POW! WOW! Japan ’16: Recap
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Streets: Fanakapan // Halloween Pumpkin Heads (London)
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Benefits / Releases: Nick Walker –“Bridges” / TMA Brooklyn @ Beyond Art
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Overtime: Oct 31 – Nov 6
- Alex Da Corte - A Man Full of Trouble show opens at Maccarone Gallery in New York.
- Norcia's Basilica of San Benedetto among historic cultural sites destroyed by latest Italian earthquake.
- LAPD investigating Boyle Heights gallery vandalism as possible hate crimes sparked by gentrification fight.
- How Israel’s Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev declared war on the art world.
- The bizarre fake death and resurrection of Gaetano Pesce.
- Ottawa police begin investigation into Annie Pootoogook's death after suspicious elements come into play.
- Protestors disrupt the Contemporary Istanbul fair, demonstrating against a work by artist Ali Elmaci.
- Dr Oetker company says it has found four works in its art collection that may have been looted by Nazis.
- Pierre Le Guennec changes his story claiming Picasso's wife, Jacqueline gave him 271 works in rubbish bag.
- Estimated cost of renovating Pergamon Museum rockets to double original at €477mil, as opening is delayed.
- Planning for Miami fairs brings to light possible discrimination in the art world work force.
- NY Supreme Court rules that Fabrizio Moretti’s $6mil. lawsuit against David Zwirner may proceed.
- Tracking the fate of Van Gogh’s famous bed. Also, a new theory on why the artist cut off his ear.
- Facebook censors Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's Amor Vincit Omnia image, then changes its mind.
- Soho House struggling to maintain exclusivity for creatives and to stay afloat financially.
- Ben Brown speaks about the lack of a contemporary art museum in Hong Kong.
- Marina Abramovic dragged into US presidential election via Wikileaks.
- NBC names Fine Arts as top "useless" major.
- Endangered works of art from war-torn regions may be housed at the Louvre’s new upcoming storage facility.
- A loook at Clinton versus Trump on arts policy in the US. Jeff Koons, Chuck Close, and other artists raise millions for Clinton.
- Bernard Rosenthal's Alamo, aka the Astor Place Cube, returns to Astor Place.
- Cyndie Berthezene spearheading initiative to give underprivileged school children access to contemporary art.
- A look back at the 1966 Florence Flood.
- An exploration on artist books.
- Eric Smidt donates $25mil. to LACMA.
- Albright-Knox completes possible fastest capital-raising campaign ($100mil/3 months) in US museum history.
- Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach gets a Ugo Rondinone mountain sculpture.
- Harmony Korine has a show at First Center for the Visual Arts.
- National Portrait Gallery launches appeal to buy unfinished Duke of Wellington portrait by Thomas Lawrence.
- London’s Royal Academy of Arts to stage first 3-D printed virtual reality show.
- Kenny Schachter visits Arkansas to visit Crystal Bridges Museum.
- The New Yorker profiles Liu Yiqian of the Long Museum.
- Laura Hoptman interviewed about painting and her job at MoMA.
- Peter Brant may be consigning a John Currin painting to a Christie's sale.
- Artinfo previews the Artissima International Contemporary Art Fair in Torino.
- Artnet visits the Contemporary Istanbul art fair.
- The Globe and Mail writes about Art Toronto.
- A look at the market for and appreciation of Josef Albers' work.
- Difference in prices for Tamara de Lempicka's works illustrate divide between male vs female portrait values.
- How ready-made works and, in particular, Darren Bader's works, are priced and valued.
- Larry's List looks at Antoine de Werd's collection.
- Mark Flood writes about Nate Lowman.
- Andrew Russeth on Susan Rothenberg.
- A tour of Juergen Teller's new studio in West London, designed by 6a architects.
- Finnancial Times interviews Etel Adnan.
- Mike Kelley's Mobile Homestead will travel again next year.
- LA Weekly profiles Marnie Weber.
- Ai Weiwei opens four shows simultaneously in New York.
- Scott Indrisek interviews Adam Abdalla about new online art publication Affidavit.
- Musée Magazine reviews Factory Andy Warhol book by Stephen Shore.
- Larry Clark to shoot an advertising campaign and promotional video for Dior.
- W Magazine's choices for five rising artist stars, including Emily Mae Smith, Brian Belott, and Dora Budor.
- Jeremy Shaw wins the $50k Sobey Art Award.
- The effect of having or not having staff photographers on World Series covers.
- Perrier ARTXTRA launches art program with Hayal Pozanti, Hottea, and Saya Woolfalk in competition.
- A look at the arts and events social week in NY.
- Artinfo visits the Why I Want to Fuck Donald Trump show at Joshua Liner Gallery.
- Maryam Eisler exhibiting her own photography at Tristan Hoare gallery.
- Ashley Olsen could be dating Richard Sachs after her brief romance with George Condo.
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Studio Visit: Remi Rough
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Streets: D*Face // The Unexpected 2016 (Fort Smith) – Part 1
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Overtime: Nov 7 – Nov 13
- Images for Aaron Garber-Maikovska's Jizzle exhibition and performance up on High Art's website.
- RIP: Giles Waterfield, who passed away at the age of 67.
- RIP: Ann Tower, who passed away at the age of 65 after suffering an aneurysm.
- RIP: Arnold Mesches, who passed away at the age of 93.
- Sharbat Gula (green-eyed girl in Steve McCurry photo) convicted and deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan.
- The art world reacts to Donald Trump's election as president of the United States.
