4+ hour, 25+ min ago   (1258+ words) The Bahamian-American sculptor is preparing for a retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Janine Antoni’s hands descend over the eyes of a creamy-colored bust to the sound of water pouring from a faucet. Bubbles froth at the sculpture’s…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (329+ words) Belarus-born billionaire Igor Tulchinsky, who supported the Bayeux Tapestry's UK sojourn, also funded part of an illegal West Bank settlement. The historic voyage of the Bayeux Tapestry to London’s British Museum has been a popular sensation, with VIPs like…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (270+ words) Paintings by Paul Signac are earmarked for high-profile sales in New York, Paris, and London. Christie’s will sell nearly 600 works of modernist art from the same collection under the title “Radiant Modernism.” The sale will occur across…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (348+ words) Appreciating the Austrian artist who died this year at 85. One chilly but sparkling afternoon this past January, I made a pilgrimage The destination was a somewhat unlikely site for work by one of the most iconoclastic (in every sense of…...

4+ day, 26+ min ago   (439+ words) British businessman and art collector Peter Simon is auctioning off nearly 200 works of art, from Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth to Pablo Picasso and Jeff Koons. An art collection, estimated to be worth £87 million to £127 million ($118 million to $172 million), featuring…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (271+ words) Eight paintings from the collection of Clive Davis, the famed record producer who died this past June, will head to Christie’s during the November sales in New York. They are some of the first major consignments to those sales, and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (370+ words) She felt compelled to make this tender work because it was an image she had never seen before in art history: a portrait of a coyote. “In a way, it’s something that has been erased. It’s a controversial story to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (184+ words) 'Barbara Forever,' a thrilling documentary about the artist Barbara Hammer, puts the 'body' in 'body of work.' Of all the retrospectives and surveys I’ve seen, most have stimulated my eyes and my mind; a few have even involved using my…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (418+ words) Instead, Pop art was conceived in postwar Britain before spreading to the States, continental Europe, and other parts of the world throughout the 1960s. The spark came in April 1952 when a collection of artists calling themselves the Independent Group (IG) gathered…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (398+ words) Nan Goldin has shot the images for Acne Studios' 30th anniversary campaign, including Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Peter Schlesinger, and Juliette Lewis. “I have been inspired by Nan and her work for years,” Acne cofounder and creative director Jonny Johansson said in…...