Klaus Biesenbach. Photo Hannes P Albert/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images In a lengthy interview published this week by the German publication Der Spiegel, curator Klaus Biesenbach addressed his decision to leave the American art scene for the one in Germany, where he now serves as director of the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. He appeared to …
Lonnie G. Bunch III. Getty Images On Monday evening, the Smithsonian Institution released its first statement since President Donald Trump said he fired National Portrait Gallery director Kim Sajet. In its statement, the institution affirmed that it is an “independent entity.” While the statement did not name Sajet nor call out Trump directly, it stated, …
Blue House, in Mexico City, the museum dedicated to artist Frida Kahlo on January 17, 2019. Getty Images A former director of museums devoted to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in Mexico City has accused the trust that oversees those two institutions of years of mismanagement. In a statement to the Art Newspaper, which first …
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Adrien Brody beside one of his paintings at the amfAR Cannes Gala in May. Photo Dave Benett/amfAR/Getty Images for amfAR Adrien Brody has received due attention for his acting abilities: his Oscar-winning performance in last year’s film The Brutalist is the kind of work most actors would be lucky to pull off once in their …
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Thaddeus Mosley. Photo Jason Schmidt Thaddeus Mosley’s wood sculptures weigh hundreds of pounds and typically rise high into the air, soaring far above the 98-year-old artist, who stands just 5 feet and 3 inches tall. But despite the gigantic size and monumental weight of his sculptures, Mosley approaches his elegant creations with ease, nimbly picking …
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Ruba Katrib Courtesy MoMA PS1/Photo Diana Pfammatter Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. In late April, MoMA PS1 opened its marquee exhibition for the season, “The Gatherers,” a sweeping group show that considers the psychic and material “burdens” of …
Diane Prince’s exhibition at the Suter Art Gallery. Mark Tantrum/Courtesy Suter Art Gallery A art museum has removed an artwork composed of New Zealand’s national flag printed with a message that invited viewers to walk on it. The artwork, a new version of a 1995 piece titled Flagging the Future, was on view in a …
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Japanese sculptor and terracotta artist Kunimasa Aoki. Courtesy Loewe LONDON — Japanese sculptor and terracotta artist Kunimasa Aoki has been named the winner of the 2025 Loewe Craft Prize on Thursday evening during an award ceremony in Madrid with a cash prize of 50,000 euros. Selected by a 12-member jury from 30 shortlisted works on display at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in …
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Gas flares (R-at back) at the Woodside operated North West Shelf Venture with rock (L-foreground) are shown on the Burrup Peninsula in the north of Western Australia on June 17, 2008. Piles of red rock which typify the Burrup area are the site for perhaps one million pieces of Aboriginal rock engravings several thousands of …
The Whitney Museum. Patrick McMullan via Getty Image On Monday, Whitney Museum director Scott Rothkopf sent the museum’s Independent Study Program an email in which he said he would “pause” the program’s 2025–26 academic year. “Today, the program is without a Director,” Rothkopf wrote in that email, which was obtained by ARTnews. “This leadership gap …
