The entrance to the Armory Show. Courtesy of the Armory Show About three hours into prowling the aisles at the VIP preview of The Armory Show earlier this month, I began to feel déjà vu. It’s difficult to say what triggered it. Was it the sounds of The Dare, an indie sleaze pop revivalist whose …
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Cai Guo-Qiang, WE ARE: Explosion Event for PST ART, Act II: “WE ARE,” 2024. Realized at LA Memorial Coliseum. Photo by Kenryou Gu, courtesy Cai Studio Around 4,000 people filled the Los Angeles Coliseum on September 15 to witness the kickoff event for the Getty Museum’s $20 million PST ART: Art & Science Collide, in which …
The Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth Catlett show. Alex Greenberger/ARTnews Artists’ grant applications tend to be anodyne things because the point of them is often to appeal to an organization’s sensibilities, not to take a stand. But take a stand is what Elizabeth Catlett did in 1945 when she wrote of the “double handicap of race and …
An installation view of several works in the “We Live in Painting” exhibition at LACMA. On the right and hanging in the center are several works by Porfirio Gutiérrez. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA On first glance, one might be forgiven for wondering how the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new exhibition, “We Live in …
Philippe Rouyer, Jean-Christophe Simon, Setareh Maleki, Mohammad Rasoulof, Mahsa Rostami and Amin Sadraei attend the Seed of the Sacred Fig press conference at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival. Photo Cindy Ord/Getty Images A new report co-published by two legal U.S.-based advocacy groups calls on Iran to stop a years-long campaign to persecute artists, a …
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New merchandise at the Brooklyn Museum. Courtesy the Brooklyn Museum of Art Can a 200-year-old institution rebrand as cutting edge? The Brooklyn Museum is attempting to do just that with its new logo design. The new “visual identity” of the museum entails a sans serif font, new ligatures featuring an overlapping ‘o’ in Brooklyn and …
Abstract expressionist artist Helen Frankenthaler in her studio in New York. Getty Images A New York Supreme Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation by one of its former board members, Frederick Iseman. In the dismissal, Judge Jennifer G. Schecter cited the plaintiff’s absence of standing. In a seperate motion, …
Artist Arthur Jafa presents the exhibition at the museum of Serralves, in Porto. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett Arthur Jafa, the filmmaker, artist, and cinematographer feted for his explorations of Blackness in America, has signed with Sprüth Magers. Jafa’s first exhibition with Sprüth Magers opens tomorrow in Los Angeles. He will continue to be represented by …
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Installation shot of Sergio Miguel’s work at Deli Gallery Courtesy Deli Gallery Deli Gallery, a New York City outfit lauded for its keen eye for emerging talent, will close after eight years. With the announcement, Deli joins Denny Gallery, JTT Gallery, and Queer Thoughts on a lengthening list of veteran operations in New York to …
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Cover of the monograph Frankenthaler by John Elderfield, published by Gagosian, in collaboration with the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. Art: ©2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York An updated edition of John Elderfield’s Frankenthaler, originally published in 1989 and which many consider to be the definitive monograph on the artist, will be released this …
