Guillermo Del Toro Scored a Different Prize at the Oscars: A Rare Frankenstein Painting
Del Toro’s Bleak House just got a bit spookier. The…
Art Movements: A Canceled Biennale Show Finds a New Home
Gabrielle Goliath’s performance series, axed by South Africa for its…
Whitney Biennial Trends, a New Baroque Art Star, and Banksy Unmasked
This week, co-hosts Ben Davis and Kate Brown are joined…
Long-Lost Photos of Chelsea Hotel Resurface, Revealing a Vanished New York
The images by Albert Scopin have been compiled in a…
At Art Basel Hong Kong, Blue-Chips Report Flurry of 7-Figure Deals, While Others Lament ‘Slower Than Usual’ Sales
Cash flowed, but confidence trickled on Day 1 of Art Basel…
Tracey Emin’s Cult of the Self
The YBA artist spearheaded contemporary art’s trend of coupling extreme…
Pat Steir, Famed for Her Abstract ‘Waterfall’ Paintings, Dies at 87
Her signature style involved pouring paint from a ladder. Read MoreARTnews.com
Yto Barrada Says France Had ‘Full Awareness’ of Her Views on Israel When It Chose Her for Venice Biennale
A prominent Jewish group denounced her for signing a letter…
More Than 300 Yayoi Kusama Works Take Over a German Museum
The artist’s major retrospective at Cologne’s Museum Ludwig includes a…
Despite Uncertainty, Gulf Art World Projects Normalcy
Many museums and galleries remain open and Art Dubai is…
The Biggest Week of the Spring?
We weigh in on the new New Museum, plus a…
Louvre Plans Its ‘Most Ambitious’ Painting Restoration Ever: A Refresh for Rubens’s Medici Cycle
A high watermark of the Old Master era, the paintings…
How to Make a No Kings Protest Sign
We asked artists, writers, and curators for practical tips on…
France Freezes Sale of Rediscovered Renaissance Portrait
Authorities have halted the auction of a drawing by Hans…
‘Reality Decay’ Is at the Root of All the Bad News
Society is breaking along multiple lines due to a single…
Monumental Bellini Altarpiece Undergoes Major Restoration in Public View
The painting has been deemed too fragile to move. The…
White Girls and the Global South
Happy spring! If you’ve been stuck in a reading slump…
Is There an Ethical Path for AI Art?
There is a destabilizing, dreamlike sense of awe in encountering…
Artist Qualeasha Wood Says Viral ‘BedRot’ Performance Copied Her Work
Wood claimed that Aphex Redditor’s viral piece had “romanticized” her…
