The Back Room The Back Room: Pivot Point This week: auction week’s emerging themes, an art-fair flurry, Mike Bidlo’s surprise rise, and much more—all in a 7-minute read. By Tim Schneider, May 13, 2022
Galleries Four Veteran Art Dealers Team Up to Open a Beacon Gallery Asking Viewers to Show Up (IRL) and Slow Down Analog Diary opens with an ambitious performance by Dan Colen and a group show including Radcliffe Bailey and Julia Rommel. By Julia Halperin, May 13, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: Ashley Bickerton, Famed Neo-Geo Artist Who Ditched New York for Bali, Signs With Gagosian + Other Stories Plus, there's now a backlog of requests to return Benin Bronzes, and Germany's culture minister wades further into the Documenta row. By Artnet News, May 13, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions In Pictures: See How Artist and Instagram Sensation Cj Hendry Transformed a London Church Into a Botanical Wonderland Forget Hogwarts. The Australian artist has restored a dilapidated church in London to show a new suite of photorealistic drawings. By Naomi Rea, May 13, 2022
The Art Angle ‘Our Role Is Really to Push Back From Rules’: Nari Ward on How To Make a True Portrait of New York City Ward's new show "I’ll Take You There; A Proclamation" is on view at Lehmann Maupin through June 4. By Artnet News, May 13, 2022
Archaeology Archaeologists in Sardinia Have Unearthed Two Giant Fragments of Millennia-Old Statues of Boxers But researchers are unsure about the function of the mysterious sculptures, or why they were destroyed. By Dorian Batycka, May 13, 2022
Art Fairs Here’s Your Go-To Guide to All the Art Fairs Taking Place During Frieze New York 2022 Brace for yourself for New York's second art fair week of the month. By Sarah Cascone, May 13, 2022
People ‘A Lot of My Work Is Very Tough’: Watch Photographer Richard Misrach Mine His Archive to Find Beauty Hidden in Suffering As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, May 13, 2022
Art Criticism New Perspectives: 6 Artists at the 2022 Venice Biennale Who Are Shifting the Way We Visualize the African Diaspora From Tourmaline to Simone Leigh, artists reflect on the Black imagination as a resource to build new worlds and right wrongs. By Emmanuel Balogun, May 13, 2022
Auctions Christie’s Rakes in $831 Million in an Auction Double-Header, Nearly Half of Which Came From the Anne Bass Collection The sales surpassed their combined $792 million high estimate. By Eileen Kinsella, May 13, 2022
Gallery Network Spotlight: Giorgio Morandi’s Still Lifes Reveal New Secrets in an Expansive Exhibition in Rome Currently on view at Mattia De Luca in Italy, “Giorgio Morandi: Il Tempo sospeso” will travel to New York this fall. By Artnet Gallery Network, May 12, 2022
Archaeology Giant Pits Revealed Underneath Stonehenge Show That the Site Was a Special Hunting Ground for Mesolithic People "This was a special place for hunter-gatherer communities thousands of years before the first stones were erected,” researchers say. By Sarah Cascone, May 12, 2022
Wet Paint Wet Paint In the Wild: Art Advisor Dan Oglander Photographs His Way Through New York Art Week With His Trusty Dog In this week's edition, Oglander takes his pet around town and hits the fairs. By Annie Armstrong, May 12, 2022
Art Fairs Eye of the Collector, the Boothless Fair Offering an Eclectic Mix of Art, Sets an Upbeat Tone Ahead of London Gallery Weekend Early sales came in at a range of price points, from four to six figures. By Vivienne Chow, May 12, 2022
Art World Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala Dress Angered Conservators So Much That the International Council of Museums Had to Make a Statement Kardashian sparked outrage after wearing an iconic Marilyn Monroe dress earlier this month. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 12, 2022
