The National Gallery of Canada announced on June 7 Jean-François Bélisle as its next director and CEO. Bélisle, who since 2016 has been director general and chief curator of the …
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A Salvador Dalí brooch made for philanthropist Rebekah Harkness, which inspired a Taylor Swift song, has just fetched nearly $1 million at Christie’s
A Salvador Dalí brooch made for a colorful philanthropist who inspired a Taylor Swift song has sold for $982,800 at Christie’s New York. Designed in the shape of a starfish, …
Sculptural symbol of mourning by Jim Hodges unveiled at New York’s Aids Memorial Park
THE New York AIDS Memorial unveiled a new site-specific sculpture by Jim Hodges as part of its public art initiative and the city’s Art in the Parks program. Opened in …
THE Paul & Daisy Soros Scholarships for New Americans was established to support outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants pursuing higher education in the United States. In an effort to …
The June 4 Memorial Museum, an institution dedicated to the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, has opened in Midtown Manhattan. The museum held an opening reception on June 2, just before …
Devastating dam collapse in Ukraine apparently floods late artist Polina Rayko’s home museum
Floodwaters from the Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-occupied province of Kherson in southern Ukraine are believed to have submerged the house-museum of the late self-taught Ukrainian artist Polina Rayko. …
Egypt expelled a team of archaeologists from a Dutch museum in Saqqara in revenge for a controversial ‘Afrocentric’ exhibit
The exhibition was designed as a modern riff on ancient Egypt, bringing together contemporary figures of musical royalty such as Beyoncé, Rihanna and Miles Davis in conversation with the rich …
Bob Colacello, editor of Interview magazine and confidant of Warhol, opens a new program on the heyday of Pop art
One of Andy Warhol’s closest friends, writer and photographer Bob Colacello, presents a series of photographs from the 1970s and 1980s capturing the people and parties of the time. It …
List Art Fair Basel opens next week, offering the personal and political perspectives of more than 100 emerging artists
List Art Fair Basel returns to Messe Basel from June 12 to 18, 2023, promoting young and emerging international art. The fair features 88 galleries from 35 countries, 20 of …
The gallery, specializing in artists from Africa and the diaspora, was created in 2011 and is now embarking on the development of the Pollen Estate.