Sotheby’s Now and Contemporary evening sale on Wednesday didn’t border on the absurd, it dived headfirst into it as Oliver Barker, Sotheby’s chairman of Europe, […]
Category: Culture & Arts
At $54.1 Million Phillips Auction, Few Splashy Sales but Plenty of Drama
On Tuesday night in New York, Phillips hosted its annual November evening sale of modern and contemporary art, selling 25 lots for $54.1 million, just […]
Today’s AJ Highlights
Black Artists And Performers Claim Egypt For Africa At The Met“By staging performances within the Met’s hallowed halls, these artists challenge traditional narratives of Egyptian […]
‘Emilia Pérez’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Film directors walk viewers through one scene of their movies, showing the magic, motives and the mistakes from behind the camera. Film directors walk viewers […]
German Museum Reaches Settlement with Heir Over Pissarro Painting
After nearly a decade of negotiations, a Pissarro painting sold under duress by a Jewish family during the Second World War will remain in a […]
How Did Art Shape Natural History? Two Smithsonian Museums Team Up to Find Out
For the final three decades of his life, the self-taught Dutch artist Joris Hoefnagel drew his way through the known natural world, one creature at […]
In a saturated true crime landscape, some content creators try to focus on victims and survivors
When 27-year-old Jackie Flores tells people she’s a full-time content creator, they incorrectly assume her content blends her two main interests: true crime and beauty. […]
Top Collectors Found The Warehouse Dallas Art Foundation
Dallas-based mega-collector Howard Rachofsky, a former hedge fund manager and fixture of ARTnews’s Top 200 Collectors list, is teaming up with a collector some 40 […]
Could a Shift in Collectors’ Habits Be Underway?
The latest Art Basel and UBS Survey of Global Collecting says that collectors spent roughly a third less on art in 2023 than in 2022, […]
Publishers Using Print On Demand Is Flooding The Book Market With Off-Brand, Low-Quality Paperbacks
“Convenience has led us to a place where publishers are willing to charge more for an inferior product.” This is, truly, not good at all. […]
‘Conclave’ | Anatomy of a Scene
“Hi, My name is Edward Berger and I’m the director of the movie “Conclave.” So we’re about 30 minutes into the movie. We’ve set up […]
Abby Pucker’s Big, Inclusive Ambitions For Chicago Exhibition Weekend
Chicago Exhibition Weekend (CXW) came into being last year because Abby Pucker was tired of hearing people saying they didn’t know what was going on […]
A Rare, Hand-Corrected Copy of the Beloved Novella ‘Le Petit Prince’ Could Fetch $1.25 Million
After religious texts, Le Petit Prince is the most translated book in the world. The children’s classic, written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and first published […]
Roman Polanski Avoids Civil Trial For Alleged Rape Of 13-Year-Old In 1973
“Polanski, who fled the U.S. decades ago after admitting to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old, will no longer face trial over an alleged assault […]
‘Smile 2’ | Anatomy of a Scene
“Hi, I’m Parker Finn. I am the writer, director and one of the producers of “Smile 2.” This scene takes place in the back half […]
Who Was James Ensor and Why Is His Art Important?
Sitting on the Flemish coast, the city of Ostend in Belgium overlooks the English Channel, its miles of beaches making it a popular seaside resort […]
In Paris, Tornabuoni Art Celebrates Arte Povera With a Show of the Movement’s Key Players
A resurgence of interest Arte Povera has emerged in the art world at large recently, and more specifically in the city of Paris, where several […]
Here’s why Han Kang is refusing to celebrate her Nobel Prize. ‹ Literary Hub
October 15, 2024, 5:40pm Han Kang won the Nobel Prize last week, and no, we’re still not over it! Beating out a sea of favored […]