Art World What I’m Looking At: Nude Dudes Doing the Laocoön at O’Flaherty’s, the Plot to Incept Capitalist Realism, and Other Stuff at the Edge of Art Highlights from New York galleries from the last few weeks. By Ben Davis, Mar 8, 2023
Museums Whitney Museum Director Adam Weinberg Will Step Down After 20 Years, Paving the Way for Curator Scott Rothkopf to Succeed Him Weinberg oversaw the Whitney’s move downtown and helped grow museum attendance, membership, and staff size. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 8, 2023
Style Artist Daniel Arsham, Hublot’s New Brand Ambassador, Just Installed a Giant Crystal Sundial High in the Swiss Alps The temporary Alpine artwork can only be seen from a mountaintop. By William Van Meter, Mar 8, 2023
Gallery Network 7 Questions for Painter Rod Penner on Capturing the ‘Quiet Poetry’ of Desolate Texas Landscapes Following on the heels of a recently published monograph, the artist's solo show opens at Louis K. Meisel Gallery later this month. By Artnet Gallery Network, Mar 8, 2023
Auctions How the French Auction Market Expanded and Diversified in 2022 to Hit a Spectacular $4.6 Billion in Sales Paris, in particular, is becoming more appealing to buyers and consignors. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 8, 2023
Archaeology Aww, Archaeologists Have Discovered an Adorable Version of Egypt’s Most Famous Monument: A Miniature Sphinx The statue is a much smaller iteration of the famed Great Sphinx of Giza, but sculpted perhaps 2,500 years later. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 8, 2023
Pop Culture Amid Last Year’s Controversies, Johnny Depp Sold $3.5 Million in Art Prints. Now He Has a New Series of Portraits… and They Are Quite Bad His newest collection includes portraits of Heath Ledger, Bob Marley, River Phoenix, and Hunter S. Thompson. By Artnet News, Mar 8, 2023
Gallery Network Spotlight: Here’s What London’s Trinity Fine Arts Will Be Bringing to TEFAF Maastricht, Including a Recently Rediscovered Tintoretto Portrait The London dealer will present a veritable jewel box of important historical works at the fair this week. By Artnet Gallery Network, Mar 8, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions Artist Josie Williams Trained A.I. Chatbots on the Literary Achievements of Black Authors. The Result? ‘Virtual Poetry’ 'Ancestral Archives' will appear at SWSW from March 10. By Min Chen, Mar 8, 2023
Art World A New Musical Celebrates the Life of Suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst, Daughter of Emmeline, Socialist—and Artist The lesser-known Pankhurst deployed her artistic talent to aid in her campaign for working women's rights. By Naomi Rea, Mar 8, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Gagosian Invites Gary Garrels, Who Left SFMOMA Amid a Staff Revolt, to Curate a Major Show of Abstract Art + Other Stories Plus, Welsh police seized a Banksy artwork worth $260,000 and Otobong Nkanga has joined the fold at Lisson Gallery. By Artnet News, Mar 8, 2023
On View Bay Area Artist Joan Brown Painted a Deeply Personal and Mythical World. Now a New Exhibition Sets Her Up for a Major Rediscovery Eighty of Brown's idiosyncratic artworks are on view at SFMOMA, her first retrospective in over two decades. By Katie White, Mar 8, 2023
Archaeology Using a Groundbreaking Technology, Scientists Have Uncovered a Hidden Tunnel Beneath the Great Pyramid of Giza There's more to the Great Pyramid than meets the eye. By Artnet News, Mar 8, 2023
People How French-Caribbean Artist Julien Creuzet Uses Creole Hymns and Digital Avatars to Retrace African Ancestry He is set to represent France at the Venice Biennale in 2024. By Anna Sansom, Mar 8, 2023
The Gray Market New York’s New Art Map: What 9 Years of Data About Gallery Openings Reveal About the Shifting Geography of Cool Which neighborhoods are rising—and which have dramatically fallen from grace (with charts!). By Tim Schneider, Mar 8, 2023
