This morning, New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared May 31 Ellsworth Kelly Day, in honor of the legendary entertainer. 100th anniversary. The centennial initiative, spearheaded by the Whitney Museum …
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In recent years, artist Wangechi Mutu’s bronze sculpture work has been obsessed with art types who are captivated by her hybrid visions, which capture the fantastical garden she cultivated in …
SANTA FE – The 1,900 miles, more or less, of the Rio Grande runs from Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico, crosses New Mexico and traces the US-Mexico border. The …
How Gallery Weekend Beijing is revitalizing China’s art industry after the pandemic tried to stifle it
798 Art District, Beijing. Courtesy of Weekend Beijing Gallery “Visibility” is the current imperative for Beijing galleries and the Chinese art scene, which have suffered from diminished overall perception due …
Prada Mode Tokyo took place in the gardens of the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum. All photos: Prada Mode Tokyo. JAPAN! It started with the slow crossfade of a long-haul …
The Museum of Modern Art acquires over 200 works by experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs
THE modern Art Museum (MoMA) of New York has purchased 212 moving images from experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs, a mainstay of the city’s avant-garde film scene who turned 90 on …
Sotheby’s sells mother lode of 37 other NFTs from bankrupt hedge fund Three Arrows Capital’s collection
In an event Sotheby’s bills as the biggest digital art sale ever, the auction house will sell 37 NFTs that once belonged to Capital of the Three Arrowsthe Singapore-based crypto …
The journey of modernist sculptor William Edmondson, from sculpting tombstones to collecting KAWS
Stoneworkers in Nashville, Tennessee made frequent deliveries to the home of William Edmondson (1874-1951). Those from the nearby quarry brought him oddly shaped stones, unusable for the builders; others brought …
Philadelphia officials have removed a beloved public art installation to make way for upcoming renovations
A public art installation beloved by Pennsylvanians is removed by Philadelphia authorities nearly three decades after it was installed. The work will now be “disposed of”. The book, titled Your …
To date, stories of cultural restitution have primarily been a story about Western institutions, told from a Western perspective. The protagonists are benevolent European and North American organizations, whose virtue …