Venice 15 Must-See Exhibitions in Venice during the Biennaleartsy.net - Casey Lesser Installation view of Hicham Berrada, Mesk-Ellil, 2015–19, at “Luogo e Segni,” Punta della Dogana, 2019. Photo by Delfino Sisto Legnani e Marco …
Claude Monet Why This Claude Monet Haystack Could Sell for over $55 Millionartsy.net - Alina Cohen Claude Monet, Meules, 1890/91. Courtesy of Sotheby’s.Claude Monet’s series “Les Meules”—alternately translated as “The Grainstacks” or “The …
Utah Nancy Holt’s Land Art masterpiece will be restored.artsy.net - Wallace Ludel Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels, 1973–76. Great Basin Desert, Utah. Dia Art Foundation with support from Holt/Smithson Foundation. © Holt/Smithson Foundation …
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Netflix’s “Sabrina” was once again accused of copying an artist’s work without permission.artsy.net - Benjamin Sutton Photo by Brian Cantoni, via Wikimedia Commons.The Netflix series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina has been accused of copying an artist’s work …
Painting A stolen painting by Impressionist master Paul Signac has been recovered in Ukraine.artsy.net - Artsy Editors Paul Signac, Le port de la Rochelle, 1915. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy. Via Wikimedia Commons.Last year, art thieves pulled off a daring heist at …
Painting 5 Ways to Train Your Eyes to See like an Artistartsy.net - Ingrid Christensen Visual artists inhabit the same world as everyone else, but they experience it quite differently. A painter might be enthralled by the color of a …
Art What You Need to Know about Collecting Virtual-Reality Artartsy.net - Scott Indrisek Installation view of SMK Fridays: Art in the Making, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 2018. Courtesy of Khora Contemporary.How does one collect …
Alfred Stieglitz’s Sensual Photographs of Georgia O’Keeffe Reveal Her Vulnerabilityartsy.net - Alina Cohen Georgia O’Keeffe, 1918. Alfred Stieglitz "Georgia O'Keeffe" at Tate Modern, LondonGeorgia O’Keeffe’s introduction to the art world wasn’t through her …
Sculpture A French court sentenced an art dealer and a businessman to prison over counterfeit Rodin sculptures.artsy.net - Benjamin Sutton The Thinker by Auguste Rodin at the Musée Rodin in Paris. Photo by Jcesare, via Wikimedia Commons.Last week a court of appeals in Paris handed …
Louvre The Louvre is hoping to buy a major Rembrandt portrait.artsy.net - Wallace Ludel Rembrandt, The Standard Bearer, 1636. Via Wikimedia Commons.Paris’s Musée du Louvre is planning to purchase a 1636 portrait by Rembrandt van Rijn …
Takashi Murakami Takashi Murakami has split with one of his longtime galleries.artsy.net - Nate Freeman , . Takashi Murakami MCA ChicagoThe Los Angeles powerhouse gallery Blum & Poe, founded in 1994 by Tim Blum and Jeff Poe, gave the artist Takashi …
Museums 10 Major Museum Scandals Sparked by Trustees and Directorsartsy.net - Alina Cohen Protest against Rebekah Mercer being a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Museum of Natural History in front of the American Museum of …
Kehinde Wiley Inside Kehinde Wiley’s Vibrant New Artist Residency in Senegalartsy.net - Scott Indrisek Kehinde Wiley and architect Abib Djenne at Black Rock Senegal, 2019. © Kehinde Wiley. Used by permission.Views of Black Rock compound, 2019. © …
This Couple Photographed the Most Remote Places on Earthartsy.net - Jacqui Palumbo Volcàn Osorno, Parque Nacional Vicente Pérez Rosales, Patagonia, Chile. © Peter & Beverly Pickford, from Wild Land by Peter & Beverly Pickford.On a …
Tiananmen Square The camera manufacturer Leica faced a backlash in China over a commercial depicting the Tiananmen Square protests.artsy.net - Wallace Ludel A Beijing demonstrator blocks the path of a tank convoy along the Avenue of Eternal Peace near Tiananmen Square. Courtesy Bettman Archive/Getty.The …