- David Henry Brown Jr.'s performance piece involving stalking Donald Trump for a year. Jenny Holzer, Carrie Mae Weems, Maya Lin, and Zoe Leonard respond to the election. Ben Davis writes about David Gleeson and Mary Mihelic's T.Rump Bus mobile art installation. Shepard Fairey talks Obama, Hillary, Trump, and about the US and responds to Trump's election. More responses collected from Artnet, W Magazine, and Hyperallergic. Christian Viveros-Fauné discusses the coming culture wars. What artists are saying about the future.
- Sotheby’s reports $54.5mil third-quarter net loss in income.
- Shanghai Cultural Bureau censors a film by Sun Xun from Everyday Legend with no reason given.
- Keith J Varadi writes about three female artist shows in LA and relates them to male white privilege.
- Gabriela Palmieri leaves Sotheby's abruptly on the eve of major New York sales.
- McDonald’s sues city of Florence for $20mil. after plans for a restaurant in Piazza del Duomo were blocked.
- Controversial newly-found Caravaggio exhibited at Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera.
- How Michelangelo got his start copying art.
- Royal Ontario Museum apologizes to the African-Canadian community 27 years later for racist exhibition.
- Germany appoints first Jewish members to Limbach Commission Nazi-loot art panel.
- Remains of Paul Gauguin’s father, Clovis, found off Antarctica.
- Moishe Mana offering to cover legal costs of women who claim to have been sexually harassed by Trump.
- Institut du Monde Arabe host a night of readings to honor victims on anniversary of Paris terrorist attacks.
- The Philadelphia Museum of Art receives 5 sculptures from the Cy Twombly Foundation.
- Louvre unveils controversial restoration of Leonardo Da Vinci St John the Baptist painting.
- Elton John and others help Tate promote photography.
- Artinfo covers the KAWS show at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
- Guy Wildenstein and Hasso Plattner join forces to launch Wildenstein Platter Institute art research foundation.
- A look at the role of curator.
- A look at the works Tommy Hilfiger is offering from his collection at Phillips. How he collects and plays the market.
- Looted John Constable Beaching a Boat painting returned to heirs now heads to auction at Christie's.
- Colin Gleadell reports on part 1 of David Bowie's Sotheby's auction sale. The Art Newspaper also writes about the auction.
- Fortune talks to Peter and Shannon Loughrey of Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA).
- Artnet's list of 5 Important Auctions to Watch in November.
- Where the art world dines during New York auction week.
- Part 1 of Paper Magazine's guide to Art Basel Miami Beach.
- The Art Newspaper interviews Christoph Wiesner of Paris Photo. Artnet covers the fair.
- Armory Show will have a new floor plan and VIP lounge in 2017.
- Kenny Schachter’s adventures in Shanghai during the West Bund Art Fair and ART021.
- The effect of the US presidential election on the art market. Art Market Monitor on what Trump's victory may mean for the art market. What the experts think about the post-Trump market.
- NY Times writes about the market for Adrian Ghenie's work.
- David Bowie, the art collector.
- Artinfo interviews Sarah Jones.
- Architectural Digest visits Jack Pierson's NY apartment.
- Glamcult interviews Darja Bajagić.
- Jerry Saltz writes about Kerry James Marshall’s A Portrait of the Artist As a Shadow of His Former Self.
- Artinfo reviews Susan Rothenberg's show at Sperone Westwater.
- Christopher Knight reviews Paul Sietsema's show at Matthew Marks Gallery.
- Langlands & Bell installation in Piccadilly Circus tube station honors Frank Pick.
- NY Times profiles Carol Bove.
- Artinfo has a Q&A with Gaetano Pesce.
- Christopher Knight reviews Lisa Williamson's show at Tif Sigfrids.
- Grace Coddington on Bruce Weber.
- Artnet interviews Joe Reihsen.
- Artinfo visits Jacob Kassay's show at 303 Gallery.
- The Daily Beast profiles RETNA.
- Almine Ruiz-Picasso has recommendations for what to do and see in Paris.
- Part 2 of Artspace's tips for having a good artist studio visit.
- Artnet profiles 5 New York alternative art spaces.
- Ben Davis on the art of the 2016 US presidential election.
- Matthew Brannon makes a Skowhegan 70th Anniversary Poster edition.
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Introducing: The Liberia Project // Apartial
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Overtime: Nov 14 – Nov 20
- NY Times reveals the artist list (which includes Henry Taylor, pictured above) for 2017 Whitney Biennial. Artnet also previews the survey.
- One of the tallest surviving structures from ancient world has been totally destroyed by Isil at Nimrud.
- Three people suspected of forging and distributing fake Lee Ufan paintings arrested.
- Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam dismisses a set of 65 newly revealed "Van Gogh" drawings as imitations. The experts are disagreeing.
- Nicholas Zoullas' mistress and boyfriend steals $15mil. worth of his erotic art and gets caught and arrested.
- Eric McNatt sues Richard Prince, Blum & Poe, and Ocula Limited over his Kim Gordon photograph.
- Alphonse Mucha's grandson sues Prague to stop Asian tour of Slav Epic due to conservation fears.
- Anselm Kiefer disavows and calls for cancellation of his first exhibition in China, saying he was not consulted. Museum declares that the show will go on.
- Frank Gehry may move to France now that Donald Trump is elected president of US.
- Wu Tsang responds to Trump's win. As does James Welling, Mel Chin, and Martha Wilson. CARLA collects responses from around Los Angeles.
- Gerhard Richter goes on a tirade about Angela Merkel.
