Installation view of “Sonia Boyce: An Awkward Relation,” 2024–25, at Whitechapel Gallery, London, showing Black Female Hairstyles (1995) on the wall and Exquisite Tension (2007) on the video screen. Photo Above Ground Studio For its fall programming, London’s Whitechapel Gallery decided to present an intriguing pairing of exhibitions of two artists who at first may …
National Gallery, London, 2024 Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images This year marks the 200th anniversary of London’s National Gallery. From humble beginnings it has grown into a cultural icon of the United Kingdom, housing some 2,400 works and now attracting several million visitors a year. The concept of a National Gallery was born after …
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Sarah Cunningham has been missing since 2:30am on November 2. Courtesy of Lisbon Gallery British painter Sarah Cunningham is missing in London. Lisson Gallery, which represents Cunningham, posted on Instagram Sunday that Cunningham was last seen at 2:30 a.m. on November 2 on Jamestown Road in the city’s borough of Camden. Cunningham’s brother Anthony also …
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Christiana Ine-Kimba Boyle. Photo Grace Rosselli Christiana Ine-Kimba Boyle has left her post as senior director at Pace Gallery to return to Canada gallery, the New York space where she once held that same title. At Canada, Boyle will now be partner and co-owner. The move is an unusual one, as it is rare for …
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UndeadApes NFTs listed on the Solanart exchange. Screenshot via Solanart A federal jury in Tampa, Florida, recently found the cocreator of the “UndeadApes” and “Undead Lady Apes” NFT collections guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. According to an announcement from the US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida published …
Robbie Fitzpatrick with a work by Hannah Weinberger at Basel Social Club 2023. Photo Flavio Karrer/Courtesy Fitzpatrick Gallery Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a new ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. A few days before Art Basel Paris was set to open last month, Paris-based …
A virtual reconstruction of the Bronze Age site of al-Natah in present-day Saudi Arabia. Courtesy Charloux et al. via PLOS ONE The ancient Bronze Age town al-Natah was identified by archaeologists under a Saudi Arabian oasis in the Madinah province, according to a recent study published in the journal PLoS ONE. The remains are hidden by …
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Donald Trump takes the stage for his last rally of the election year at Van Andel Arena on November 05, 2024 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Photo Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images On November 6, 2024, the world woke up to a second Donald Trump presidency. Since the moment the race was called, legions have taken to social …
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Suchitra Mattai. Photo Heather Rasmussen/Courtesy the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles While she was still a high school student in Metuchen, New Jersey, Suchitra Mattai found herself puzzled by a history class she was taking. The course was called World History, but despite its name, it was clearly about the West, not the entire …
Zanele Muholi, Julie I, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2016, from the series “Somnyama Ngonyama” (2015–ongoing) Copyright © Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson, New York. Among the personas photographer Zanele Muholi adopts in their self-portraits, two defining features tie the images to the artist: their darkened skin tone and the brightness of their eyes. …
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