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Citra Sasmita Rewrites Balinese Mythology Through a Feminist Lens

Citra Sasmita. Photo Gus Agung, Niskala Studio/Courtesy the artist In Citra Sasmita’s universe, naked women with long, flowing black hair are often engulfed in flames. Some sprout trees from their heads, their necks, or even their pelvises. Others metamorphose into snakes or birds. Still others wield swords and severed heads. Channeling creative and destructive energies, …

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Who Was Ethel Sands?

Walter Sickert, Ethel Sands Descending the Stairs at Newington , c. 1920 Collection of the Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK. Photo copyright © The Hepworth Wakefield/Bridgeman Images. The room comes into focus slowly. It’s an intimate space, with clothing strewn across a chair and a glimpse of a bed frame on the left side of …

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13 Women Artists Whose Works Have Broken the $1M Mark at Auction

Photocollage by Daniela Hritcu When Salvator Mundi, a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, fetched $450 million at Christie’s in 2017, it became the most expensive artwork ever sold. While male artists, dead or alive, keep breaking records at auctions (Jeff Koons’s $58.4 million Balloon Dog sculpture in 2013, Claude Monet’s $65.5 million Nymphéas painting …

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Connecticut-Based Palestine Museum to Launch Satellite Space in Edinburgh

Dundas Street, Edinburgh, in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests across the UK. PA Images via Getty Images The Palestine Museum US in Woodbrigde, Connecticut, will launch a European satellite project in Edinburgh this May. The now space will be set in the Scottish city’s central Georgian-designed New Town, which was listed as …

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Texas Drops Case Against Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Sally Mann

Photographer Sally Mann relaxes with her dog Honey in a meadow of tall grass on her farm near Lexington, Virginia. Photo Michael Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images A Texas county will not take legal action against the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth for showing Sally Mann photographs that some labeled “child pornography,” according …

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Singaporean Artist Ho Tzu Nyen Troubles the Boundary Between Nostalgia and Futurism in Massive M+ Facade Commission

Ho Tzu Nyen, Screening of “Night Charades” on the M+ Facade, 2025. Courtesy of M+ and Art Basel, presented by UBS; Photo M+ Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, an ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. When Hong Kong‘s M+ opened in 2021 after over …

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A Look Back at Loewe’s Top Artist Collaborations Under Jonathan Anderson

Fashion designer Jonathan Anderson walks the runway during the Loewe Menswear Spring/Summer 2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 24, 2023 in Paris, France. Getty Images On Monday, LVMH announced that heralded designer Jonathan Anderson was stepping down from his role as creative director of Loewe. Since joining Loewe in 2013, Anderson …

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The Clemente Unveils New ‘Historias’ Initiative at a Tense Moment for Latinx Americans

The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, during its launch for the “Historias” initiative last fall. Photo Yann Chashanovski/Courtesy Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center in the Lower East Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, an ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. Founded …

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