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Roberto Chavez, Iconic Artist Who Influenced Generations of Chicanx Artists, Dies at 92

Roberto Chavez, El Tamalito del Hoyo, 1959. ©1959 Roberto Chavez/Smithsonian American Art Museum Roberto Chavez, a major figure within US Latinx art history whose work has influenced generations of artists that followed, died on December 17 of natural causes in Arivaca, Arizona. He was 92. The news was confirmed by the artist’s daughter, Sonna Chavez, …

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The Year in Censorship: An Irreparable Art World Schism Over Israel’s War in Gaza Intensified

A sign installed in March by the Barbican in the show “Unravel”, explaining the withdrawal of two works by Loretta Pettway. Courtesy of Censorship at the Barbican Before 2024 even began, and arguably even before October 7, 2023, the art world was split on Israel and Palestine. But this year, the schism widened even further, …

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San Francisco’s Art Scene Is Thriving, In Spite of ‘False Doom Narrative’

Andy Mister’s recent exhibition at Rebecca Camacho Presents, a San Francisco gallery that recently expanded. Courtesy Rebecca Camacho Presents Earlier this year, dealer Rebecca Camacho was standing in her new and expanded downtown San Francisco gallery in Jackson Square, when she paused and pointed to the arched windows facing the street. “There have been people …

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MFA Boston Acquires Robert Frank’s Photographs of 1940s Paris

Robert Frank: Sick of Goodby’s, 1978. © The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation A total of 38 photographs by Swiss-American photographer Robert Frank (1924-2019) was acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), the institution announced in a statement last week. The acquisition includes 34 photographs donated by the June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, …

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For His Current Mid-Career Survey, Vincent Valdez Reflects on 25 Years of Putting America on Trial

Vincent Valdez, So Long, Mary Ann, 2019. Photo Paul Salveson/Private Collection Vincent Valdez’s studio in East Los Angeles is packed with large canvases, some still in progress. There’s a painting titled Supreme of the Supreme Court with portions unpainted and sketched on the canvas. On the same canvas, there are glimpses of the Rockefellers and …

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Jaime Muñoz Mixes Mesoamerican and Contemporary LA Iconographies to Create Paintings about Migration and Labor

Jaime Muñoz. Photo Eduardo Medrano Jr. Jaime Muñoz is a keen cultural observer. A conversation with him veers from art history, the commercialization of contemporary art, and Mesoamerican symbology to Los Angeles car culture, science fiction, and literature. All of these references and more filter their way into Muñoz’s art, which is steeped with the …

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Kim Kardashian May Have Bought $4.9 M. Basquiat Painting at Christie’s Auction

Kim Kardashian. Photo Taylor Hill/FilmMagic Rumors are swirling that Kim Kardashian may be the owner of a $4.9 million Jean-Michel Basquiat painting that appeared at auction at Christie’s in 2017. Kardashian has yet to officially confirm she is the buyer of the Basquiat painting, a 1982 canvas called Both Poles. But keen-eyed entertainment journalists noted …

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