In Osogbo, a city in southwestern Nigeria, an unexpected art movement arose in the 1960s Read MoreARTnews.com
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British Museum Evacuated After Suspicious Device Found in Restroom
In a statement, the museum said it had also received what it described as “malicious communications” before the evacuation. Read MoreARTnews.com
As Full-Time Art Critics All But Disappear, What Can We Learn From the Retiring Generation?
This was the steepest downside of the
20th-century newspaper critic: While the writer’s career received the kind of support that enabled a real relationship with an artistic community, that community was limited to one perspective. Read MoreARTnews.com
Julio Le Parc, Pioneer of Kinetic Art and Venice Biennale Prize Winner, Dies at 97
For more than six decades, he pursued a simple but radical idea: art should not be something that happens to viewers. It should happen with them. Read MoreARTnews.com
John M Armleder Reframes Centuries of Art History at MAH Geneva
The Swiss institution has invited the Genevan artist to helm the latest iteration of its Carte Blanche series, catalyzing a dialogue between cultural heritage and contemporary art.
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In Minor Keys, Khaled Sabsabi, Louvre Heist Film
Also, why did a New York gallerist use AI on an Ansel Adams photo? Read MoreHyperallergic
This Artist Just Gave a Hermès Store Window a Whimsical Makeover
Jeremy Olson is the latest creative to leave his mark on the brand’s window display in New York.
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Seminal Lucian Freud Painting Comes to Auction for the First Time
The painting from the Lewis Collection emerges from the painter’s “Benefits Supervisor” series.
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House Democrats Move to Block Trump’s Proposed Arlington ‘Triumphal Arch’
Under the proposed legislation, construction of a triumphal arch would be prohibited within Lady Bird Johnson Park, the narrow stretch of National Park Service land between Arlington National Cemetery and the Potomac River. Read MoreARTnews.com
The Art Market Post-Pollock
After spring’s marquee auctions, we are led to believe that everything in our important art universe is doing just fine. It isn’t. Read MoreHyperallergic
