“Tinsel Larry” in the new film Him, created by Cannupa Hanska Luger. Courtesy HIM Cannupa Hanska Luger revealed on Instagram on Tuesday that he collaborated with the filmmakers behind the movie Him to create “Tinsel Larry,” a sports mascot featured in the film. Him is a new horror film directed by Justin Tipping and produced …
Sotheby’s York Avenue headquarters. Getty Images Sotheby’s has sold its longtime New York headquarters at 1334 York Avenue to Weill Cornell Medicine, the auction house confirmed in a note to staff this week. The move marks the latest step in a real estate overhaul that includes its 2023 acquisition of the Breuer Building, the Whitney …
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Elizabeth Denny was previously a director at Eric Firestone Gallery and of her own gallery in New York and Hong Kong. Photo by Olya Vysotskaya Elizabeth Denny was named the new director of the Outsider Art Fair last week. Founded in 1993, the fair is known for its focus on art brut, folk art, outsider …
A statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, now known as Why Can’t We Be Friends?, has returned to the National Mall. Photo Andrew Harnik/Getty Images A much-debated statue of President Donald Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has officially returned to Washington, D.C. after it was hauled away by the National Parks …
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Glenn Lowry at the Museum of Modern Art on in 2023. Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Museum of Modern Art With his 30-year reign as the director of the Museum of Modern Art now in the rear view after stepping last month, Glenn Lowry has been talking about the past, present, and future as …
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Installation view of “In Tribute to Jack Tilton: A Selection from 35 Years,” 2018, at Tilton Gallery, New York. Courtesy Tilton Gallery, New York Tilton Gallery in New York announced that its upcoming exhibition will be its last. That exhibition for late abstract painter Ruth Vollmer will run September 30 to November 15, after which …
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Larry Gagosian. Getty Images Here’s something you don’t see every day: the world’s most respected art critic interviewing the world’s most famous art dealer. But thanks to Numero magazine, we now have the pleasure of reading Roberta Smith’s interview with Larry Gagosian (and, inevitably, his with her). Here are the key takeways. They aren’t exactly …
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Drone photograph of Finlaggan. Courtesy Open Virtual Worlds at University of St Andrews A new book published by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland has revealed the existence of a previously unknown castle on the Scottish isle of Islay, dating to the 12th or 13th century CE. The book, The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay, is …
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Designed by Shigeru Ban, the Aspen Art Museum’s $45 million building opened in 2014. ©Michael Moran/OTTO On a late July afternoon in Aspen, I stood in the living room of a private home with mountain views streaming through a trio of nearly floor to ceiling windows on one side and, on the other, a major …
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Lisa Phillips. Photo Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Lisa Phillips, director of New York’s New Museum, will retire after more than 25 years in the post, the New York Times reported Thursday. The museum is currently undergoing a 62,000-square-foot expansion that had been expected to open this fall, though no inauguration date has been …
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