‘I Had Never Seen Anything Like It Before’: Steve Martin on Becoming One of the Top Collectors of Australian Indigenous Art
Steve Martin has been back in the headlines of late, thanks to his leading role in the hit Hulu comedy…
Graffiti Art Gets a Permanent Home in L.A. With the Opening of Beyond the Streets Gallery
Roger Gastman, the noted graffiti historian and street art collector, is opening a permanent Los Angeles home for Beyond the…
10 Buzzy Gallery Shows Not to Miss in New York This Month, From Uptown to Tribeca
Now that the art world is back in full swing, we’ve rounded up 10 can’t-miss gallery shows taking place around…
Here Are 7 Artists Worth Discovering at the Independent 20th Century Fair, From a Texas Modernist to a Pioneering Graffiti Artist
When the Independent Art Fair announced that it was launching a dedicated 20th-century art edition to run during New York…
Peek Into the Filled-to-the-Brim Studio of Karen Lamassonne as She Celebrates Her First Institutional Surveys in New York and Berlin
Columbian American artist Karen Lamassonne, who rose out of the male-dominated Bogotá and Cali art scenes of the 1970s and…
Editors’ Picks: 12 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From the Watermill Gala to a Puppet Show Operated by a Crane
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events, both digitally and in-person in the…
‘He’s Entitled to His Opinion’: We Spoke to the Fan Artist Who Went Viral After Music Legend David Crosby Insulted His Tribute Portrait
David Crosby, of the band Crosby Stills and Nash, has become the subject of widespread derision for his insulting response…
Editors’ Picks: 13 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Warhol Film Screening to a Party at the Museum of the City of New York
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: Collector Melissa Neumann on Finding Her Spirituality in Art, and the Urgency of Supporting Living Artists
For Melissa Neumann, collecting is in her blood. Her grandfather Morton G. Neumann began buying art in the 1950s, traveling…
New Analog Recording of Bob Dylan’s ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ Makes Nearly $2 Million at Auction
Bob Dylan just sold a new one-of-a-kind recording of his hit single “Blowin’ in the Wind” for £1.48 million ($1.77…
‘It’s Important to Leave Something for the People of Venice’: Why Artist Bosco Sodi Is Letting Locals Take His Biennale Art Home
When the Venice Biennale closes in November, artworks from hundreds of artists will be packed up and shipped back to…
Editors’ Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Derrick Adams’s Unicorn Playground to Kiki Kogelnik’s Portraits
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events, both digitally and in-person in the…
In a Reversal, the San Francisco School Board Has Opted Not to Remove a Controversial George Washington Mural From a High School
The San Francisco school board has reversed a controversial decision to remove a historic fresco series of the life of…
Editors’ Picks: 13 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Paola Pivi’s Immersive Denim Tunnel to a Fountain Sculpture at Rock Center
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events, both digitally and in-person in the…
Lion Tamers Siegfried and Roy’s Dazzling Collection of Jewelry, Art, and Clocks Brought in $1.4 Million at Bonhams
The late German American duo Siegfried and Roy, famous for their magic shows co-starring lions and tigers, made a splash…
‘A Dazzling and Powerful Force for Good and Change’: Friends and Colleagues Remember the Late Artist and Feminist Trailblazer Paula Rego
Paula Rego, the painter, sculptor, and feminist force, died at her home in North London today, June 8. She was…
‘It Was Just Flabbergasting’: A $321,000 Renaissance Masterwork Was Discovered Hanging (Off-Kilter) Above Nonagenarian’s Bed
A major lost painting by a follower of the Italian Renaissance painter Filippino Lippi hidden in plain sight in a…
Police Arrest a Florida Art Dealer for Peddling Fakes After He Tried to Pass Off a $495 Print as a $12 Million Basquiat
Florida art dealer Daniel Elie Bouaziz has been charged with wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering for allegedly selling…