Phillips Phillips could break Mark Bradford’s auction record again with the massive “Helter Skelter II.”artsy.net - Nate Freeman Mark Bradford, Helter Skelter II, 2007. Est. in excess of $8 million. Courtesy Phillips.Last week, Phillips had a late-breaking hit during the ninth …
Tehran Monir Farmanfarmaian, the Iranian master of mirror mosaics, died at age 96.artsy.net - Benjamin Sutton Monir Farmanfarmaian working in her studio in Tehran, 1975. Photo courtesy the artist’s family and Haines Gallery.The artist Monir Shahroudy …
Pablo Picasso A Swiss farmer got to hang a Picasso painting in his barn for a day.artsy.net - Wallace Ludel Pablo Picasso, Buste de femme au chapeau (Dora), 1939. Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Sammlung Beyeler. © Succession Picasso / 2019, ProLitteris, …
Jeff Koons Why Jeff Koons’s “Rabbit” Could Sell for up to $70 Millionartsy.net - Nate Freeman Balloon Swan (Yellow); Balloon Monkey (Blue); and Balloon Rabbit (Red), 2017. Jeff Koons PhillipsWhen Jeff Koons’s retrospective opened at the Whitney …
Internet The Rise and Fall of Internet Art Communitiesartsy.net - Kelsey Ables Today, sharing art on social media is like running on a treadmill forever. At least, that’s how illustrator Lois van Baarle describes it. “You have …
Notre Dame Cathedral Notre Dame Cathedral’s emergency evacuation plans helped save about 90% of its art.artsy.net - Wallace Ludel Notre Dame Cathedral engulfed in flames on April 15, 2019. Photo by Olivier Mabelly, via Flickr.Roughly 90% of the priceless artworks and artifacts …
Artists David Zwirner will be the first commercial gallery to represent Paul Klee’s family.artsy.net - Nate Freeman Paul Klee, Wachstum regt sich (Growth stirs), 1938, private collection, Switzerland, deposited in the Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern. Courtesy Zentrum Paul …
Painting The Hilma af Klint exhibition at the Guggenheim set a new attendance record for the museum.artsy.net - Benjamin Sutton Installation view, “Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future,” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 12, 2018–April 23, 2019. Photo by …
This Open Source Software Could Make Museum Websites More Accessibleartsy.net - Claire Voon MCA Chicago front steps. Photo by Nathan Keay. © MCA Chicago.Earlier this year, dozens of New York City art galleries were hit with lawsuits filed …
Art History Art History 101artsy.net - Artsy Editors Artsy’s ever-evolving guide to the artists throughout art history—and their aesthetic, social, and political concerns—that have shaped and reflected …
Keith Haring How This Enormous Keith Haring Mural Was Saved from Destructionartsy.net - Benjamin Sutton Installation view of Keith Haring, Boys Club Mural, at Pioneer Works, 2019. Photo by Neil Rasmus/BFA.com.In 2007, a 40,000-pound chunk of wall …
Lawsuits A Paris gallery is suing Marlborough Gallery for $18 million.artsy.net - Benjamin Sutton Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash.Paris’s Galerie Enrico Navarra is suing New York’s Marlborough Gallery and seeking more than $18 million in a …
Notre Dame Cathedral France’s prime minister called for an architecture competition to design Notre Dame’s new spire.artsy.net - Wallace Ludel The spire of Notre Dame Cathedral on fire on April 15, 2019. Photo by Wandrille de Préville, via Wikimedia Commons.In the wake of Monday’s fire at …
Artists Christie’s will offer one of the last Modigliani sculptures in private hands for $30 million.artsy.net - Nate Freeman Amedeo Modigliani, Tête, ca. 1911–12, limestone. Est. $30 million–$40 million. Courtesy Christie’s.The billion-dollar giga-week of auctions in New …
