‘They Are About Capturing the Process of Merging’: How Artist WangShui Collaborated With A.I. to Make Paintings for the Whitney Biennial
In the darkened halls of the sixth floor of the Whitney Biennial, viewers will come across a quiet alcove with…
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…
Yu-Wen Wu Asked Google How to Walk From Boston to Taipei. She Spent the Next 10 Years Turning the Directions Into an Incredible Artwork
Google Maps has become a fixture of 21st-century life—but typically, one doesn’t use it to plan transcontinental journeys. But in…
Will the Art World Ever Embrace ‘Alien’ Artist H.R. Giger? A Gallery Showing His Sci-Fi Sculptures and Prints at the Independent Fair Hopes So
The aliens have landed at the Independent fair in New York—or at least, the work of science fiction legend H.R. Giger…
Don’t Miss These 7 Show-Stopping Works at TEFAF New York, From an Eight-Figure Marc Chagall to a Lusty Anh Duong Painting
The oysters came out in full force to mark the opening of TEFAF New York, the fair’s fifth event in…
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…
France Seizes Mega-Collector Roman Abramovich’s $120 Million Mansion on the French Riviera as Sanctions Against Oligarchs Mount
France has seized Roman Abramovich’s $120 million mansion on the French Riviera, Château de la Croë, as sanctions continue for the…
To Honor Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, Sotheby’s Will Sell British Art and Show Historic Portraits in a Month-Long Program in London
Sotheby’s London is gearing up to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee this June, honoring her 70 years on the…
Ai-Da, the Robot Artist Powered by AI, Will Make Its Way to Venice for a Show During the Biennale
When the stars of the contemporary art world descend on Venice later this month for the hotly anticipated Venice Biennale,…
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…
What I Buy and Why: Hannah Gottlieb-Graham on Trading PR Services for Art to Build Her Budding Collection
Just over two years ago, Hannah Gottlieb-Graham left her full-time job at the New York photography nonprofit Aperture to launch her…
Graffiti Artist Acer Tagged the New Museum Facade in a Brazen, ‘Legendary’ Feat Reminiscent of Decades Gone By
A daring graffiti artist pulled off a tag for the ages at New York’s New Museum on Wednesday, spraying the…
Budi Tek, One of the World’s Most Influential Patrons of Chinese Art, Has Died at 65
Budiardjo “Budi” Tek, the celebrated Indonesian-Chinese art collector who founded Shanghai’s Yuz Museum, has died from pancreatic cancer. He was 65,…
‘Everything We Say Can Be Used Against Us’: Russian Art Workers Weigh the Risks of Speaking Out Against the War in Ukraine
An open letter demanding the end of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has attracted the signatures of over 13,000 Russian art…
Templon, a Five-Decade Mainstay of the Paris Art Scene, Will Open Its First New York Gallery in September
Templon, a long-time fixture of the Paris gallery scene, is headed to New York. The gallery will inaugurate a new…
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…
KAWS, Eddie Martinez, and Other Big Names Are Donating Art to Raise Money to Cure a Rare Childhood Disease
In November 2021, art dealer Bridget Finn’s world changed forever when her daughter Florence, who will turn two on July 11,…
The Organizers of Ukraine’s Venice Biennale Pavilion Say They May Not Be Able to Stage the Event ‘Due to the Danger to Our Lives’
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the curators of the Ukrainian pavilion at the upcoming Venice Biennale have temporarily suspended preparations…