Artists

Photocollage by Daniela Hritcu When Salvator Mundi, a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, fetched $450 million at Christie’s in 2017, it became the most expensive artwork ever sold. While male artists, dead or alive, keep breaking records at auctions (Jeff Koons’s $58.4 million Balloon Dog sculpture in 2013, Claude Monet’s $65.5 million Nymphéas painting …

13 Women Artists Whose Works Have Broken the $1M Mark at Auction Read More »

Photocollage by Daniela Hritcu. From the first wave of feminism in the 1840s to second-wave feminism and the Feminist art movement of the 1960s and ’70s through the intersectional feminism of today, these 15 artworks by American women stand out for the lasting impact they’ve had on art history. Read more of our Women’s History …

15 Iconic Feminist Works by American Women Artists Read More »

Japanese-born artist and musician Yoko Ono and British musican and artist John Lennon (1940 – 1980), December 1968. (Photo by Susan Wood/Getty Images) Getty Images Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Yoko, a new biography about Yoko Ono from author David Sheff. It releases March 25 from Simon and Schuster. On September 14, 1966, there …

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Ho Tzu Nyen, Screening of “Night Charades” on the M+ Facade, 2025. Courtesy of M+ and Art Basel, presented by UBS; Photo M+ Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, an ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. When Hong Kong‘s M+ opened in 2021 after over …

Singaporean Artist Ho Tzu Nyen Troubles the Boundary Between Nostalgia and Futurism in Massive M+ Facade Commission Read More »

Fashion designer Jonathan Anderson walks the runway during the Loewe Menswear Spring/Summer 2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 24, 2023 in Paris, France. Getty Images On Monday, LVMH announced that heralded designer Jonathan Anderson was stepping down from his role as creative director of Loewe. Since joining Loewe in 2013, Anderson …

A Look Back at Loewe’s Top Artist Collaborations Under Jonathan Anderson Read More »

The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center, during its launch for the “Historias” initiative last fall. Photo Yann Chashanovski/Courtesy Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center in the Lower East Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, an ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. Founded …

The Clemente Unveils New ‘Historias’ Initiative at a Tense Moment for Latinx Americans Read More »

Harmony Korine, Baby Invasion, 2024. Courtesy Venice Film Festival Artist, filmmaker, and former enfant terribleHarmony Korine is closing in on the New York premiere of his latest film, Baby Invasion. Naturally, it’s time for a trailer. On March 21, Baby Invasion will make its premiere in New York with an immersive screening at the Knockdown …

Harmony Korine’s Video Game–Inspired Film ‘Baby Invasion’ Gets a Trailer Read More »

Photocollage by Daniela Hritcu. In a landmark 1971 essay published by ARTnews, the art historian Linda Nochlin pointedly asked, “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?” Her piece was “an encouragement, an announcement of an arrival, a gift to women artists of a shared but previously little-known past, and a declaration of a future,” …

9 Iconic Artists Discuss What Women’s History Month Means to Them in 2025 Read More »

Photocollage by Daniela Hritcu. The business cards that Mary Reynolds had made were in all capital letters and simply read: MARY REYNOLDS / RELIURE / 24 R. HALLÉ / PARIS XIV. It’s unclear why she wanted them, since her reliure (French for “bookbinding”) was mostly for herself. The address was semi-accurate. Reynolds had a place …

Who Was Mary Reynolds? A Two-Person Exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago Celebrates Her Life and Artistry Read More »

Photocollage by Daniela Hritcu. In a photograph from 1994, the Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray sits cross-legged on the ground wearing a purple sweater and a black beanie. Though the canvas stretching out before her is enormous, she is absorbed in a small section, carefully dabbing at the material with a long brush dipped in …

Emily Kam Kngwarray’s First European Retrospective to Open This Summer Read More »