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London Gallery Weekend Opens as London’s Art World Reconsiders Its Audience
London Gallery Weekend began its sixth edition on Thursday with more than 120 participating galleries, but the event’s most revealing moment came not from a booth or opening, but...
Sotheby’s Secret Pollock Auction Falters as Private Sales Gain New Weight
Sotheby’s quietly attempted to sell a major Jackson Pollock painting in a private auction this week, only to abandon the effort after failing to attract enough bidders, according to...
Mexico Challenges Colorado Auction of 80 Artifacts as Repatriation Fight Intensifies
Mexico’s Ministry of Culture has asked for the suspension of a Colorado auction that includes 80 artifacts of Mexican origin, escalating a dispute over cultural property, provenance, and the...
Bunker Hill Monument Quote Review Reflects Trump-Era Pressure on Historic Sites
A complaint over a panel at the Bunker Hill Monument in Massachusetts has led the National Park Service to order the removal of three quotations from the site’s interpretive...
Kennedy Center Restores Its Full Name After Judge Blocks Trump Renaming
The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., has started removing Donald Trump’s name from its public materials after a federal judge blocked the effort to rename the institution. A June...
Beirut’s Barakat building has gained a new visual marker: a stainless steel sculpture titled SAWA, installed on the facade of Beit Beirut by the father-and-son artists Pierre Koukjian and Cedric Koukjian.
The 2026 work takes its name from the Arabic...
Julio Le Parc, Kinetic Art Pioneer Who Recast the Viewer, Dies at 97
Julio Le Parc, the Argentine-born artist whose shimmering constructions made spectators part of the work, died on May 30 in Paris at the age of 97. He...
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Streets: Okuda // Las Fallas Festival
Taking place in the middle of March every year in Valencia is the Las Fallas Festival (or Festival of Fire) which has evolved from the feast day...
Precise Hand Embroidery by Jessica Dance Creates Visual Representations of Common Words and Phrases
Textile artist and model maker Jessica Dance (previously) recreates everyday objects and ideas using fabric, felt, and thread. Dance typically utilizes embroidery to produce details and...
What to Do Before Graduating from Film School?
Congratulations on your upcoming graduation from film school. We know it took a lot of patience and sleepless nights to reach this pinnacle in...
Life-Size Cardboard Sculptures of Chinese Villagers Tap Into Artist Warren King’s Ancestral Heritage
Warren King began sculpting with cardboard as an attempt to add fantasy to the lives of his children, creatively crafting masks and helmets out of...
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London Gallery Weekend Opens as London’s Art World Reconsiders Its Audience
London Gallery Weekend began its sixth edition on Thursday with more than 120 participating...
Sotheby’s Private Auction of Arne Glimcher’s Jackson Pollock Appears to Fail
Sotheby’s Secret Pollock Auction Falters as Private Sales Gain New Weight
Sotheby’s quietly attempted to sell a major Jackson Pollock painting in a private auction...
Mexico Demands a Halt to an Auction of Mexican Artifacts in...
Mexico Challenges Colorado Auction of 80 Artifacts as Repatriation Fight Intensifies
Mexico’s Ministry of Culture has asked for the suspension of a Colorado auction that...
National Park Service Orders Removal of Quotes at Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill Monument Quote Review Reflects Trump-Era Pressure on Historic Sites
A complaint over a panel at the Bunker Hill Monument in Massachusetts has led...
Kennedy Center Begins Removing References to Donald Trump
Kennedy Center Restores Its Full Name After Judge Blocks Trump Renaming
The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., has started removing Donald Trump’s name from its...
A New Sculpture Brings a Message of Unity to Beirut
Beirut’s Barakat building has gained a new visual marker: a stainless steel sculpture titled SAWA, installed on the facade of Beit Beirut by the...
Remembering Julio Le Parc, a pioneer of kinetic art – The...
Julio Le Parc, Kinetic Art Pioneer Who Recast the Viewer, Dies at 97
Julio Le Parc, the Argentine-born artist whose shimmering constructions made spectators part...
Police Investigate Suspected Arson at Boston Museum of African American History
Boston Museum Investigates Suspected Arson After Juneteenth Materials Burned Outside Historic Site
Police and federal authorities are investigating a suspected arson outside the Museum of...
Inaugural Medina Triennial transforms small village in upstate New York –...
Medina Triennial Opens in Western New York With a Public-Funding Model
In a village of about 6,000 people, a new triennial is testing what contemporary...
Undersung Surrealist Maria Martins’s Market Is Finally Catching Up
Maria Martins’s long-overlooked Surrealist sculpture has just forced the market to take a harder look at her legacy.
At Rago Arts on May 14, the...