- Fritz Read resigns from AIA in protest over its pledge to work with President-Elect Trump. AIA apologizes for its pledge.
- The city of Orlando announces plans to purchase Pulse nightclub and turn it into a memorial.
- Bjarne Melgaard’s gets his work out of customs in Norway and in the process helps change outmoded laws.
- An exploration of the term curator.
- Laura Hoptman talks painting.
- Louvre Abu Dhabi commissions site-specific artworks by Giuseppe Penone and Jenny Holzer. The Art Newspaper profiles the museum.
- Frieze Magazine writes about Wade Guyton’s solo exhibition at MAMCO in Geneva.
- MoMA acquires László Moholy-Nagy's EM 1 (Telephone Picture) at Sotheby's auction.
- Guggenheim acquires work by Tauba Auerbach and N. Dash for its collection.
- Elaine Wynn may give Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud to LACMA.
- Romanian government will buy €11mil. Brancusi despite failing to raise enough money during fundraising.
- The BALTIC Centre of Contemporary Art launches new artists’ award - first judged solely by artists.
- Artinfo interviews Albers Foundation director Nicholas Fox Weber.
- Cecilia Alemani to present pared-down Italian pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale.
- Social media manager roles at museums receive attention-grabbing salaries.
- All three parts of Bowie/Collector Sotheby's sale in London sells.
- Judd Tully reports on the Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale. Eileen Kinsella also analyzes the auction.
- Dan Duray reports on the Christie’s Post-War & Contemporary Sale. Judd Tully also analyzes the auction. Brian Boucher writes about it as well. Katya Kazakina has additional information.
- Eileen Kinsella reports on the Christie’s Evening Impressionist Sale. Meghana Reddy also writes about the auction.
- Judd Tully reports on Sotheby's Contemporary Art Evening Auction. Brian Boucher gets in on the action. Katya Kazakina analyzes the sale. How the Ames collection contributed.
- A look at the Adrian Ghenie works at auction this week. Dean Valentine may be the consignor of Ghenie's The Bridge painting, which is being auctioned by Christie's.
- Sotheby’s to offer previously unknown, newly discovered James Ensor painting.
- Artinfo previews Bonham’s California and Western Paintings and Sculpture auction in Los Angeles.
- One of Disneyland's early Haunted Mansion stretching portraits to go to auction at Van Eaton Galleries.
- Financial Times emphasizes the importance of quality in auction artwork sales.
- Miami Herald interviews Marc Spiegler and Noah Horowitz about Art Basel Miami Beach.
- A preview of Art Basel Miami Beach's Conversations and Salon series of talks.
- Stefan Simchowitz's adventures in London during Frieze.
- How retail shops are utilizing art works in their spaces.
- The Art Newspaper explores online artwork sales platforms.
- Artnet interviews Arnold Lehman.
- The Art Gorgeous has a Q&A with Magnus Edensvard.
- Christian Viveros-Fauné interviews Dave Hoyland.
- Larry's List interviews Kavita Chellaram.
- Artillery profiles Daniel Rolnik.
- Alexander McQueen’s $10mil. London home hits the market.
- A look at Gwyneth Paltrow's art collection.
- Mary Corse now represented by Kayne Griffin Corcoran.
- Artspace details 4 Ways for Artists to Fund Their Studios Without Actually Selling Any Art.
- NY Times profiles Zeng Fanzhi.
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Celeste Dupuy-Spencer honored BEST ARTIST TO HOLD A MIRROR UP TO AMERICAN CULTURE by LAW.
- The Standard writes about the Art of Elsa Dorfman and Jonas Wood.
- Scott Indrisek interviews Ryan Schneider.
- Artillery visits the Helen Pashgian show at Peter Blake Gallery.
- Ross Simonini interviews Joshua Abelow.
- Ajay Kurian discusses Jordan Wolfson, Petroushka, and Donald Trump.
- Helen Marten awarded inaugural £30k Hepworth Prize for Sculpture. Will share prize cash with nominees.
- Adam Broomberg launches poster campaign protesting the “rising right”.
- Artspace interviews Peter Marino about his bronze sculptures.
- Elle profiles 15 women artists.
- Artnet's list of The 15 Most Fashionable Men in the Art World.
- Scott Indrisek interviews Knowledge Bennett.
- Part 1 of Artnet's The Top 30 Most Exciting Street Artists Right Now list. Part II is released. And finally, Part III.
- Keith J. Varadi & Oscar Mendoza's photos from the anti-Trump protests in Los Angeles.
- Frieze wonders How can art respond to Trump?
- Stephen Bannon's views on the art world.
- Alex Israel teams up with Duran Duran on limited edition release, with creative direction by China Chow.
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DABSMYLA releases a new print.
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Streets: D*Face // The Unexpected 2016 (Fort Smith) – Part II
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Streets: Mehdi Ghadyanloo –“Spaces of Hope” (Boston)
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Overtime: Nov 21 – Nov 27
- The importance of Kara Walker's work in today's times.
- Opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi is delayed again.
- Len Blavatnik sues the Wildenstein family over £63mil. deal to buy New York townhouse.
- Alec Baldwin's complaints and attacks against Mary Boone continue in court papers.
- Dealers’ group that owned Da Vinci painting threatening to sue Sotheby’s over Dmitry Rybolovlev flip.
- Jenni Lomax to step down as director of Camden Arts Centre after 26 years.
- Ben Medansky exhibiting works that were left/"created" after his studio was destroyed by a fire.
