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David Hockney, Painter Who Captured the Sensibility of ’60s Los Angeles, Is Dead at 88

David Hockney. Photo Victoria Jones/Getty Images David Hockney, one of the 20th century’s most famous artists, best-known for his depictions of the sunny glitz of 1960s Los Angeles, has died at age 88. His publicist, Erica Bolton, confirmed he “passed away peacefully” at home in London on Thursday, June 11, just one month away from …

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See Never-Before-Shown Martin Wong Works, Now On View in a Show Of His Chinatown Paintings

Martin Wong at home in San Francisco in 1990. Florence Wong Fie. Tucked away at a small institution in Chicago is an eye-opening show by beloved New York artist Martin Wong, a self-taught artist of Chinese-American descent who recorded a bombed-out Lower East Side and heroized his Asian and Latino contemporaries who lived there. “Martin …

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Heir of Margarethe Lieser Sues for Restitution of Gustav Klimt Portrait That Fetched $37.5 M. at Auction in Austria Before the Sale Fell Through

Portrait of Fräulein Lieser (1917) by Gustav Klimt. Courtesy of im Kinsky A woman claiming to be the sole heir to the Austrian subject of a long-lost Gustav Klimt painting has sued for restitution of the portrait, which came to auction at the small Austrian auction house Im Kinsky in 2024. The painting sold on …

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James Turrell to Open Largest Museum Skyspace in Denmark, Floating Art Hotel’s Maiden Voyage in Monaco, and More: Morning Links for June 5, 2026

The Floating Art Hotel, Monaco Edition, 2026. Courtesy Floating Art Hotel Good Morning! The largest James Turrell Skyspace made for a museum will open at Denmark’s ARoS Aarhus Art Museum.  A 236-foot superyacht is debuting a traveling, “museum-grade” exhibition for exclusive guests, starting in Monaco. Abram Champanier’s New Deal mural, restored and reunited, will go …

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Price for Billionaire Bill Koch’s Aspen Home Cut from $125 M. to $99 M., Put Up For Auction

Bill Koch’s Aspen, Colorado estate. Shawn O’Connor; Oxbow Carbon A year and a half ago, the billionaire Bill Koch spun his massive Aspen estate on the market for $125 million, making it one of the most expensive homes for sale across the globe. That hefty sum likely wasn’t palatable for most people, and the price has since dropped to $99 million—no …

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French Supreme Court Tears Up Lawsuit Aiming to Halt Bayeux Tapestry Loan to the British Museum

In a scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, William the Conqueror (c.1027 – 1087) rescues the future King Harold II (c.1022 – 1066) from captivity in France and betrothes his daughter Aelfgifu to him, 1064. The tapestry is housed in the town of Bayeux in Normandy. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Getty Images Last July, French …

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Art News, Indeed: NBA Star Victor Wembanyama Prepped For Finals Game By Sketching in Gramercy

Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs reacts during the fourth quarter against the New York Knicks in Game One of the 2026 NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center on June 03, 2026 in San Antonio, Texas. Getty Images Victor Wembanyama is much more than a transcendant basketball star. In the hours leading up …

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Boy Punctures Magritte’s ‘The Castle of the Pyrenees’ With a Pinecone at the Israel Museum

René Magritte, The Castle of the Pyrenees (1959). Gali Tibbon/AFP via Getty Images René Magritte’s The Castle of the Pyrenees (1959) has gone to the conservation lab at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem after being accidentally damaged by a young museum visitor. A boy visiting the museum with his family punctured the painting with a …

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What Is The Game of Exquisite Corpse, and Why Do Artists Still Play It?

André Breton, Jacqueline Lamba, and Yves Tanguy, Exquisite Corpse, 1938 Collection of the Musée National d’Art Moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. Digital Image copyright © CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, New York. Artwork copyright © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris (Breton, Lamba); copyright © 2026 Estate of Yves Tanguy/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New …

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Thomas Rom, Art Adviser and Performance Space Chair, On His Top Exhibitions in Venice This Year

Miet Warlop’s “IT NEVER SSST” at the Belgium Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale. Courtesy Thomas Rom This year’s Venice Biennale vernissage week brought more than the usual round of openings for art adviser and Performance Space New York board chair Thomas Rom, as the institution’s Visionaries Circle co-hosted a performance by theater impresario-turned-artist Jordan …

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