Auctions Diamond Necklace Linked to Marie Antoinette Fetches a Dazzling $4.79 Million The sale more than doubled its low estimate. By Verity Babbs, Nov 14, 2024
On View Hans Op De Beeck Takes Over Galerie Templon With Monochromatic Tableaux of ‘Frozen Moments’ The show features a compelling mix of quirky invented characters and meditations on nature and life. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 13, 2024
Museums & Institutions British Museum Receives Donation Worth $1.2 Billion—the Largest Gift in U.K. Museum History "It’s a real vote of confidence in our future," said chairman George Osborne. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 13, 2024
Reviews Orphism Is Back, Full of Optimistic Colors and Unanswered Questions “Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930” traces the movement that channeled the poetry and rhythm of modernity into vibrant, color-saturated painting. By Ben Davis, Nov 13, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Tacita Dean Wrestles With the Ghost of Cy Twombly "Tacita Dean: Blind Folly," the British artist's first major U.S. museum show, featuring her drawings, is on view at the Menil Collection. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 12, 2024
Politics Culture Will Not Save Us Now Resistance culture is unlikely to return. Something totally new needs to be created from this wreckage. By Ben Davis, Nov 8, 2024
Art & Exhibitions How Azikiwe Mohammed Transformed His New Residency Into a Powerful Food Support Mission "Azikiwe Mohammed: Trains, Buses, and the Four C’s" inaugurates Project for Empty Space's new expansion. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 8, 2024
Market Collectors and Dealers Turned Out in Force for Art Cologne, Never Mind the Political Climate: ‘I Am Done Worrying’ The 57th edition of the oldest art fair in the world opened in the Rhineland. The mood was hesitant, yet optimistic, and many deals were being done. By Kate Brown, Nov 8, 2024
Artists For Her Blue-Chip Gallery Debut, Rising Artist Brook Hsu Paints Her Own Vision of the Wild West Brook Hsu brings viridian visions of her home state of Oklahoma to New York's Gladstone Gallery. By Katie White, Nov 8, 2024
Art World These Were the Venice Biennale’s Most Unforgettable Works From clandestine photographs, to stoic portraiture that reframes historical narratives, to challenging, invigorating performances, "Foreigners Everywhere" had much to offer. By John Arthur Peetz, Nov 8, 2024
Art & Exhibitions French Critics Spar With American Curators Over a Show Implying a Famous Impressionist May Have Been Gay The coorganizers of the Musée d'Orsay exhibition are accused of overreaching in their pursuit of a fresh take on Gustave Caillebotte. By Devorah Lauter, Nov 8, 2024
Art Fairs Long-Lost Painting From the New York World’s Fair Is Now Up for Grabs The 1939 World Fair's theme was "The World of Tomorrow." The long-lost Rockwell Kent oil painting will be at the Salon Art + Design fair in New York. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 7, 2024
Opinion An Art Critic’s Picks: 10 New York Artworks to Lift Your Spirits In a time of grief and uncertainty, here's the art that I go to in search of comfort and perspective. By Blake Gopnik, Nov 6, 2024
Art World Canadian Kitty Scott Will Be the First Woman to Curate the Shanghai Biennale The show, titled "Does the Flower Hear the Bee?," will open next November. By Cheung Hok Hang, Nov 6, 2024
Art Criticism I Ventured to Michael Heizer’s Remote Land Art Masterwork—And Left Transformed The pioneering land artist and renegade visionary turned 80 this week. We celebrated by visiting his desert masterpiece 'City' and will never be the same. By William Van Meter, Nov 6, 2024
