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Anselm Kiefer’s Takeover of the Stedelijk Lets Viewers See the Warning Signs

Anselm Kiefer installation, Where have all the flowers gone , 2024, at the Stedelijk Museum. Courtesy Stedelijk Museum The Stedelijk Museum’s large staircase is grand—it immediately lends the museum a sense of majesty. But these days, that staircase leads to something unsettling: At its summit, visitors face a towering set of panels layered with soil, …

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Over 15 Years On, Alserkal Avenue is Still the Thrumming Heart of Dubai’s Art Scene

Imran Qureshi’s 25-foot tall installation, part of the exhibition “Vanishing Points” in Alserkal Avenue’s Concrete. Daniel Cassady Step into Dubai’s Al Quoz Industrial district and you’ll see the telltale signs of a place mid-transformation: corrugated steel walls, faded industrial signage, the occasional half-finished mural. But turn onto Alserkal Avenue and the mood shifts—quickly. Scooters whiz by, espresso machines …

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A New Documentary Attempts to Correct ‘Crypto Bro’ Misconceptions about Digital Art

A still from “New Here” featuring generative artist Tyler Hobbs Courtesy of Dan Sickles/DPOP Studios A few years ago, like a lot of people on the internet, documentary filmmaker Dan Sickles got turned onto the blockchain. Or, more specifically, cryptocurrency, digital art, and NFTs. As Sickles tells it, the connection happened somewhat randomly. When his …

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Fondation Louis Vuitton Makes a Big Splash with David Hockney’s Largest Exhibition Ever

David Hockney, Bigger Trees near Warter or/ou Peinture sur le Motif pour le Nouvel Age Post-Photographique, 2007, installation view, at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris. Photo: Marc Domage/©Fondation Louis Vuitton; Art: ©David Hockney “Do Remember They Can’t Cancel the Spring,” artist David Hockney told the world in March 2020, just as lockdown for the Covid-19 pandemic …

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Fire Decimates Douglas Coupland Sculpture in Toronto Park

Douglas Coupland’s public art installation Tom Thomson’s Canoe (2008) prior to the suspected arson. Photo Tara Walton/Toronto Star via Getty Images A public art installation by Douglas Coupland in Toronto was destoryed by a fire last week, in what local police are calling arson. Coupland’s piece was an homage to one of Canada’s most well-known painters, …

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Top 200 Collectors Bernard Arnault, Alice Walton and Jeff Bezos Lose Billions Again After Major Stock Sell-Offs

Bernard Arnault. Photo Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images ARTnews Top 200 collectors Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault, and Alice Walton have lost additional billions during the last three trading days after $10 trillion in stock market sell-offs in response to the new “reciprocal” tariffs against all other nations and the increased likelihood of a global recession due to …

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Museum and Library Union Launches Legal Battle Against White House to Stop Cuts

The White House. Getty Images In the latest legal challenge to the Trump administration from the cultural sector, the largest union of museum and library professionals in the United States has sued to block efforts to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The lawsuit was filed in in the US District Court …

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Max Kozloff, Influential Art Critic Who Augured a Turn Away from Formalism, Dies at 91

Max Kozloff. Bettmann Archive via Getty Images Max Kozloff, a critic who influentially collapsed the divide between art and politics that was erected by formalists who came before him, died on April 6 at 91. His death was announced this week by his wife, the artist Joyce Kozloff. Kozloff made his name during the 1970s …

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BBC House’s Restored Sculpture by Artist and Sexual Abuser Eric Gill Goes Back on View

The restored sculpture by Eric Gill behind protective glass on the exterior of BBC Broadcasting House in London, photographed on April 9. Photo Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images The BBC Broadcasting House in London has restored a sculpture by Eric Gill, an artist associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement who is also known …

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Dali Museum Produces Salvador Dali’s Once-Lost Screenplay With Google’s New Generative Video Platform

A still from the trailer for Giraffes on Horseback Salad, a new film made from Salvador Dali’s unmade screenplay. It was created using Google’s new generative video platform Veo 2. Screenshot/Dali Museum and Goodby Silverstein & Partners In December, Google announced that it would soon launch a new version of its generative video model, Veo …

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