Artists – Page 10

Exhibition view of RAMMΣLLZΣΣ: Racing for Thunder, Redbull Arts New York, in New York City, New York USA, April 3, 2018. All artwork © 2018 The Rammellzee Estate

Sotheby’s in deal to sell estate of hip-hop pioneer and graffiti artist Rammellzee

August 22, 2018

The Art Newspaper - Techno-poet, Gothic futurist, graffiti artist, rapper, philosopher or… an equation? Such are the diverse and eccentric descriptions of Rammellzee, a cult figure in the New York hip-hop scene...

artwork at artist Robert Indiana’s home
CREDIT: Joel Greenberg

Will Robert Indiana’s legacy get stuck in a legal battle

Artery

July 25, 2018

Art and Society, Art and the Law, Artists

The Art Newspaper - What will become of Robert Indiana’s legacy, and who will be in charge of preserving it? The answer might only come out of a closely-watched legal battle over the artist’s estate and his rec...

‘Junk’ art stash may yield multi-million dollar masterpieces

Artery

July 24, 2018

Art and Society, Art Market, Artists

DW - New York gallery owner David Killen believes he has uncovered six paintings by Dutch-American abstract master Willem de Kooning, which — if verified — could be worth tens of millions of dollars. The wo...

Monet’s cat, acquired at Christie’s Hong Kong, is now back in his house in Giverny. Photo: Martin Bailey

Monet’s lost cat returns home to Giverny

Artery

July 24, 2018

Art and Culture, Art History, Artists

The Art Newspaper - Monet’s cat has found its way home to the artist’s house in Giverny, in northern France. During the painter’s lifetime, the glazed biscuit pottery cat, made in Japan, spent many years curled...

Howard Hodgkin’s extraordinary final paintings go on show at Gagosian

Artery

June 1, 2018

Artists, Theme Features, Trending

The Art Newspaper -For much of his long artistic career before he died aged 84 in March last year, Howard Hodgkin was renowned as a slow painter. The tale of his rich, colourful pictures’ long journeys to comp...

When Duchamp Agreed to Forge One of His Most Famous Works

Artery

May 12, 2018

Artists, Spotlight

Artsy - Guests at the recurring Dada salon of the modern art collectors Louise and Walter Arensberg might have found themselves doing a double-take as they ambled through the couple’s Manhattan apartment on We...

7 Photographers Who Captured the Agony and Ecstasy of Young Love

Artery

February 13, 2018

Artists, Spotlight

Artsy - It is nearly impossible to forget your first romance—from the feeling of falling head over heels for the very first time, to the crushing heartbreak that almost always ensues. The subject has long been ...

New York welcomes Tarsila—the high priestess of Brazil’s Modernist cannibals

Artery

February 13, 2018

Artists, Spotlight

The Art Newspaper - The Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil aims to reintroduce Tarsila—as the artist was commonly known—to audiences outside her native country. ...

Hito Steyerl Is an Artist With Power: She Uses It for Change

Artery

December 16, 2017

Artists, Spotlight

NY Times - BERLIN — Blurry selfies, pixelated screen shots, Photoshop disasters: Low-quality, mass-reproduced pictures flood our screens every day. They are easy to dismiss, but the German artist Hito Steyerl m...

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Native American Artists Garner Recognition at Last

Artery

December 16, 2017

Art and Culture, Artists

The Art Newspaper - Controversy over the disputed Cherokee identity of the artist Jimmie Durham—who is not enrolled in any tribe—has erupted this year as his major retrospective, organised by the Hammer Museum ...