artnetArt ‘It’s Like Putting On Someone Else’s Jacket, and It Fits’: David Zwirner’s Paris Branch Is Open for Businessartnet.com - Nate Freeman The space was once the gallery of famed French dealer Yvon Lambert. On Tuesday morning in Le Marais, the chic neighborhood in the 3rd arrondissement …
artnetHobby Lobby The Owners of Hobby Lobby Are Returning Biblical Antiquities That Were Allegedly Stolen by an Oxford Professorartnet.com - Eileen Kinsella This is the second time that the family and its Museum of the Bible have bought illicit antiquities. The Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, is on …
artnetArt Leonardo DiCaprio Had an ‘Open Mind’ When He Commissioned Artist Urs Fischer to Make This Unusual Family Portraitartnet.com - Nate Freeman The artist's latest portrait in wax, on view at Gagosian in Paris, shows the actor with his parents. Urs Fischer coyly titled his new exhibition, now …
artnetArtThe Founder of a Turkish State-Backed Art Fair Is Asking the Art World Not to Believe ‘Black Propaganda’ About Turkey’s ofartnet.com - Naomi Rea Ali Güreli says the operation has been miscast by the media. The founder and chairman of the Contemporary Istanbul art fair, Ali Güreli, has written a …
artnetArt Dalí and Dash: A Man Walked Into a San Francisco Gallery and Made Off With a $20,000 Etching by the Spanish Surrealistartnet.com - Taylor Dafoe The thief was in and out of the gallery in 30 seconds. It was an act so audacious that Salvador Dalí himself might have been proud. This past Sunday, …
artnetArt A New Exhibition of Artworks Recovered From Shipwrecks Reveals Some Fascinating—and Troubling—Historiesartnet.com - Sarah Cascone A show at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco does not shy away from big issues. Salvaged from watery depths, the sunken treasures from a pair of …
artnetArtSo, Is MoMA Woke Now? Not Quite. A Q&A With Director Glenn Lowry on Why ‘You Can Never Be Comprehensive in Some Absoluteartnet.com - Andrew Goldstein As the museum readies for its public reopening, artnet News’s Andrew Goldstein spoke with Glenn Lowry about its mission and goals. The scaffolding is …
artnetArt As Protests Continue to Rock the City, the Asia Contemporary Art Show Has Cancelled Its Spring 2020 Hong Kong Editionartnet.com - Kate Brown Attendance fell by 40 percent at the fair's most recent show. The Asia Contemporary Art Show in Hong Kong, one of the region’s oldest hotel fairs, is …
artnetArt Art Industry News: A CIA Agent’s Memoir Details Her Life Undercover as a Shanghai Art Dealer + Other Storiesartnet.com - artnet News Plus, Polish institutions are at risk after nationalist election win and Éric Baudelaire wins France’s Prix Marcel Duchamp. Art Industry News is a …
artnetArt Tiepolo, the ‘Best Painter in Venice’, Goes on View in Germany in a Blockbuster Showartnet.com - Kate Brown The major exhibition spans all corners of his creative oeuvre, right down to some peculiar caricature doodles. There are several contenders to be …
artnetParisExperts Anticipate Paris’s Art Market to Benefit From a Brexit Bump, but the City Is Also in the Midst of a Cultural Renaissanceartnet.com - Naomi Rea FIAC's director says it is "not constructive" to think of one city benefiting at the expense of another. The art market is rife with speculation as …
artnetArt Under a New Anti-Fascist Culture Minister, Eike Schmidt’s Contract at the Uffizi Is Renewed for Another Four Yearsartnet.com - Naomi Rea The French art historian Sylvain Bellenger will also stay on at the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples. After much political back-and-forth, the …
artnetArt What I’m Buying, and Why, With Collector Dean Valentineartnet.com - Tim Schneider A version of this story originally appeared in the fall 2019 artnet Intelligence Report. Dean Valentine, former TV executive and co-founder of the Los …
artnetArt Art Industry News: The Louvre Backpedals on Making Pre-Booking Mandatory + Other Storiesartnet.com - artnet News Plus, Hong Kong's protest art goes viral and US tariffs could hurt print and photography collectors. Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most …
