Here’s Your Go-To Guide to All the Art Fairs Taking Place During Frieze New York 2022
Yes, we just did an art fair week in New York—the inaugural “New York Art Week,” no less. But for…
Editors’ Picks: 14 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Moleskine Art Show to a Cocktail for the Women of Surrealism
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events, both digitally and in-person in the…
An Artist Is Melting 400 Pounds of Steel Each Day in a Poignant Tribute to Caravaggio at the Venice Biennale’s Malta Pavilion
Heavy black curtains conceal the entrance to the Malta pavilion at the Venice Biennale, but if they open at the…
Editors’ Picks: 14 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Joan Jonas in Times Square to Art Inspired by Courtroom Dramas
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events, both digitally and in-person in the…
24 Shows to See in Venice Beyond the Biennale, From Stanley Whitney’s Italian Paintings to a Major Survey of Marlene Dumas
Art lovers making a pilgrimage to Venice for the delayed opening of the 59th Venice Biennial will have packed dance…
Francis Bacon’s Former Handyman Was Going to Give a Trove of His Art to Tate. After a Feud, He Offered It to France Instead
Barry Joule, Francis Bacon’s friend and former handyman, has cancelled plans to donate a collection of work by the artist…
How a Theater Company Dramatized the Life of Andy Warhol for a Bold New Production Playing Out on the Streets of New York
Thirty-five years after his death, Andy Warhol remains a household name, inspiring everything from Super Bowl commercials to a Netflix documentary series.…
Did Two Schoolteachers Pull Off the Heist of a Major de Kooning? A Documentary Explores Their Possible Double Lives
An unsolved art heist captivates the imagination, conjuring images of acrobatic thieves hired by devious billionaires seeking the perfect trophy…
Editors’ Picks: 12 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Andy Goldsworthy’s Latest Project to a Book Release by Ben Davis
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events, both digitally and in-person in the…
Anonymous Was a Woman Expands Grant-Making With $250,000 for Environmental Projects by Women-Identifying Artists
Anonymous Was a Woman is partnering with the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) to expand its giving via a…
Artist Michelle Stuart on Why Her Decades-Long Interventions Into the Earth Are More Relevant Than Ever
If you enter Michelle Stuart’s current New York solo show, “The Imprints of Time, 1969–2021,” expecting to see Land Art,…
How Jo Nivison Hopper, Long Known as Wife and Model of Edward Hopper, Is Being Rediscovered as an Artistic Force in Her Own Right
You may have heard that Josephine “Jo” Nivison Hopper, wife of famed U.S. painter Edward Hopper, was a painter in…
In Pictures: See Beloved Author Beatrix Potter’s Magical Drawings From Nature as They Go on View in London
Nearly 80 years after her death, Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) remains among the world’s most beloved and popular children’s book authors,…
International Authorities Seize Nearly 10,000 Illicit Cultural Artifacts and Make 52 Arrests in the Latest Wave of Crackdowns
International law enforcement authorities in 28 countries executing the latest phase of Operation Pandora, an international crackdown on illegal cultural goods…
Giant Sloths, Ancient Elephants, and Ungulates: Prehistoric Rock Art in the Amazon May Depict Extinct Ice Age Animals, a New Study Says
A masterpiece of prehistoric rock art from the Amazon, hailed by some as “the Sistine Chapel of the ancients,” may…
What I Buy and Why: Miami Collector Ellie Hayworth on Supporting Small Galleries and Fairs, and the ‘Gut-Punch’ Joy of Discovering New Artists
When art consultant Ellie Hayworth went to ride out lockdown with her parents in Miami in March 2020, she had…
Hiding Art in Basements, Returning Loans, Reopening as Bomb Shelters: How Ukraine’s Museums Are Handling the Russian Invasion
As Ukraine defends itself against invading Russian forces, the nation’s museums find themselves in a dire situation, charged with protecting…
De Wain Valentine, the Light and Space Artist Who Transformed Industrial Plastics Into Sleek, Large-Scale Sculptures, Has Died at 86
California Light and Space artist De Wain Valentine, known for his pioneering use of industrial plastics and resins in fine…