33 Must-See Exhibitions to Visit This Winter
Winter is usually a sleepy season for museums across the world. Fall exhibitions remain on view with the hope of…
Author: Alex Greenberger
Vincent Honoré, French Curator Beloved by Artists of All Kinds, Dies at 48
Vincent Honoré, a French curator whose exhibitions gained him the respect of many young artists across Europe, has died at…
Elliott Erwitt, Photographer with a Sharp Eye for Celebrities and Dogs, Dies at 95
Elliott Erwitt, a photographer whose numerous pictures of celebrities, dogs, politicians, and more have woven their way into public consciousness,…
Zabludowicz Collection Shutters London Museum After 16 Years
The Zaludowicz Collection, a private museum run by collectors Anita and Poju Zabludowicz, will shutter its closely watched London space,…
William Anastasi, Conceptualist Who Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 90
William Anastasi, an artist who rose to fame in New York alongside the Minimalists and Conceptualists of the 1960s, has…
German Museum Cancels Candice Breitz Exhibition After ‘Controversial Statements’ on Gaza
A German museum has reportedly canceled a Candice Breitz show planned for 2024 because of the artist’s statements on the…
Kunsthalle Basel Names New Director, Then Faces Pushback Because He Signed Gaza Ceasefire Letter
Earlier this week, the Kunsthalle Basel, a Swiss museum that has become a site of pilgrimage in the European art…
Documenta Selection Committee’s Remaining Members Resign En Masse as Controversy Mounts
With two people having exited the committee charged with finding an artistic director for the forthcoming edition of Documenta, a…
Radcliffe Bailey, Artist Who Found Black History in the Everyday, Dies at 55
Radcliffe Bailey, an artist whose sculptural assemblages and paintings elegantly summoned the past, present, and future of Black Americans through…
Artists Pull Out of Dutch Film Festival After Palestine Protest Chant Is Labeled a ‘Hurtful Slogan’
Several artists have pulled their work from the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) as the event continues to weather scrutiny…
Ai Weiwei Says Lisson Gallery ‘Effectively Canceled’ Show After Israel-Hamas War Tweet
Lisson Gallery has paused plans to mount an Ai Weiwei show after a social media post by the artist about…
Poet Ranjit Hoskote Resigns from Documenta 16 Selection Committee: ‘I Have Been Subjected to a Sham Court’
A second member of the committee that will select an artistic director for Documenta 16, the 2027 edition of one…
Israeli Artist Bracha L. Ettinger Resigns from Documenta 16 Selection Committee
The six-person committee charged with selecting an artistic director for Documenta 16, the 2027 edition of one of the world’s…
Frick Pittsburgh Apologizes for Postponing Exhibition of Islamic Art in Response to Israel-Hamas War
The director of Pennsylvania’s Frick Pittsburgh museum apologized on Friday for postponing a show about Islamic art across the centuries.…