Esther Bell will be the next director of the Clark Art Institute. Courtesy Clark Art Institute The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has promoted Esther Bell, its deputy director and chief curator, to serve as the museum’s sixth director. She begins in the post on July 1. Bell is the first woman to hold …
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Protesters in Minneapolis carry a banner printed by a press devised by local artist Piotr Szyhalski Piotr Szyhalski When U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents subdued, disarmed, and then killed nurse Alex Pretti on January 24, it was on the doorstep of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) and just a few blocks …
The theatre corridor viewed in Pompeii. Photo T. Crognier/Courtesy Pompeii Archaeological Park Researchers at the Pompeii Archaeological Park have utilized cutting-edge imaging technology to decipher centuries-old graffiti—both textual and figurative, some of it quite spicy!—written on the walls of a theater district corridor in the ancient city. The project, called Bruits de coulous (Rumors) was …
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Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota Raymond Boyd/Getty Images. The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis will close Friday, January 23, during the Day of Truth and Freedom protest, a state-wide action organized in response to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) presence in Minnesota communities. Organizers of the action, led by local labor unions and community …
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Auctioneer Oliver Barker just before he strikes his gavel to sell Gustav Klimt’s portrait of Elisabeth Lederer. Julian Cassady Photography/Courtesy Sotheby’s The art market is heading into 2026 in a better mood than it’s been in years, according to a new Global Art Market Outlook report from research firm ArtTactic. After a long hangover following the 2022 …
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Jasper Johns, Between the Clock and the Bed, 1981. © 2025 Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Photo: Jamie Stukenberg, Professional Graphics, Rockford, Ill. © The Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc., New York, 2025 Courtesy Gagosian Why did Larry Gagosian want to stage a just-opened blockbuster exhibition of Jasper Johns‘s paintings at …
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Exterior view of the Studio Museum in Harlem’s new building, featuring David Hammons’s Untitled flag (2004). Photo Albert Vecerka, Esto/Courtesy Studio Museum in Harlem A “sprinkler emergency” forced the recently reopened Studio Museum in Harlem to evacuate visitors on Friday and close for the weekend. As reported by Hyperallergic, staff told visitors to leave as …
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Alfred Jacob Miller’s The Buffalo Hunt (ca. 1850), from Christie’s “Visions of the West” sale on January 20, set a world record for the artist when it sold for $4.7 million. Christie’s Images Ltd. Christie’s record-breaking sale of works from William I. Koch’s Western art collection may look like a one-off, but recent data suggest …
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Edgar Degas, Danseuses roses, ca. 1897–1901. Courtesy National Gallery, London Arts Council England has announced the results of the 2024-25 edition of its Cultural Gifts Scheme (CGS) and Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) initiatives. Thirty-two artworks entered public collections this cycle, with a combined value of almost $80 million. Highlights include Edgar Degas’s pastel Danseuses roses (ca. …
Michel Droge, Andromed’s Demise, 2024. Courtesy the artist The New York–based Joan Mitchell Foundation has named the 31 artists who will participate in its 2026 residency program. Taking place at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, the residents will participate in either six-week or 14-week residencies during three seasons (spring, summer, fall) this year, …
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