Centre Pompidou, With Help of Chanel, Adds 15 Works of Contemporary Chinese Art to Collection
A major group exhibition at the Centre Pompidou has brought the work of 15 contemporary Chinese artists into the museum’s permanent collection, expanding that collection...
Frieze Sculpture Gets Sexy, Serious, and Playful in London’s Regent’s Park
I’m not usually one for sculptures. I’ve always found paintings, prints, and drawings to be far more approachable. Much more digestible, even if I can’t...
Frieze London’s Best Booths, From Statement Sculptures to Symbolic Gardens
I often find it hard not to think of Halloween once October begins, when plastic pumpkins, spooky decorations, and cheap bags of candy start cropping...
With Frieze London, the Fair Organizing Giant Introduces a Regional Approach to VIP Care
Last summer, Frieze surprised the art world by announcing that it was adding two of the biggest art fairs in the US, The Armory Show and Expo...
13 Highlights from ‘Artists for Kamala’ Benefit Sale, Including Works by Jeff Koons, George Condo, and More
Carrie Mae Weems, George Condo, Jenny Holzer, and Hank Willis Thomas are just a few of the artists that have donated work to Artists for Kamala, a...
Curator Racquel Chevremont Makes Her Real Housewives of New York Debut
The second season of a rebooted Real Housewives of New York kicked off earlier this week, and by most accounts, the art world is well...
In Promotional Video, Lady Gaga Modernizes the Mona Lisa’s Smile
It’s hard to top the image of visitors to the Louvre striking a warrior pose in the museum’s Cour Marly or grunting through an intense...
Sotheby’s Contemporary Curated Sale, Organized by Rich Paul, Earns Over $20M on Shaky Ground
Art market prognosticators who were hoping to divine what the remainder of the year will hold likely found their tea leaves left a bitter aftertaste...
Top Collector Adrien Cheng May Lose CEO Role from His Family’s Firm, New World Development, After Record Losses
Top art collector Adrien Cheng is at risk of losing his position as CEO at his family’s Hong Kong property development firm, New World Development...
Photographer Stephen Shore Walks Out Mid-Lecture Over Audience Smartphone Use
American contemporary photographer Stephen Shore walked out of a lecture at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing last week after he noticed...
The UK’s Newly Appointed Culture Secretary Eyes Repatriation of Cultural Artifacts at British Institutions
Violent indifference. Vandalism. Those were just two of the words newly appointed UK culture minister Lisa Nandy used to describe how the freshly ousted Conservative...
Can Sotheby’s CEO Charles Stewart Get the 280-Year-Old Auction House in Order?
To the outside world, the biggest news to come out of Sotheby’s auction house recently was the Stegosaurus fossil that sold this past July for...
Russian TV Contributor and Former Political Adviser Charged with Laundering Funds Through Art and Antiques, Flees to Russia
The US Department of Justice has charged political advisor and Russian television contributor Dimitri Simes and his wife, Anastasia Simes, with violating US sanctions through...
After 30 Paintings from Tehran Museum Disappear, Critics Call For Investigation
Thirty valuable paintings on loan from the Imam Ali Religious Arts Museum in Tehran have vanished after “an unidentified entity outside the municipality with official...