Contemporary Articles

Politics

France Charges Dissident Artist Pyotr Pavlensky With Invasion of Privacy for Leaking a Paris Politician’s Sex Tape

Pavlensky has a history of protest performance art.

By Sarah Cascone, 32 mins ago

Art Fairs

A New Armory Show Prize Will Award $10,000 to an Outstanding Female Artist With a Solo Booth at the Fair

The prize is cosponsored by a French nonprofit dedicated to women in the arts.

By Sarah Cascone, 3 hours ago

Art Fairs

The Critic Who Accidentally Smashed a $19,000 Glass Sculpture at an Art Fair Says It Was ‘Devoid of Artistic Attributes’ Anyway

The critic is an outspoken opponent of what she calls the “fraud” of contemporary art.

By Javier Pes, 4 hours ago

Art World

Attendance Has Always Been a Narrow Way to Define Success. That’s Why This Museum Is Using Data Science to Measure Its Social Impact

“We can’t bring a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to the experiences here,” says the director of the Oakland Museum of California.

By Taylor Dafoe, 4 hours ago

Art Fairs

For Its 2020 New York Edition, SPRING/BREAK Will Take Over Ralph Lauren’s Former HQ With an Ode to Excess

Curators will go wild with the broad theme of consumerism, close to the birthplace of American advertising.

By Sarah Cascone, 22 hours ago

Art and Law

In the Bitter Divorce of Collecting Royalty Libbie and David Mugrabi, Art Is at the Center of the Battle

The case could expose secrets about one of the world's most prominent art-collecting dynasties.

By Eileen Kinsella, 1 day ago

Exhibitions

Kidnappings, Train Crashes, and Vanishing Art: Peripatetic Land Sculptor Richard Long on the Joys of an Artistic Life on the Road

The veteran British artist on his return to Mexico, losing his Venice Biennale sculpture, and why Donald Judd was a "teddy bear."

By Javier Pes, 2 days ago

Art Fairs

An Artist Mined the Paramount Pictures Archives to Critique Mexican Representation in Cinema History at Frieze Projects

Vincent Ramos focused on Chicano and Mexican visibility from the 1930s to the ‘70s.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 14, 2020

Art Fairs

From Richard Prince’s $5 Million Muscle Car to Bunny Rogers’s Inner World, Here Are 5 of the Best Artworks at Frieze LA

There was excitement in the air and plenty of absorbing art to look at (and buy) at this year's edition of the fair.

By Andrew Goldstein, Feb 14, 2020

People

Who Went Shopping at Frieze Los Angeles? We Buttonholed J.Lo and A-Rod, Usher, Leonardo DiCaprio and Other Famous Names at the Fair

A star-studded crowd could be found on the fair's preview day.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 14, 2020

Auctions

Phillips’s Contemporary Art Sale Fetched a Middling $27 Million, Led by a Shocking Six-Figure Price for Young Star Amoako Boafo

The sale total was down a considerable 43 percent from last year.

By Colin Gleadell, Feb 13, 2020

Politics

This Artist-Activist Is Asking Women Artists to Raise Their Prices by 15 Percent to Fight the Art World’s Gender Pay Gap

Michele Pred is taking to Frieze LA to promote her initiative. Look for her in the dress made of pink dollar bills.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 13, 2020

Art and Law

Veteran Auction-House Attorneys Join Forces to Create a New Art Law Group Catering to an Increasingly Professionalized Art World

Former Sotheby's legal counsel have banded together to form the new law firm Olsoff, Cahill, Cossu.

