The unionized workers of the Carnegie Museums in Pittsburgh ratified their first contract after 18 months of negotiations, with 98% of members voting last month to ratify the contract. The …
Arts
“Feelings and emotions are dirty words in art”: Doris Salcedo on her unwavering works in the face of global crises
by Doris Salcedo Palimpsest (2013-17), now one of his most famous works, has been exhibited at the Fondation Beyeler since last October. It is a huge ground installation in which …
Fiorenzo Manganiello is an Italian tech entrepreneur who has been collecting art for seven years. Manganiello, who lives mainly between Naples and Dubai, is the co-founder of Lian Group, a …
The United States is set to join the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) in July 2023, nearly six years after President Donald Trump pledged to withdraw the …
Schaulager, Basel’s revolutionary open storage, celebrates its 20th anniversary with a video art exhibition
Video art is more than just a series of zeros and ones on a hard drive, waiting to be summoned into existence. The physical space in which you view time-based …
Basel has talent? Artists invite visitors to make their multimedia installations sing
Canadian artist duo Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller began officially collaborating almost by chance, despite being married and having helped each other in their individual practices for more than …
Can biennials really be sustainable? The Helsinki Biennale looks at issues related to the climate crisis
The second Helsinki Biennale, which was launched last week (until September 17), sheds light on the current issue of sustainability in the art world. Exhibition sites include the Helsinki Art …
Hauser & Wirth opens a Paris gallery in October with the Henry Taylor exhibition
Despite the many rumors of a strengthening of the French art market post-Brexit, international mega-galleries are slow to settle in Paris. Gagosian got the ball rolling in 2010 by setting …
With 40 museums clustered in its 37 square kilometres, Basel is a Mecca for art lovers all year round. The Kunstmuseum Basel is one of the oldest museums in the …
Tomás Saraceno invites wildlife to London’s Serpentine Galleries for a sustainable solar spectacle
As the title of this column suggests, there is no shortage of artists currently working on the environment. Or institutions that strive to signal their commitment to green. But Tomás …