People Studio Visit: Artist Duo Allora and Calzadilla on Steering Installations Remotely and the Benefits of Eschewing Social Media The artist duo invite us behind the scenes as they prepare for their new show at the Menil Collection in Houston. By Artnet News, Oct 9, 2020
People What I Buy & Why: Gallerist Nicole Schoeni on the Biggest Strokes of Luck in Her Collecting Career and Her Most Prized Possession The Hong Kong-based dealer never has buyer's remorse—but there are some works that got away. By Katie White, Oct 8, 2020
People ‘I Felt Like I Was Trapped in Amber’: Painter Christina Quarles on How the Hazy Confusions of Lockdown Inspired Her Latest Show The artist, known for her jumbled-up portraits of intimacy, reflects on the difficulties and opportunities of 2020. By Naomi Rea, Oct 8, 2020
People How Does a Top Collector Navigate a Very Unusual Frieze Week? We Tagged Along With Muriel Salem Around London to Find Out Artnet News goes gallery-hopping with a collector on a mission. By Naomi Rea, Oct 8, 2020
People The New Innovators: Writer and Curator Kimberly Drew on Why the Stodgy Old Art World Is Finally Opening Up to New Ideas The social media maven reflects on her art-world journey, the connections between art and activism, and what she's doing next. By Noor Brara, Oct 7, 2020
People ‘What Happens When You Don’t Know What’s Going to Happen?’: Tavares Strachan’s New Performance Illuminates Histories Once Left in the Dark The artist's latest exhibition, "In Plain Sight," is on view at Marian Goodman in London. By Naomi Rea, Oct 6, 2020
People Why Did the National Gallery Postpone Its Guston Show? The Museum’s Director Says the Public Doesn’t Need a ‘White Artist to Explain Racism’ Right Now The director discusses the decision to postpone the museum's highly anticipated Philip Guston retrospective. By Julia Halperin, Oct 6, 2020
People Studio Visit: Textile Artist Billie Zangewa on Gaining Inspiration Through Tidying Up and Why She Found Kusama an Acquired Taste We caught up with Zangewa, a Johannesburg-based textile artist, ahead of her debut show at New York's Lehmann Maupin. By Artnet News, Oct 2, 2020
People ‘New Yorker’ Poetry Editor Kevin Young Has Been Named Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Young was previously director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 1, 2020
People These Struggling Artists Found Success on TikTok. A Looming Ban on the App in the US Threatens What They’ve Built For creatives and institutions, the pending ban of TikTok and WeChat could mean significant losses of income and opportunity. By Zachary Small, Sep 30, 2020
People ‘I Don’t Scare Easily’: Martha Cooper on Crawling Her Way Through Train Tunnels to Become One of the Leading Photographers of Graffiti The photographer is having the largest retrospective of her work to date in Berlin. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 30, 2020
People Studio Visit: Artist Katie Bell Is Making Sculptures From Cast-Off Remnants and Walking Through a Subdued Times Square We caught up with the artist, a RISD MFA graduate, to hear about how she's spending her time. By Artnet News, Sep 30, 2020
People The New Innovators: How ArtNoir’s Larry Ossei-Mensah Went From a Bronx-Born Art-World Outsider to the Ultimate Insider "The first couple years I went to Basel I was staying in the hostel," Ossei-Mensah says. By Melissa Smith, Sep 29, 2020
People A Blade of Grass Director Deborah Fisher on Why She Let Her Staff Go to Save the Social-Practice Art Organization Fisher will become the only full-time employee of the socially engaged art nonprofit as it dramatically changes course. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 29, 2020
People Cindy Sherman Has Transformed Herself Into Clowns, Movie Stars, and Society Ladies. Now, She’s Tackling Her Toughest Subject Yet: Men The artist says she's often struggled with creating male characters because they "appeared generic and unsympathetic." By Osman Can Yerebakan, Sep 28, 2020