- After raising funds, National Gallery's acquisition of Pontormo portrait under threat due to drop in pound.
- Victor Pinchuk’s revealed in Trump Foundation filing to have donated $150k gift.
- Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips change dates of Feb. auctions in London to avoid clash with Lunar New Year.
- German government to fund research into Nazis’ campaign against “degenerate art” at Berlin’s Free University.
- Artnet collects responses for 28 Ways to Change the Art World For the Better.
- Aga Khan Museum offers free admission to all Syrian newcomers during run of Syria: A Living History show.
- Jeff Koons will gift a Bouquet of Tulips statue to the city of Paris in memory of the victims of terror attacks.
- The Broad's special Creature exhibition currently up at the museum.
- Ben Davis shares 10 Treasures of the Metropolitan Museum to Broaden Your Mind and Lift Your Spirits.
- The story behind Mark Rothko’s Seagram murals.
40 upcoming exhibitions will celebrate Picasso's ties to the Mediterranean.- Sumida Hokusai Museum, dedicated solely to the work of Katsushika Hokusai, opened November 22.
- The Prada Foundation launching new photography gallery in Milan’s the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.
- Norman Foster to work with Spain’s Carlos Rubio to renovate an extension of the Prado Museum.
- Mats Stjernstedt will curate a group exhibition for the Nordic Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale.
- 42 paintings from Vatican Museums’ Pinacoteca going on show at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
- Conservators at Courtauld Gallery believe that its version of Manet’s Le déjeuner sur l’herbe is an original.
- Alex Israel presents a portrait of his mom for Using Walls, Floors, and Ceilings: Alex Israel at Jewish Museum.
- Sam Falls and Urs Fischer decorate Ceders Sinai Hospital rooms to comfort young children.
- 2019 Bauhaus centenary will be marked by events across Germany and beyond, including museum openings.
- 50 well-known museums and arts organizations on board with .ART domain, launching Nov 28.
- Sotheby’s held a single-owner sale of Picasso ceramics from Attenboroughs collection sells out for £3mil.
- First half of Christie’s Latin American Art sale totals $17.6mil., with seven artists' world auction records set.
- Art Market Monitor covers Heffel’s Fall sale in Toronto, which set records for several artists.
- Colin Gleadell unpacks the meaning of the post-election NY auction week sales.
- Kenny Schachter writes about his adventures in NY during auction week.
- Andrew M. Goldstein covers the auction day sales in NY.
- Gary Nader discusses the future of the Latin American art market on the Artelligence Podcast.
- ARTnews updates us on artists and artworks that were previously speculated upon and flipped.
- Sarah Cascone has a guide to the 24 art fairs in Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach.
- Artnet previews what dealers are bringing to the Art Basel Miami Beach fair.
- David Bowie is the inspiration for Art Basel Miami Beach fair’s Public sector.
- The private collection shows occurring during Art Basel Miami Beach.
- Artspace shares Michael Xufu Huang’s favorite works from NADA Miami Beach 2016. Gean Moreno provides his choices, as does Tiffany Zabludowicz.
- List of exhibitors for 2017 Armory Show released.
- Larry's List announces its Collector Awards for 2016.
- KQED on what White Walls'/Shooting Gallery's Justin Giarla has been up to.
- Tom Wesselmann estate to be represented by Gagosian Gallery and Almine Rech.
- David Hockney to design stained-glass window, to be unveiled in 2018, for the Queen in Westminster Abbey.
- Scott Indrisek interviews Tracy Thomason.
- Bob Dylan discusses his paintings.
- Curate.LA has a studio visit with Kandis Williams.
- Frank Gehry and Maya Lin among the recipients of this year’s Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- Artinfo interviews Samuel Levi Jones.
- Scott Indrisek interviews Chloe Wise.
- Artnet's list of The 50 Most Exciting Artists in Europe Right Now, Part I. And also, Part II.
- Pinchuk Art Center announces twenty-one artists shortlisted for the Future Generation Art Prize.
- Artnet collects 10 Young Female Artists’ Perspectives on Femininity Today.
- A look at what drives art world ambition.
- Artnet writes about the key players in London’s alternative art scene.
- Cultured list of 30 young artists to watch in 2017.
- Artnet's list of 10 Emerging Artists to Keep on Your Radar.
- Artnet's list of Five Gorgeous Art Books to Peruse This Thanksgiving.
- format magazine's A Guide to the CIA’s Favorite Artists.
- Artspace's list of art documentaries to watch over the holidays.
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Basel Week Miami ’16 / Streets: Shepard Fairey @ Mana Wynwood Convention Center
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Streets: Lonac (West Palm Beach)
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Overtime: Art Basel Miami Beach 2016 Edition
- BMW unveils the 19th vehicle of the BMW Art Car Collection, by John Baldessari.
- Jeff Koons balloon dog edition falls out of its display and shatters on floor of Bernardaud’s booth in Design Miami. The artist reacts to the incident.
- The problem of the gradual rising seas in Miami Beach and the Faena district.
- How Art Basel Miami Beach week is seen by and affects the locals in the community, from their perspective.
- The issue of climate change, as reflected in the art and policy in Miami.
- Political art, on the heels of the US presidential election, was seen throughout the Art Basel fair.
- Philipp Kaiser chosen to curate Art Basel's Public sector from 2017.
- Kenny Schachter's adventures in Miami.
- Lisa Yablonsky shares her insights and experiences during the fair week.
- Tiffany Zabludowicz's experiences while in Miami.
- Canadian Art looks at the week from a Canadian perspective.
