$100,000 Soros Grants Go to Artists Cannupa Hanska Luger, Yto Barrada, Carolina Caycedo, and More
The Open Society Foundations have named the recipients of the 2023 Soros Arts Fellowships, which supports socially-engaged art. This year, 18 mid-career artists were given...
ICA Boston Director Jill Medvedow to Step Down After 25 Years
Jill Medvedow, the longtime director of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston who helped transform the institution during her 25-year tenure, will step down from...
How the Gochman Family Collection Aims to Support Contemporary Indigenous Artists—and Reshape the Mainstream Art World
Over the past year or so, the home of collector Becky Gochman and her family has become a locus of sorts for the New York...
Victoria and Albert Museum Will Exhibit Hundreds of Photos from Sir Elton John and David Furnish’s Private Collection
The Victoria and Albert Museum has announced it will present a major photography exhibition from the private collection of Sir Elton John and David Furnish...
Ida Applebroog, Vital Feminist Artist With a Dark Take on Domesticity, Dies at 96
Ida Applebroog, a feminist artist with an unerring eye toward power, has died at 96. Her death was confirmed by her Hauser & Wirth, which...
Christie’s Rainmaker Jussi Pylkkänen to Depart After 38 Years
Jussi Pylkkänen, Christie’s global president, will depart his post to become an independent art adviser, the auction house announced today. He had been at Christie’s...
French Man Wins Years-Long Battle To Sell $15.6 M. Leonardo Da Vinci Drawing
A mysterious man in his 80s has won a years-long battle against the French Ministry of Culture for the right to sell a rare drawing of...
Israel Moves Forward with Venice Biennale Pavilion as Palestine Museum US Says Its Proposal Was Rejected
As Israel continues to strike Gaza following an attack by the militant group Hamas earlier this month, Israel will move forward with its Venice Biennale...
Art Adviser Kimberly Gould Dies in Paris
The art advisor Kimberly Gould died on Thursday, October 19, while in Paris for the second edition at Art Basel’s Paris+ art fair. According to a message...
Israeli Museum Directors Call for ICOM to Denounce Hamas
A group of Israeli museum directors have called on the International Council of Museums (ICOM) to condemn the October 7 Hamas attack. The call was...
Studio Museum in Harlem Director Thelma Golden Wins $250,000 Prize
Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of New York’s Studio Museum in Harlem, has won the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, which comes with $250,000 and recognizes...
From New York to Dubai, Museums Weigh in on Violence in Gaza and Israel
As Israel continues to launch airstrikes on Gaza following an attack by the militant group Hamas, a growing number of arts institutions, organizations, and prominent...
Original Version of Censored Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Makes Its Debut
A new exhibit is showing the original version of Artemisia Gentileschi‘s painting Allegory of the Inclination after it was censored for its nudity more than...
Human and Animal Sculptures Unearthed in Turkey are the Earliest Examples of Prehistoric Art
Archaeologists in Turkey have found some of the earliest examples of sculptures at prehistoric sites that may be connected to the bible, the Turkish Ministry...