Katherine Bernhardt, Spring Cleaning, 2026. Courtesy High Line Art High Line Art, the Cecilia Alemani–curated enterprise the programs and commissions public artworks for the reimagined elevated-train-track park in New York, announced its next season, to start in the spring and continue (in most cases) for around a year. In March, the High Line Billboard—a working …
The Africa Museum, formerly known as the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, near Brussels, Belgium on June 18, 2022. Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A museum devoted to Belgium’s colonial history in Africa has found itself involved in a dispute over access to documents pertaining to rich mineral deposits in what is …
The National Gallery in London. The National Gallery Photographic Department. The National Gallery in London will institute cuts to staff and programming in the face of a deficit that would, in the absence of “decisive remedial action,” grow by 2027 to £8.2 million ($11.2 million), says the institution in an emailed statement. The museum says …
Masterworks CEO Scott Lynn. Courtesy Masterworks From its offices on the 57th floor of 1 World Trade Center, employees at Masterworks hawk fractional ownership of blue-chip artworks, promising retail investors hefty returns. Reporting in both ARTnews in 2022 and the New York Times in 2024 has revealed a freewheeling atmosphere in which the company has …
A maquette for one of Claire Tabouret’s windows for Notre-Dame. Photo Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Few contemporary public art projects have simultaneously stirred such artistic, theological, and political controversy as Notre-Dame Cathedral’s new stained glass windows. It’s no surprise, then, that the artist awarded the commission in 2024, the French figurative painter Claire …
The National Museum of Qatar, designed by Jean Nouvel, opened in Doha in 2019. Iwan Baan Happy Friday! Qatar has unveiled ambitious details for its inaugural quadrennial contemporary art exhibition set to coincide with neighboring Frieze Abu Dhabi in November. Fallout from the Epstein saga continues with new revelations of ties to SFMOMA. A small …
http://www.sgfara.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1236159105.jpg Ai Weiwei. Photo Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images In a new interview with The Guardian in advance of his forthcoming book On Censorship, artist Ai Weiwei talked about experiencing censorship not just in his native China but also in the West—including an incident involving his membership in London’s Royal Academy. After chronicling some of his …
Judy Chicago attends the New Museum’s 2023 Spring Gala in New York. Dominik Bindl/Getty Images For just about any artist, a major, permanent public commission from a giant global corporation might seem like great news. The artist might expect big budgets, massive exposure, and a ribbon-cutting with the mayor and CEO. Even Judy Chicago, an …
The Mississippi Riverfront, south of the Gateway Arch, will be one site activated by the 2026 edition of Counterpublic. Photo Izaiah Johnson The upcoming iteration of Counterpublic, a triennial staged in St. Louis, Missouri, has announced the exhibition’s title and a number of its main venues around the Gateway City. The 2026 show will run …
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Piero Penizzotto, Kings of Comedy (Chris, Imani, Bernard, Calvin, D’re), 2024. Photo Oriol Tarridas/Courtesy the artist and Primary Gallery MoMA PS1 has revealed the 53 artists who will participate in Greater New York, the Queens museum’s quinquennial devoted to New York City’s art scene. Opening on April 16, this edition of Greater New York will …
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