- Art F City's final thoughts and reactions from Miami.
- Martin Paar's photographs from the week.
- Artsy writes about how the works at NADA are responding to today's turbulent times.
- A list of whom you should network with in Miami.
- The more exclusive, harder to get into events during the week.
- 33 terms you need to know for the fair week.
- Artinfo writes about the Faena Forum.
- Silvia Karman Cubiñá speaks to Artinfo about the Bass Museum's Ugo Rondione public art work.
- Laura van Straaten talks to the Rubells about their plans for a new space.
- The Art Newspaper's list of the top ten shows to see in Miami during Basel.
- Andrew Goldstein picks the 10 best works at Art Basel.
- Harry Cooper picks his favorite works at Art Basel.
- Judd Tully's choices of the 5 Booths Not to Miss at Art Basel in Miami Beach.
- Artnet's list of the top 10 booths at Basel.
- The Art Newspaper's guide to satellite fairs.
- Design Miami reports record attendance and outstanding sales for this year's edition.
- Artinfo previews NADA, which has 43 first-time exhibitors in its Miami Beach edition.
- Henri Neuendorf's choices for the top 10 booths at NADA.
- Dylan Kerr on The 10 Most Outstanding Sculptures of NADA Miami Beach 2016.
- Andrew Goldstein shares The 27 Best Paintings of NADA Miami Beach 2016.
- NY Times profiles Fredric Snitzer and discusses his fair experience(s).
- Art Miami to make major move to new space on Biscayne Bay, near PAMM.
- Brian Boucher's choices for the booths to see at Untitled.
- Sarah Cascone looks at 9 Fascinating Objects at Design Miami 2016.
- Sarah Cascone shares her highlights from Scope.
- Sarah Cascone also visits X Contemporary.
- Sarah Cascone has the time to go to Art Miami and CONTEXT as well.
- Artnet's list of 25 Things to See and Do in Miami Beyond Art Basel.
- The rise of the Argentinian art scene in Miami.
- A guide to the talks, panels, and performances during the week.
- NY Times reports on sales during VIP hours at Art Basel Miami Beach. Judd Tully also covers what sold during the VIP opening. Eileen Kinsella also looks at sales during Tuesday.
- Artinfo's day 2 sales report. Judd Tully reports on further sales.
- Artinfo has a final sales report.
- Alexander Forbes has a sales report from Art Basel Miami Beach.
- Eileen Kinsella & Henri Neuendorf's sales report from Art Basel.
- The Artelligence Podcast in Miami.
- Dylan Kerr's choices of 7 Young Rising Stars to Discover at Art Basel Miami Beach 2016.
- Andrew Goldstein chooses 10 of the Best New Artists at the Untitled Art Fair.
- Artists included in the newly-released Whitney Biennial artist list were well represented at the fairs.
- Work inspired by Robert Rauschenberg found throughout Art Basel Miami Beach.
- Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu's surfing project.
- Art that mixes high and low culture at the Basel fair.
- Pussy Riot's talk at the Nautilus Hotel.
- Hood By Air puts on a show, put together by MoMA PS1, at the Delano.
- Devan Shimoyama winner of juried 2016 Pulse Prize.
- Philip Smith wins 2016 Miami Beach NADA Artadia Award.
- Susan and Michael Hort's favorite works from the fairs. Sandy Rower also shares his top picks.
- The Art Basel Miami Gazette rounds up small news, gossip, and sightings during the week. Day 2 of the edition. More shenanigans on Day 3.
- GQ profiles and interviews those behind Know Wave and No Vacancy Inn.
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Overtime: Nov 28 – Dec 11
- Artinfo visits Danny Fox's A Spoon With The Bread Knife at V1 Gallery.
- RIP: Chen Shaoxiong, who passed away at the age of 54.
- RIP: Ousmane Sow, who passed away at the age of 81.
- At least 33 die in fire at Oakland Ghost Ship artists' collective space. LA Times looks at who the victims were. Paper Magazine writes about media coverage of the tragic fire. How you can help victims of the catastrophe. A murder charge is possible. Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf pledges $1.7mil. to create and sustain "affordable, safe spaces" for local artists and arts organizations. Crackdown of artists' spaces such as Ghost Ship could start occurring. Some artists now receiving eviction notices.
- Baltimore officials condemn, shutter Bell Foundry arts building in Station North for safety violations.
- A dozen evicted from Rhinoceropolis art colony in Denver due to building code fire and safety concerns.
- Helen Molesworth reflects on the year in shock.
- Swiss authorities seize cultural relics looted from Palmyra, and from Libya and Yemen, in Geneva's free ports.
- Danilo Maldonado Machado, aka El Sexto, arrested in Cuba following Fidel Castro's death. Other Cuban artists react to his death.
- Heirs of Alfred Flechtheim sue Bavaria in US court to claim eight paintings they said were sold under duress.
- Kader Attia sues Universal Music over plagiarism of his work. Fellow artist Kendell Geers publicly calls him out.
- Katarzyna Wielga-Skolimowska fired from Polish Culture Institute due to too much Jewish-themed content. Polish Embassy in Berlin rejects claim that she was fired because her programming focused too heavily on Jewish themes.
- Brett Gorvy leaves Christie's to partner with Dominique Lévy to form Lévy Gorvy.
- Wendy Taylor accuses China of copying her work after statue identical to her's spotted in Shanghai.
- Guggenheim Helsinki plans rejected by city council, effectively bringing the project to a close.
- Animal rights activists target Hermitage over road kill in Jan Fabre: Knight of Despair/Warrior of Beauty show.
