Gavin Jantjes. Photo Angela Musil/Courtesy the artist “I wish I knew how it would feel to be free,” croons Nina Simone on a 1967 song of the same name. “I wish I could break all the chains holding me, I wish I could say all the things I should say.” These lyrics made the song …
Installation view of “Willem de Kooning and Italy,” 2024, at Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, Italy. Photo Matteo de Fina, 2024/© 2024 The Willem de Kooning Foundation, SIAE Though best known as one of the leading proponents of Abstract Expressionism, Willem de Kooning, whose geometric and biomorphic shapes of the 1930s and ’40s gave way to his …
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Smoke billows from the roof of Somerset House on the bank of the River Thames. AFP via Getty Images More than 100 firefighters and 15 fire engines were called to tackle a blaze at Somerset House in central London on Saturday. The Georgian-era complex, which was built on the site of a palace dating back …
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The North Face shoes feature the French artist’s signature blue in a drip motif. Courtesy of North Face The North Face has partnered with the Yves Klein Archive for a bespoke collection of apparel for an ultramarathon in France. The Summit Series x International Klein Blue collaboration features items designed for the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, …
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Visitors queue in front of the Louvre’s Pyramide. ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images While crowds descended on the Château de Versailles, Eiffel Tower Stadium, and other venues during the Paris Olympics to watch sport, the world’s most visited museum emptied out. During the Games, between July 27 and August 11, attendance at the Louvre fell …
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Gamaliel Rodríguez, The tropicalized notion of power , 2022. Courtesy the artist and Sperone Westwater, New York The Joan Mitchell Foundation has announced the 15 artists chosen for its 2024 fellowships, which come with $60,000 in unrestricted grants over a five-year period. The artists chosen for the fellowship program this year are Scott Anderson, Michaela …
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Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926), ‘Water Lilies’, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images) To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES BAD PROJECTION. The “C-Project” sounds like a shady plan hatched by shady people in a budget sci-fi film. In reality, it’s not …
Daniela Hritcu for ARTnews Even though it looks nothing like her, Shu Lea Cheang is fond of calling the gray-skinned being in her 2023 video UTTER her “AI self-portrait.” This figure changes constantly, sprouting breasts that morph into muscular pecs, flitting between races, and shifting age so that it appears variously like an elderly man, …
Daniela Hritcu for ARTnews Each passing month seems to bring a fresh wave of anxiety about what artificial intelligence has done to artmaking. Fear arises when new image generators are unveiled, when AI-produced artworks win contests, when museums like the Museum of Modern Art exhibit pieces that involve machine learning technology. But artists have been …
Scorch marks left at the front gate of the Jewish Museum in Baltimore. Baltimore Jewish Council A man has been arrested in connection with a suspected arson outside the Jewish Museum of Maryland on August 4, Baltimore police announced Saturday. Assadollah Hashemi, 66, was charged with second-degree arson and first-degree attempted malicious burning. According to …
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