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On View

Fahamu Pecou’s Spiritually Charged Pop Painting About Black Identity Finds a Powerful Setting in Brooklyn

The community rallied to help fund Weeksville Heritage Center earlier this year. The Atlanta artist's show is part of a comeback.

By Stephanie Cash, Nov 15, 2019

Art Fairs

Rejecting the Idea That Regional Fairs Should Expand, Art Düsseldorf Proves Staying Local Works Best (at Least in the Rhineland)

The German fair is proof that there is life after MCH Group, thanks to the Rhineland's committed collectors and a dynamic art scene.

By Kate Brown, Nov 15, 2019

People

‘Maybe Adam Driver Can Help Set Things Right’: Jenny Holzer on Why She Teamed With Amazon to Promote Its New Political Drama

'The Report' focuses on the fight to make public evidence of CIA torture.

By Brian Boucher, Nov 15, 2019

Art World

George Soros’s Foundation Is Launching a $15 Million Initiative to Repatriate Cultural Objects to African Nations

The project will support African organizations campaigning for the return of artifacts taken during the colonial era.

By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 15, 2019

Politics

Venice’s Regional Council Voted Against Climate-Change Measures This Week. Only Minutes Later, Their Chambers Flooded

The city is experiencing its worst flooding in half a century.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 15, 2019

People

Ex-Whitney Veteran Donna De Salvo Is Returning to the Dia Art Foundation as a Special Projects Curator

De Salvo left the Whitney Museum in June after organizing the recent smash Andy Warhol retrospective.

By Brian Boucher, Nov 15, 2019

People

Mega-Collecting Cirque du Soleil Founder Guy Laliberte Busted for Growing This Popular Plant on His Exotic Private Island

The Canadian entrepreneur finds the charges “a little funny.”

By Caroline Elbaor, Nov 15, 2019

Art World

Art Industry News: Rising Star Ashley James Is Appointed as the Guggenheim’s First Black Curator + Other Stories

Plus, Frieze LA plans a new section dedicated to young local galleries and Kristen Stewart encourages Shia LaBeouf to take up bro-ramics.

By Artnet News, Nov 15, 2019

Art World

Researchers Have Discovered That the Ancient Egyptians Somehow Developed a Complex Yellow Paint Also Used by Vermeer

How artisans in the 5th century BC got their hands on it remains a mystery

By Maxwell Williams, Nov 15, 2019

Art World

Think You’d Make a Great Museum Director? A New Sims-Like Video Game Lets You to Build, Staff, and Run Your Very Own Museum

The game, which will be released next year, tasks players with building and curating their own institutions.

By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 15, 2019

Auctions

Asian Bidding Rouses Sotheby’s $270.7 Million Contemporary Sale, With the Same Buyer Snapping Up Two of the Priciest Paintings

Still, fireworks were muted—the sale's total was down more than 25 percent from the equivalent sale in 2018.

By Nate Freeman, Nov 15, 2019

What Is Pace Planning for Its Hotly Anticipated ‘Live’ Division? The Inaugural Program Includes a Celebration of Black Creativity

Yto Barrada will screen films and cook, and Torkwase Dyson will collaborate with the likes of Arthur Jafa.

By Brian Boucher, Nov 14, 2019

On View

Fahamu Pecou’s Spiritually Charged Pop Painting About Black Identity Finds a Powerful Setting in Brooklyn

Art Fairs

Rejecting the Idea That Regional Fairs Should Expand, Art Düsseldorf Proves Staying Local Works Best (at Least in the Rhineland)

People

‘Maybe Adam Driver Can Help Set Things Right’: Jenny Holzer on Why She Teamed With Amazon to Promote Its New Political Drama

Art World

George Soros’s Foundation Is Launching a $15 Million Initiative to Repatriate Cultural Objects to African Nations

Politics

Venice’s Regional Council Voted Against Climate-Change Measures This Week. Only Minutes Later, Their Chambers Flooded

People

Ex-Whitney Veteran Donna De Salvo Is Returning to the Dia Art Foundation as a Special Projects Curator

People

Mega-Collecting Cirque du Soleil Founder Guy Laliberte Busted for Growing This Popular Plant on His Exotic Private Island

Art World

Art Industry News: Rising Star Ashley James Is Appointed as the Guggenheim’s First Black Curator + Other Stories

Art World

Researchers Have Discovered That the Ancient Egyptians Somehow Developed a Complex Yellow Paint Also Used by Vermeer

Art World

Think You’d Make a Great Museum Director? A New Sims-Like Video Game Lets You to Build, Staff, and Run Your Very Own Museum

Auctions

Asian Bidding Rouses Sotheby’s $270.7 Million Contemporary Sale, With the Same Buyer Snapping Up Two of the Priciest Paintings

Auctions

A Triumphant Basquiat and an Unexpected Norman Rockwell Help Boost Phillips to a Strong $108 Million Evening Sale

Art World

Wet Paint: Jeff Koons Goes Missing in Manhattan, Gagosian Sells Many $10 Million Mardens, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip

Art World

Seven Global Art-World Insiders Tell Us What They’ll Be Doing, Seeing, Reading, and Eating This Holiday Season

Art World

What Is Pace Planning for Its Hotly Anticipated ‘Live’ Division? The Inaugural Program Includes a Celebration of Black Creativity

Fahamu Pecou’s Spiritually Charged Pop Painting About Black Identity Finds a Powerful Setting in Brooklyn

Rejecting the Idea That Regional Fairs Should Expand, Art Düsseldorf Proves Staying Local Works Best (at Least in the Rhineland)

‘Maybe Adam Driver Can Help Set Things Right’: Jenny Holzer on Why She Teamed With Amazon to Promote Its New Political Drama

George Soros’s Foundation Is Launching a $15 Million Initiative to Repatriate Cultural Objects to African Nations

Venice’s Regional Council Voted Against Climate-Change Measures This Week. Only Minutes Later, Their Chambers Flooded

Ex-Whitney Veteran Donna De Salvo Is Returning to the Dia Art Foundation as a Special Projects Curator

Mega-Collecting Cirque du Soleil Founder Guy Laliberte Busted for Growing This Popular Plant on His Exotic Private Island

Art Industry News: Rising Star Ashley James Is Appointed as the Guggenheim’s First Black Curator + Other Stories

Researchers Have Discovered That the Ancient Egyptians Somehow Developed a Complex Yellow Paint Also Used by Vermeer

Think You’d Make a Great Museum Director? A New Sims-Like Video Game Lets You to Build, Staff, and Run Your Very Own Museum

Asian Bidding Rouses Sotheby’s $270.7 Million Contemporary Sale, With the Same Buyer Snapping Up Two of the Priciest Paintings

A Triumphant Basquiat and an Unexpected Norman Rockwell Help Boost Phillips to a Strong $108 Million Evening Sale

Wet Paint: Jeff Koons Goes Missing in Manhattan, Gagosian Sells Many $10 Million Mardens, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip

Seven Global Art-World Insiders Tell Us What They’ll Be Doing, Seeing, Reading, and Eating This Holiday Season

What Is Pace Planning for Its Hotly Anticipated ‘Live’ Division? The Inaugural Program Includes a Celebration of Black Creativity

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