- Berlin postpones show of Tehran's Modern art after it learned that works not been allowed to leave Iran.
- Zaha Hadid Architects releases letter addressing and disavowing statements made by Patrik Schumacher.
- Steven Mnuchin, nominee for Secretary of Treasury under Trump, resigns as MOCA board member.
- Midtown dealers in New York suffer logistical nightmare in their area after Trump’s election win.
- Christian Viveros-Fauné provides An Artist’s Guide to Relocating From Trump’s America.
- Van Gogh Museum criticizes experts for their easygoing attitude towards authentication.
- FBI agents hospitalized after installation of Ursula von Rydingsvard Cedrus cedar sculpture due to allergies.
- Do third-party guarantees from auction houses deter bidding during sales?
- Ben Davis on how art and artists need to react and respond in the face of Donald Trump's election win.
- Ai Weiwei joins call for President Obama to pardon Edward Snowden.
- Jori Finkel thinks that Jordan Wolfson should credit the production team of his complex installation works.
- China's art market could be in for a slowdown in 2017.
- The British Army could be recruiting modern-day Monuments Men and Women as early as next year.
- Art history A-level will remain on the English college curriculum.
- France joins international treaty to protect cultural heritage in war zones.
- Nazi-looted Reinhold Begas Susanna sculpture restituted to heirs of Rudolf Mosse.
- Gustav Klimt's The Lady, from collection of Ricci-Oddi gallery and stolen in 1997, may be returned soon.
- Whereabouts of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda's art collection have been revealed.
- Idris Khan to create UAE’s first war memorial.
- The Art Newspaper's month-by-month highlights of 2016.
- Robert Rauschenberg exhibition opens at Tate Modern.
- Royal Academy of Arts to celebrate 250th birthday with show on collection assembled by Charles I.
- Museum of World War II stages The 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor: Why We Still Remember exhibition.
- Artinfo interviews Sarah Oppenheimer on her Project S-281913 at Pérez Art Museum Miami.
- Jean Dubuffet gets a show of his drawings at Morgan Library & Museum.
- Christian Viveros-Fauné reviews Mark Leckey: Containers and Their Drivers show at MoMA PS1.
- The Window visits Philippe Vergne.
- Jorge Pérez donates $15mil. in cash and art to Pérez Art Museum Miami.
- Ken Hakuta, Nam June Paik's nephew, gifts Harvard Art Museums $1milto create Nam June Paik Fellowship.
- Heiner and Ulla Pietzsch will gift their 150-piece strong collection to the city of Berlin.
- Shirazeh Houshiary suspends a Christmas tree over staircase in rotunda at Tate Britain.
- Zaha Hadid show of paintings, drawings, and notebooks go on view at Serpentine Gallery.
- Hirshhorn appoints Dr. Mark Beasley its first-ever Curator of Media and Performance Art.
- Marina Abramovic’s 70th birthday bash at the Guggenheim.
- Ben Davis looks at the world's most-Instagrammed museums of 2016.
- Francis Alÿs to unveil new work at the Iraqi Pavilion at Venice Biennale.
- Jochen Volz to curate Brazil's Venice Biennale pavilion.
- Christine Tohmé announces the artists for 2017 Sharjah Biennial.
- Elmgreen and Dragset announce the title and concept for the next Istanbul Biennial.
- Rhizome receives $200k grant, adds two board members, and hires three staff members
- WSJ profiles Maurice Marciano on the opening of his private museum in Los Angeles.
- The Art Newspaper covers Amsterdam Art Weekend.
- Sotheby’s achieves highest price for work of contemporary art sold at auction in Italy, selling Gnoli for €2.5 mil.
- Sotheby's Russian art sale breaks auction records for Rodchenko, Chashnik, Stepanov, and Chekrygin.
- Bonhams sets world auction record for Tibetan sculpture with 13th century Canda Vajrapani selling for $6.4mil.
- Unique Ferrari LaFerrari sells for record (for a 21st century car) $7mil. at RM Sotheby’s.
- Sotheby's acquires Orion Analytical and gets James Martin in the process.
- Seoul Auction shatters record for a work of art by a South Korean artist sold at auction with Kim Whan-ki work.
- New York Times writes about how Phillips is improving its position among auction houses.
- Swizz Beatz opens a London edition of his No Commission art fair.
- How big data may change the art market.
- A look at the current state of the market for emerging art.
- Artnet acquires art analytics firm Tutela Capital SA.
- Artspace on how UOVO is revolutionizing the way that collectors and galleries do business.
- Andrew Goldstein interviews Ed Winkleman about the gallery system.
- Artspace profiles Tif Sigfrids.
- Westwood Westwood interviews Adarsha Benjamin.
- Artspace profiles Łukasz Gorczyca and Michal Kaczyński and their Raster Gallery.
- LIFE SPORT opening a space in Berlin.
- Artnet's list of young art world power players ready to take the next step.
- Kenny Schachter writes about Jerry Saltz.
- Andrew M. Goldstein interviews Louisa Gagliardi.
- Anish Kapoor buys $13.5mil. apartment at 56 Leonard in Tribeca, where a sculpture of his will be.
- Helen Marten wins 2016 Turner Prize, which includes £25k prize. The Guardian profiles the artist. Marten discusses her influences with Frieze.
- LA Weekly profiles Gajin Fujita and discusses the show he curated at LA Louver.
- Maria Thereza Alves named winner of the 2016–2018 Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics.
- Surface profiles Awol Erizku.