artnetArt The Beloved New York Artist, Beat Poet, and Warhol’s Sleeper, John Giorno Has Diedartnet.com - Javier Pes Over five decades, the New York artist and activist who famously slept for Andy Warhol on film, expanded the definition of poetry. The poet and text …
artnetArt Frieze London 2019 Round-Up: Here’s Everything We Published All In One Placeartnet.com - artnet News Here's our comprehensive rundown of the marquee events in London, from auction highlights outside the fair, to rising stars we're watching. Every …
artnetArt‘Only the Important People Get to See It, and That’s a Problem’: Turner Prize Nominee Tai Shani on the Inaccessibility ofartnet.com - Naomi Rea Shani says the costs of producing performances can be prohibitive. The eye-popping pink sculptural installation at this year’s Turner Prize …
artnetArt Editors’ Picks: 18 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Weekartnet.com - Sarah Cascone As always, there's a lot to see. Let us guide you through your many options. Each week, we search New York City for the most exciting and …
artnetParis9 Exciting Shows to See in Paris During FIAC Week, From a Tubular Charlotte Perriand Tribute to Mickalene Thomas’s Empoweredartnet.com - artnet News Check out must-see shows in Paris during FIAC art fair at the Grand Palais. There’s plenty to look forward to when the Paris art fair FIAC returns to …
artnetArt A Dishy New Novel Imagines the Backstage Battles at the Met’s Annual Temple of Dendur Dinner. Read an Excerpt Hereartnet.com - Christine Coulson "Metropolitan Stories" author Christine Coulson worked at the Met for 25 years. They were known as Mezz Girls. Everyone swore that the young women of …
artnetArtThe Gray Market: Why the Trump Tax Cuts Are Killing the Art Market Despite Coddling the Richest American Families (and Otherartnet.com - Tim Schneider Our columnist connects an eye-popping new tax statistic about the 400 richest American families to a surprising downturn in the art trade. Every …
artnetArt Paul McCartney Has Donated a Remarkable Trove of Pictures Taken by His Late Wife to the Glasgow Museums—See Them Hereartnet.com - Caroline Goldstein Linda McCartney is remembered for her intimate portraits of rock superstars. On the heels of the first UK presentation of a retrospective dedicated to …
artnetArt From the Re-Making of MoMA to the Louvre’s Loan Troubles: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Weekartnet.com - Caroline Goldstein The Making of MoMA 2.0 – Just how did the Museum of Modern Art raise more than $400 million to revamp their Manhattan digs? Plus, see pictures from …
artnetYayoi KusamaA Massive Yayoi Kusama Show—With a New Infinity Room—Is Expected to Flood David Zwirner’s Chelsea Gallery With 100,000 Visitorsartnet.com - Sarah Cascone Her forthcoming show at David Zwirner in New York is certain to draw long, long lines. Don’t be surprised if you spot a line snaking around the block …
artnetArt The FBI Is Seeking the Owner of a Seized Dubuffet Painting Connected to a Notorious Fraudsterartnet.com - Caroline Goldstein The French-born con man at the heart of the scandal is now the subject of a new BBC documentary. Earlier this week, the Department of Justice sent out …
artnetPompeii Archaeologists Have Discovered an Ancient Fresco of Fighting Gladiators in Pompeiiartnet.com - Sarah Cascone Excavations are yielding new marvels in the ancient city of Pompeii. Archaeologists have found a new fresco depicting fighting gladiators in the …
artnetArt San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum Has Raised a Remarkable $100 Million to Fund Its Expansionartnet.com - Sarah Cascone The museum will open in 2020 with a blockbuster exhibition from teamLab. San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum has raised $100 million in private …
artnetHair The Most Important Thing You’ll See at the New MoMA Is… a Hair Stuck to Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’?artnet.com - Nate Freeman A small glitch is causing an outsize problem for the famed painting. On Thursday, the Museum of Modern Art opened its doors to the press corps after a …
artnetArt See Dozens of Photos From MoMA’s New Galleries That Show How the Museum Is Rebooting the History of Modern Artartnet.com - artnet News The art history its curators are telling is getting an update. The Museum of Modern Art is set to reopen after its big expansion and restoration—and …
