Rapper pays $18.5m for work at auction but the artist gets nothing
The Art Newspaper - Anny Shaw asks if auction houses and dealers should pay their dues to the artists from whom they profit. - read more...
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Christo’s Latest Work Weighs 650 Tons and It Floats
The New York Times - Wearing a hard hat and a cargo jacket, the artist Christo stood on a platform looking over the Serpentine lake one April morning ...
How Art Museums Can Remain Relevant in the 21st Century
Artsy - Last Spring Dana Schutz's painting of Emmett Till, Open Casket (2016), spawned calls for the painting’s destruction, an on-air discussion on...
British Museum show focuses on Assyrian antiquities
The Art Newspaper - A forthcoming British Museum exhibition on Assyria will draw attention to the recent destruction of antiquities in Iraq. The show...
Manifesta 12 makes the most of Palermo’s botanical backdrop
The Art Newspaper - On Saturday 16 June, the 12th edition of the nomadic art biennial Manifesta opened in the politically charged air of Palermo, Ital...
Sean Combs Is Revealed as Buyer of Kerry James Marshall Painting
NY Times - Ever since the sale at Sotheby’s on Wednesday night of “Past Times,” a monumental painting by Kerry James Marshall with a narrative centere...
Amid Protests, Berkshire Museum’s Deaccession Sales at Sotheby’s Fall Short of Expectation
Artnet - Despite another—albeit low-key—protest outside Sotheby’s this morning, the sale of selected works from the Berkshire Museum of Art collection...
Philippe Vergne Resigns as Director of Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles
NY Times - After four years in the job and two months of intense speculation about his employment status, Philippe Vergne has confirmed that he is le...
Taizhou Contemporary Art Museum nears completion in China
Design Boom - Shanghai-based firm atelier deshaus has completed the structural renovation of a concrete industrial building in china’s zhejiang provin...
Howard Hodgkin’s extraordinary final paintings go on show at Gagosian
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...