- NY Times profiles Taryn Simon.
- Samuel Levi Jones has a show at Galerie Lelong.
- The Art Newspaper interviews Mierle Laderman Ukeles.
- Surface profiles Mark Flood.
- Zoë Buckman and Natalie Frank's Kickstarter to create a mural of politicians' comments about women.
- Jerry Saltz writes about Andreas Gursky's prescient vision.
- Elliott Arkin creates line of Maurizio Cattelan caganers.
- Soda_Jerk awarded the $100k Ian Potter Moving Image Commission.
- Artinfo reviews Stephen Shore’s Factory: Andy Warhol book.
- Kanye West reemerges in pic taken at MOCA's Pacific Design Center.
- Terry Richardson shoots Kylie Jenner for 2017 calendar.
- Art Handlers Calendar for 2017 changes things up from the past couple of years.
- Sotheby's interviews Johan Kugelberg.
- Why artists are currently obsessed with animals.
- How Drew Struzan took movie posters from ad to art.
- Adrien Brody on being an artist.
- Justise Winslow profiled on his art collecting.
- Fader analyzes TIME Magazine's Person of the Year cover image of Donald Trump.
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Basel Week Miami ’16 / Streets: Wynwood Walls
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Overtime: Dec 12 – Dec 18
- Aperture writes about Matthew Brandt's new works.
- Palmyra attacked and recaptured by Isil militants and fears are growing over its fate.
- PULSE cancels New York edition of its far and launches new year-round programming.
- Heritage auction house sues Christie’s and Collectrium over alleged data theft.
- Henry Rollins thinks that burning punk rock artifacts and memorabilia is not punk.
- American Institute of Architects posthumously awards Paul Revere Williams its highest honor.
- Bern's Kunstmuseum inherits Gurlitt collection as court rejects challenge that Gurlitt was mentally unfit.
- Austrian government to seize Hitler’s birthplace in order to discourage neo-Nazi pilgrimages.
- Beat Raeber and Matthias von Stenglin announce that they are ending their partnership and closing space.
- Johnetta Cole will retire in March 2017 as director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.
- Convicted art fraudster Luke Brugnara's SF home on the market with an asking price of $19.7mil.
- Makeup artist Courtney Lether arrested for stealing $1.4mil. worth of artwork by Pat Trivigno.
- Employee of museum of natural history in Orleans, France convicted of stealing 666 fossils and stones.
- The court of appeal in Aix-en-Provence upholds two-year suspended prison sentence of Pierre Le Guennec.
- Jan Porcellis and Willem Buytewech the Younger paintings sold in Nazi era return to the heirs of Max Stern.
- Drawing taken to Tajan auction house turns out to be an authentic Leonardo Da Vinci study.
- How the art world rediscovers overlooked artists.
- Bill protecting works of art on loan to the US from foreign institutions from seizure passed by the Senate.
- Leading art world figures’ highlights and lowlights of 2016.
- Staff at artnet News makes predictions for 2017.
- Oscar Wilde portrait by Robert Harper Pennington to return to UK for first time at Tate Britain.
- Nicholas Serota to receive the 2017 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence and $25k.
- Harry Hyams has left £387 million ($490 Million) in the form of his fine art and vintage car collection to Britain.
- Christopher Knight reviews R.H. Quaytman’s show at MOCA.
- Yayoi Kusama 8' pumpkin sculpture appears outside the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
- J. Landis Martin and his wife Sharon Martin donate $25mil. to Denver Art Museum for revitalization of building.
- Details on Sculpture Projects Münster revealed.
- Christie’s hires Guillaume Cerutti as CEO. He replaces Patricia Barbizet, who will be vice chairman.
- James Ensor’s Squelette arrêtant masques (Skeleton stopping masks) sells for record €7,357,500 at Sotheby's.
- Sotheby’s hires Christy MacLear, of Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, as vice chairman of fine arts division.
- WSJ writes about Sotheby’s New Bid to Manage Artists’ Careers.
- Artnet's top auction moments of 2016.
- Exhibitor list for Art Brussels 2017 released.
- Empty Gallery expands in Hong Kong and may open a Silicon Valley location.
- NY Times profiles and talks to Marian Goodman.
- Artinfo profiles Domenico and Eleanore De Sole.
- Larry's List interviews Christopher Tsai.
- Andrew Goldstein interviews Stefan Simchowitz.
- Lévy Gorvy partnership debuts with Yves Klein symphony in San Francisco.
- R.H. Quaytman wins Robert De Niro Sr. Artist Prize and $25k.
- British Journal of Photography interviews Ed Templeton.
- Kim Gordon in Playboy.
- Graham Short engraved five £5 notes with a minuscule portrait of Jane Austen and circulated them.
- Banksy caught on 1995 video?
- LA Louver interviews Patrick Martinez.
- Jeff Brouws, Henry Chalfant, and Melanie Schiff discuss William Eggleston's work.
- Phaidon interviews David Diao.
- Artnet's list of the top ten most exciting artists working in the US today.
- LA Times reviews shows in Los Angeles, including by Kelly Akashi, Mickalene Thomas, and Yong Soon Min.
- Michael Green creates series of graphic digital images that explore Pizzagate conspiracy theory.
- Everything is Terrible! makes an art installation out of 14,000 VHS copies of Jerry Macguire.
- Artinfo's list of The 2016 Power List: High-Wattage Women of the Art World, Part 1.
- Vogue's list of The Best Art Shows of 2016.
- Sedition looks at the top digital artists of the past five years.