By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 13, 2020

Politics

France Charges Dissident Artist Pyotr Pavlensky With Invasion of Privacy for Leaking a Paris Politician’s Sex Tape

Art Fairs

A New Armory Show Prize Will Award $10,000 to an Outstanding Female Artist With a Solo Booth at the Fair

Art Fairs

The Critic Who Accidentally Smashed a $19,000 Glass Sculpture at an Art Fair Says It Was ‘Devoid of Artistic Attributes’ Anyway

Art World

Attendance Has Always Been a Narrow Way to Define Success. That’s Why This Museum Is Using Data Science to Measure Its Social Impact

Art Fairs

For Its 2020 New York Edition, SPRING/BREAK Will Take Over Ralph Lauren’s Former HQ With an Ode to Excess

Art and Law

In the Bitter Divorce of Collecting Royalty Libbie and David Mugrabi, Art Is at the Center of the Battle

Exhibitions

Kidnappings, Train Crashes, and Vanishing Art: Peripatetic Land Sculptor Richard Long on the Joys of an Artistic Life on the Road

Art Fairs

An Artist Mined the Paramount Pictures Archives to Critique Mexican Representation in Cinema History at Frieze Projects

Art Fairs

From Richard Prince’s $5 Million Muscle Car to Bunny Rogers’s Inner World, Here Are 5 of the Best Artworks at Frieze LA

People

Who Went Shopping at Frieze Los Angeles? We Buttonholed J.Lo and A-Rod, Usher, Leonardo DiCaprio and Other Famous Names at the Fair

Auctions

Phillips’s Contemporary Art Sale Fetched a Middling $27 Million, Led by a Shocking Six-Figure Price for Young Star Amoako Boafo

Politics

This Artist-Activist Is Asking Women Artists to Raise Their Prices by 15 Percent to Fight the Art World’s Gender Pay Gap

Art and Law

Veteran Auction-House Attorneys Join Forces to Create a New Art Law Group Catering to an Increasingly Professionalized Art World

Art World

For Tearful True Believers, DC’s Obama Portraits Have Become a ‘Secular Pilgrimage’ Destination in the Trump Era

Art World

Artists in Mexico Are Remembering a Murdered Activist With Murals—and Raising Money for the Family She Left Behind

France Charges Dissident Artist Pyotr Pavlensky With Invasion of Privacy for Leaking a Paris Politician’s Sex Tape

A New Armory Show Prize Will Award $10,000 to an Outstanding Female Artist With a Solo Booth at the Fair

The Critic Who Accidentally Smashed a $19,000 Glass Sculpture at an Art Fair Says It Was ‘Devoid of Artistic Attributes’ Anyway

Attendance Has Always Been a Narrow Way to Define Success. That’s Why This Museum Is Using Data Science to Measure Its Social Impact

For Its 2020 New York Edition, SPRING/BREAK Will Take Over Ralph Lauren’s Former HQ With an Ode to Excess

In the Bitter Divorce of Collecting Royalty Libbie and David Mugrabi, Art Is at the Center of the Battle

Kidnappings, Train Crashes, and Vanishing Art: Peripatetic Land Sculptor Richard Long on the Joys of an Artistic Life on the Road

An Artist Mined the Paramount Pictures Archives to Critique Mexican Representation in Cinema History at Frieze Projects

From Richard Prince’s $5 Million Muscle Car to Bunny Rogers’s Inner World, Here Are 5 of the Best Artworks at Frieze LA

Who Went Shopping at Frieze Los Angeles? We Buttonholed J.Lo and A-Rod, Usher, Leonardo DiCaprio and Other Famous Names at the Fair

Phillips’s Contemporary Art Sale Fetched a Middling $27 Million, Led by a Shocking Six-Figure Price for Young Star Amoako Boafo

This Artist-Activist Is Asking Women Artists to Raise Their Prices by 15 Percent to Fight the Art World’s Gender Pay Gap

Veteran Auction-House Attorneys Join Forces to Create a New Art Law Group Catering to an Increasingly Professionalized Art World

For Tearful True Believers, DC’s Obama Portraits Have Become a ‘Secular Pilgrimage’ Destination in the Trump Era

Artists in Mexico Are Remembering a Murdered Activist With Murals—and Raising Money for the Family She Left Behind

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