shoot the music video for their new joint album's lead single. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 19, 2018
People A Poignant Documentary Examines the Tension Between Photographer Joel-Peter Witkin and His Identical Twin, Painter Jerome Witkin Directed by Trisha Ziff, the film is featured in the 2018 AFI DOCS Film Festival at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. By Rachel Gould, Jun 15, 2018
People Art Basel’s Marc Spiegler on Why Art Fairs Aren’t to Blame for the Current Gallery Crisis We spoke to the fair empire's global director in advance of Art Basel's opening. By Andrew Goldstein, Jun 11, 2018
People Anthony Bourdain Bought This John Lurie Painting Days Before He Died The artist mourned the chef's passing on social media. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 8, 2018
People ‘The Whole Way of Collecting Has Changed’: Christie’s Loïc Gouzer on the Regrettable Rise of the ADD Art Collector artnet News's Andrew Goldstein spoke to the auction-house rainmaker about why no one wants to learn about art anymore. By Andrew Goldstein, Jun 7, 2018
People Artists Eric Fischl and April Gornik Are Launching a Residency Program in an Old Hamptons Church A former Methodist Church in Sag Harbor will house a new residency program and art center. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 6, 2018
People See Takashi Murakami’s Trippy Cover Art for Kanye West and Kid Cudi’s New Album Murakami previously did the cover art for West's 2007 album "Graduation." By Sarah Cascone, Jun 6, 2018
People Is Loïc Gouzer the Federer of the Art Market? A Q&A With the Irrepressible Christie’s Maverick Who Sold ‘Salvator Mundi’ We speak to the man behind the record-shattering $450 million sale about his unique approach to the auction game. By Andrew Goldstein, Jun 6, 2018
People Irving Sandler, the Zelig-Like Art Critic Who Immortalized His Famous Friends in Art History, Has Died Sandler chronicled the rise of Abstract Expressionism in New York with unrivaled intimacy. By Javier Pes, Jun 4, 2018
People ‘This Part of the World Is Now in the Spotlight’: Katerina Gregos on Curating the Inaugural Riga Biennial Under Putin’s Shadow The debut edition of the Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA) opens on June 2. By Kate Brown, May 31, 2018
People Heartland Rocker John Mellencamp Shows a New Series Paintings in New York—See Them Here "Life, Death, Love, and Freedom" is open at ACA Galleries through June 2. By Caroline Goldstein, May 28, 2018