- New Tauba Auerbach limited edition 3D printed sculpture available.
- Exhibition A releases Emily Mae Smith limited edition wall clock.
- Some artist collaboration holiday gift products, including by Jen Stark, Olafur Eliasson, and Alex Katz.
- Artnet's list of 35 Holiday Gifts for the Art Lover in Your Life.
- What Donald Trump Learned From the 1980s New York Art World.
- Donald Trump considering Sylvester Stallone for Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts in US. Ben Davis comments.
- Artnet covers some of NY's holiday parties and events.
- Art in bathrooms.
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Streets: Faith47 –“La Petite Mort” Series (India)
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Overtime: Dec 19 – Dec 25
- Second Avenue Subway art installation includes works by Chuck Close (above), Sarah Sze, and others.
- RIP: Jean-Paul Barbier-Mueller, who passed away at the age of 86.
- RIP: Rachel Owen, who passed away at the age of 48.
- RIP: Tim Pitsiulak, who passed away at the age of 49.
- RIP: Doug Ross, who passed away at the age of 55.
- Russian ambassador to Turkey killed at opening of Russia Through Turks’ Eyes exhibition opening in Ankara.
- Nancy Wiener arrested on charges of possessing stolen property and conspiring to buy/sell looted antiquities.
- Group leaving closing party of Decolonize This Place at Artists Space attacked by supporters of Donald Trump.
- Artists against Donald [and Ivanka] Trump.
- El Sexto's lawyer, Kimberley Motley, arrested in Cuba.
- Shantell Martin reaches settlement with Lane Bryant, after the company used her designs with authorization.
- Sylvester Stallone will not head the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in US.
- NY court dismisses Joan Banach's claim she was fired from Dedalus Foundation because she was a woman.
- Publisher Le Seuil threatens legal action against Van Gogh Museum over disputed sketches.
- Stuart Semple attempts to ban Anish Kapoor from using the world's most glittery glitter, Diamond Dust. Kapoor responds by posting a Instagram middle-finger image with the pinkest pink.
- co-LAb's all-male Hey Man show.
- Picasso's use of excrement in his work.
- Artnet's naughty list for 2016.
- L.A. to spend $750,000 to conserve public murals and paint new ones.
- Museo del Castelvecchio welcoming back 17 Old Master paintings that were stolen more than a year ago.
- Barbara Jatta will be the first woman director ever of Vatican Museums.
- Matthew “Levee” Chavez's Subway Therapy will be archived at the New-York Historical Society.
- The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) announces opening plans for its new gallery in China.
- David Hockney Gallery opening in the artist's home town of Bradford.
- Jonas Wood installs mural on MOCA Grand Ave's exterior.
- Surface looks at the Breaking News exhibition at The Getty Center.
- Cini Foundation and Tornabuoni hosting major exhibitions of Alighiero Boetti's work.
- William B. Jordan donates Velázquez portrait to Museo del Prado.
- Honolulu Biennial Foundation announces artist lineup for inaugural edition of Honolulu Biennial in 2017.
- Ronald S. Lauder joins the board of trustees at The Getty.
- Zocalo Public Square looks at the Oscar Wilde: L’impertinent absolu show at the Petit Palais.
- The Art Newspaper discusses the popularity of Courbet's The Origin of the World.
- Pierre Bergé & Associés sets new record for a Chinese seal, selling 18th-century imperial seal for €21mil.
- Christie’s sets new record for most expensive work of Asian art sold at Christie’s France with $14mil. Buddha.
- Investors bullish on Sotheby's stock.
- Bloomberg profiles Park West - art auctions on cruise ships.
- Brett Gorvy sells $24mil. Basquiat painting via Instagram.
- Art Market Monitor looks at the market for Mike Kelley's Memory Ware Flats.
- Artnet interviews Kate Werble.
- Bloomberg looks at Ivanka Trump's art collecting. Artnet covers her art collection.
- Artnet's list of The 10 Most Innovative Galleries of 2016.
- Katya Kazakina forecasts the art market trends for 2017.
- Artspace profiles Jana Euler, Celia Hempton, and Patrizio Di Massimo.
- What Donald Judd thought about Donald Trump.
- Artinfo's The 2016 Power List: High-Wattage Women, Part 2.
- Artnet's list of 14 Emerging Women Artists to Watch in 2017.
- Artsy's list of The Most Influential Living Artists of 2016.
- Bloomberg's list of ten young artists to watch in 2017.
- artnet News Critics’ Picks: The Most Memorable Artworks of 2016.
- David Ebony’s Top 10 New York Gallery Shows of 2016.
- 5 Artist-Designed Holiday Displays to See in NYC.
- Artnet's list of the top ten art discoveries of 2016.
- Artnet collects the top stories in art and real estate for 2016.
- Artnet's list of the Art World Winners and Losers of 2016.
- Conceptual Fine Arts interviews Elizabeth Peyton.
- Surface interviews Tom Sachs.
- Hili Perlson updates us on what Kaari Upson has been up to.
- Artspace interviews Joshua Citarella about Ultraviolet Production House.
- Larry Clarks sells his photographs for €100.
- Greeting cards from artists.
- Artnet's list of 5 Artworks That Make Excellent Holiday Cards.
- A Fluxus Christmas.
- Jeff Koons designs a limited edition snowboard for Burton.
- New limited edition Dabs Myla print available.
- Pete Wentz talks about his art collection.
- Shia LaBeouf performs #ANDINTHEEND in Sydney as part of BINGEFEST.
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