Ronen Zien, Walking Into, 2024. Courtesy the artist Ronen Zien dreams about crossing over. In his moving works the artist, born in the Arab city of Shefa Amr in northern Israel, traverses time, space, memory, and even borders—conjuring in images what he can only imagine doing in reality. Zien walks up a hill on a …
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Thèrëse Bonney, Tamara de Lempicka in her studio, 1928 Collection of the Bibliothëque historique de la Ville de Paris. Photograph copyright © Thèrëse Bonney. Digital image BHVP/Parisienne de Photographie. Courtesy of the de Young Museum, San Francisco. I’m going places, Tamara de Lempicka seems to be saying in Tamara in the Green Bugatti, her iconic …
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Faith Ringgold. Photo Meron Menghistab/Courtesy the Anyone Can Fly Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York The estate of Faith Ringgold, an acclaimed artist known for works that directly and bracingly protest racism, has joined New York’s Jack Shainman Gallery. Prior to her death in 2024, Ringgold had long been represented by ACA Galleries, which …
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KHERSON, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 19: Ihor works as he shows the robbed treasury in the Art Museum, Kherson, Ukraine where was robbed of most of its exhibits and appear in various Russian museums now, within the 2nd anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war on February 19, 2024. (Photo by Wojciech Grzedzinski/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu via …
French artist Claude Lévêque has been accused of rape by several people. AFP via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines CLAUDE LÉVÊQUE CHILD RAPE INVESTIGATION. New details have emerged into the ongoing investigation of child rape charges against French artist Claude Lévêque, as another alleged victim joins …
Directions (Merging), a new digital artwork by Mohammed Kazem, commissioned by Julius Baer. at Art Dubai. Getty Images for Art Dubai Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Art Dubai opened to VIPs on Wednesday with all the familiar trappings of a …
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Baby Boom, 1982. Christie’s Images Ltd., 2025 Jean-Michel Basquiat‘s market dominance seems poised to continue during the May auctions in New York, where Christie’s will sell one of his paintings with a $20 million–$30 million estimate. The painting, titled Baby Boom, was made in 1982, the same year as many of his most …
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The 45-foot, 32,000-pound wire sculpture ‘R-Evolution’ was unveiled April 10. Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ACCIDENTAL DEATH. An inquest has ruled that London-based artist Sarah Cunningham, 31, died accidentally in November last year, reports George Nelson for ARTnews. The rising artist was represented by Lisson Gallery and went missing in …
Kim Yun Shin in her studio. Courtesy the artist, Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul, and London; and Kukje Gallery, Seoul and Busan. Photo by Lee Woojeong. Kim Yun Shin’s carefully carved wood and stone sculptures don’t look like they were made by someone using a chainsaw. It’s an unusual tool for a 90-year-old artist, but …
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Anselm Kiefer installation, Where have all the flowers gone , 2024, at the Stedelijk Museum. Courtesy Stedelijk Museum The Stedelijk Museum’s large staircase is grand—it immediately lends the museum a sense of majesty. But these days, that staircase leads to something unsettling: At its summit, visitors face a towering set of panels layered with soil, …
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