Gallery Network 5 Novel and Noteworthy Artists From the Artnet Gallery Network We’re Watching This Month This month, we've got our eyes on five talented artists at galleries from New York to Düsseldorf. By Artnet Gallery Network, Nov 15, 2022
Art & Tech Meta Has Significantly Downsized Open Arts, Its In-House Art Team, as Part of Its Largest Round of Layoffs Ever At least seven Open Arts employees appear to have been among Meta's 11,000 layoffs. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 15, 2022
Museums & Institutions The German Government Just Bought Back the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum From a Real Estate Company for €170 Million The state of Berlin and the federal government pitched in on purchasing the Hamburger Bahnhof and its adjacent exhibition hall. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 15, 2022
Pop Culture 10 Can’t-Miss Art Films to See at the DOC NYC Film Festival, From a Portrait of Nan Goldin’s Activism, to a Family Story of Radical Architecture There are also films on artists David Bowie, Kobra, Robert Irwin, Jonas Mekas, and more. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 11, 2022
Auctions Here’s Your Guide to the Priciest and Most Sought-After Artworks for Sale During New York’s $2.1 Billion Fall Auction Marathon Led by the Allen Collection, the fall season ahead is set to break more than a few records. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 8, 2022
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Design Collector and Fair Director Jill Bokor on the Danger of Buying a Chair That You Can’t Actually Sit in Bokor, who now oversees the prestigious fair Salon Art + Design, has worn many art-world hats. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 7, 2022
People New York Mayor Eric Adams Has Tapped a Team of Four Artists to Help Him Solve Gun Violence, Homelessness, and Other Problems The artists will create public art works about urban infrastructure, homelessness, hate crimes, and gun violence. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 4, 2022
Art Fairs 7 Must-See Works to Seek Out at the ADAA Art Show, From Remedios Varo’s Surrealist Scenery to Pacita Abad’s Stunning Sun Goddess The ADAA celebrates its 60th anniversary with its largest Art Show yet. By Eileen Kinsella & Katya Kazakina, Nov 3, 2022
Galleries Mega-Gallery Hauser & Wirth Is Getting Into the Auction Business—Temporarily, and for a Good Cause The charitable sale will support the UN Refugee Agency and is part of the gallery's philanthropic efforts. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 3, 2022
Museums & Institutions Firefighters Contained a Blaze That Broke Out at the American Museum of Natural History in New York No exhibits were damaged. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 1, 2022
Politics Yale Replaces Racist Stained-Glass Window, Smashed by University Worker in 2016, With New Commissions by Faith Ringgold and Barbara Earl Thomas The panels are installed in a residential college newly renamed after Grace Hopper—a pioneering computer scientist, mathematician, teacher, and rear admiral in the U.S. Navy. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 1, 2022
Studio Visit At Age 94, Op Artist Julio Le Parc Continues to Work Every Day in His Paris Studio of Enchanting Colors. See It Here The artist is still painting every day. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 31, 2022
Artnet News Pro Alex Katz Was ‘Always a Bit of a Loner.’ Now, at Age 95, Collectors Won’t Leave Him—or His Spiking Market—Alone After more than eight decades of embracing flat,figurative painting, artist Alex Katz is getting the recognition he deserves. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 31, 2022
Art Fairs ‘With the Wrong Prints, Your House Could Look Like a Dentist’s Office’: Collector Ralph DeLuca on How to Make Good (Not Bad) Decisions at a Print Fair Here's what caught the noted poster collector's eye at the fair. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 28, 2022
Galleries Paula Cooper Is Now Representing the Estate of Jay DeFeo, the Still-Overlooked Artist Who Did Much More Than ‘The Rose’ The dealer will present the Abstract Expressionist artist at the ADAA Art Show. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 27, 2022