The Art Newspaper -Christo’s triumph in Italy, a ravenous appetite for French art abroad and a shake-up in New York are the big stories of The Art Newspaper’s 2016 attendance survey. - read more ...
Hyperallergic - Yesterday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced a promised gift of 91 Native American artworks from collectors Charles and Valerie Diker. The donation succeeds 20 objects the Dikers have giv...
Hyperallergic - One hundred and twenty-five years ago today, Henry Darger was born at home to a poor couple in Chicago. His mother died four years later; not long afterwards, Darger was separated from his sick ...
Huffington Post - While critics were busy debating the merits of “Fearless Girl” ― that diminutive-but-defiant statue strategically placed in front of Wall Street’s resident “Charging Bull” ― the artist beh...
Hyperallergic - With its head cocked 90 degrees to the side and its eyes opened wide, the owl of Documenta 14’s logo is poised for observation. The owl, a symbol of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and learning, a...
Artsy - Anselm Kiefer is emphatically one of the world’s most successful and well-known living artists. His work has been described as “verging on the divine,” no less. But at 72, what does it all mean to Kiefe...
Artsy - It was 1978, and San Francisco’s gay community was on the hunt for a symbol that represented their fight for equal rights. So Gilbert Baker, a 27-year-old artist and drag queen, began brainstorming. He ...
The Independent UK - James Rosenquist, a key figure in the pop art movement along with Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, has died aged 83. His wife Mimi Thompson, told The New York Times that he died at his hom...
The Architects Newspaper - When 62 floors accommodate 83 living units, you can presume listings will not include the words “cozy” and “poky.” This, along with the fact that Zaha Hadid Architects’ (ZHA) resident...
The Art Newspaper - In the first week of January 1937, six months into the Spanish Civil War, Josep Renau, Republican Spain’s dynamic young director of Bellas Artes, approached Picasso to commission a large wor...