Art Fairs Stars Filled the Booths and the Aisles at TEFAF New York’s Opening Day Megacollectors like Leonardo Di Caprio and Ronald Lauder browsed the fair where antiquities and the contemporary rub elbows. By Eileen Kinsella, May 10, 2024
Art World Andrew Bolton on Breathing New Life into the Met’s Most Fragile Garments The curator explores nature and the cycle of life in the profound “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” which recently opened at the Met. By William Van Meter, May 10, 2024
Auctions New York’s Evening Auctions Will Be a Litmus Test for the Art Market. Here’s What to Watch For By Margaret Carrigan, May 10, 2024
Artists Arlene Shechet’s Monumental New Works Descend on the ‘Promised Land’ of Sculpture Parks Her monumental outdoor sculptures are now on view at Storm King in New York's Hudson Valley. By Katie White, May 10, 2024
Up Next Felix Beaudry’s Knitted Grotesqueries and Disembodied Heads The textile artist's distinctive creatures are infiltrating the art world—one gargantuan at a time. By William Van Meter, May 10, 2024
People ‘I Love Thinking of Land as a Living Thing’: Artist Teresita Fernández on Working With Nature as Material The artist's work will be in dialogue with land works by Robert Smithson at SITE Santa Fe this summer. By Devorah Lauter, May 9, 2024
Art Collectors In Venice, Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza Proves It’s Possible to ‘Collect With Purpose’ Running alongside the Biennale, her foundation TBA21–Academy has commissioned new works from Indigenous artists of the Pacific Islands. By Lee Carter, May 9, 2024
Up Next ‘It Wasn’t Enough to Put the Black Figure in My Work’: Rising Artist Adebunmi Gbadebo on Why She Works With Earth, Hair, and Indigo Nicola Vassell Gallery is presenting new works by the artist at the Independent Art Fair in New York this week. By Katie White, May 8, 2024
Studio Visit Enrique Martínez Celaya’s Studio Is a Monastic Laboratory Where Art, History, and Science Percolate The artist's stunning new show at the Hispanic Society in New York mines his lifelong interest in Diego Velasquez. By Eileen Kinsella, May 8, 2024
Artists How Tara Donovan Transformed More Than 200,000 Used CDs Into Monumental Sculptures In 'Stratagems' at Pace in New York, the artist is giving new life to 'relics of a very recent past.' By Katie White, May 8, 2024
Art World Ibrahim Mahama’s Stunning Textile Installation Blankets the Barbican in London The Barbican's bleak Brutalist facade has received a bright pink makeover courtesy of the Ghanaian artist. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 7, 2024
Art & Tech Zombies Attack in Artist Mak2’s New Art Fair-Themed Video Game 'Art Survivors,' a first-person shooter game designed by the Hong Kong-based artist, offers a critique of the art market. By Vivienne Chow, May 7, 2024
People ‘The Track Record Is Disastrous’: Musician Nick Cave on His Cautious Return to Art The lead singer of the Bad Seeds reflects on art, music, and morals in the wake of unveiling his first solo exhibition. By Kate Brown, May 6, 2024
Art & Exhibitions How Artist Katie Hector Achieves Her Spellbinding Portraits Without Using a Drop of Paint The artist's solo exhibition "Ego Rip" is on view at Management gallery in New York. By Annikka Olsen, May 6, 2024
The Back Room Paint Drippings: Everything You Missed in the Art Industry Last Week From what sold at Frieze New York to a mysterious heir claiming a Klimt in Vienna. By Artnet News, May 6, 2024