Artist Albert Oehlen Is Jolting Frieze Art Fair Attendees Awake With a Highly Caffeinated Bespoke Beverage
If you find yourself in need of a boost during Frieze New York, Gagosian gallery has you covered. The centerpiece…
Peer Into the Studio of L.A. Painter Tahnee Lonsdale, Whose Cat Helps Remind Her That Sometimes It’s Okay to Rest
British painter Tahnee Lonsdale is something of an heir to the female spiritual abstractionists and Surrealists of yesteryear, creating dreamy, mystical…
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…
The Art Collective Behind the Improvised Kazakhstan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Has a Simple Message: ‘Everyone Is an Artist’
Orta, the art collective representing Kazakhstan at the country’s first Venice Biennale pavilion, spent four years making the large sculptural installation…
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…
‘The Pain Is Part of the Process’: Why Two Artists Are Pushing Body Modification to the Extreme
Many people aren’t sure what to make of Tiamat Legion Medusa, the self-described most body-modified transexual in the world, who has…
Prime-Period Picasso Portrait of His Muse Could Sell for More Than $60 Million at Sotheby’s Next Month
A Pablo Picasso portrait of his muse and lover Marie-Thérèse Walter, painted in April 1932, could top $60 million at next month’s…
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,…
U.S. Authorities Seized More Than $1 Million in Looted Asian Antiquities From Yale University
Homeland Security agents impounded more than a dozen looted Asian antiquities, valued at $1.29 million total, from Yale University in…
Two Looted Ancient Greek Statues, Including One That Was on View at the Met, Have Been Returned by the U.S. to Libya
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has returned a pair of looted ancient Greek statues to Libya, one of which had…
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…
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…
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,…
An Italian Court Demands the Restitution of an Ancient Roman Lance Bearer From the Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Torre Annunziata court near Naples, Italy, has ruled that the Minneapolis Institute of Art must restitute an ancient statue…
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…
In Pictures: The Best Art of Spring Break Los Angeles 2022, From a Hot Dog Rolling Machine to Personalized NFTs
Kicking off the week of art fairs in Los Angeles on Wednesday was the preview for the Spring Break Art Show,…
16 Standout Gallery Exhibitions to See in L.A. During Frieze Week, From Phyllida Barlow’s Los Angeles Debut to a Group Show on Manet
Los Angeles’s burgeoning gallery scene is offering an embarrassment of riches during Frieze Week, with a rash of openings timed…