Category: Arts
vanessa german on channelling magic in her new Chicago exhibition
It is rare these days to speak to an artist who is thoroughly certain of art’s place in the broader intellectual ecosystem. But vanessa german—a multi-disciplinary doyenne who styles her
Your Guide to Navigating New York City’s Fall Art Fairs
Joana Choumali, “I AM US” (2024), mixed media, embroidery, paint, manual collage, sheer fabric, and digital photograph printed on canvas (photo by Robert Vinas Jr., courtesy the artist and Sperone
Stonehenge Altar Was Transported from Nearly 500 Miles Away
The central six-ton altar stone at Stonehenge may have come from more than 450 miles away, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Nature. Stonehenge is thought to
Kansas City can claim the ‘prince’ of cakewalking, the viral dance trend of the 1890s | KCUR
For more stories like this one, subscribe to A People’s History of Kansas City on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. One sunny May afternoon 119 years after Doc Brown’s death, a couple dozen people gathered to
Janis & Porto at the next Affordable Art Fair
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London’s new Instagram-friendly ‘museum experience’ opens—with works by Koons, Basquiat and Murakami
The official inauguration is not until 10 September, but London’s newest private museum has already opened its doors to visitors in the heart of the capital. Moco Museum London, dedicated
Vera Molnár’s Fascination With the Glitches in the Matrix
PARIS — The late Hungarian-born artist Vera Molnár found patterns everywhere: in architectural details, in optic art, even in dreams. Spanning a remarkable eight decades of her 99-year life, Speak
Sotheby’s Secures $1 Billion Investment from Abu Dhabi’s ADQ and Patrick Drahi
ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund, investment, and holding company, has entered into “a definitive agreement” to acquire a minority interest in Sotheby’s. The deal, valued at around $1
Author And Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah Wins $500K Kluge Humanities Prize
“Appiah, a professor of philosophy and law at New York University, is author of more than a dozen books and is known for scholarly contributions to philosophy relating to ethics,
Threads of Identity in Abstract Expressionism at the Popcorn Gallery
Just back from the opening at Glen Echo’s Popcorn Gallery of WOVEN: Threads of Identity in Abstract Expressionism, an excellent group exhibition by the artists of The Black Art Today
Artists and organisations respond to massive Bangladesh protests
The photographer, curator and activist Shahidul Alam, who was arrested by Bangladeshi government officials in August 2018, has described the end to prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s reign as “historic”, saying
Lessons on Black Art Writing From Toni Morrison
She had just died, and I couldn’t stop looking at a photograph of her. She held me there: in her Random House office in 1974, outstretched arms, open palms, eyes
American Museum of Natural History Returns Native Remains and Objects
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York is repatriating the remains of 124 Native ancestors and 90 Native cultural items. On July 25, AMNH president Sean Decatur
A New Trend? Two Downtown NYC Theatres Decide To Bunk Together
The prestigious Soho Rep is giving up its longtime home in TriBeCa and will instead share space with Playwrights Horizons, a Midtown theater company, while trying to figure out a longer-term plan.
Pictish Nation drawing at auction!
This 2012 drawing of mine from my “Pictish Nation” series shows up at auction in Florida! Ridiculous starting bid! I sold that drawing during Art Basel week in Miami ages
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ | Anatomy of a Scene
new video loaded: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ | Anatomy of a Scene transcript Back transcript ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ | Anatomy of a Scene The director Shawn Levy narrates a sequence from
The Met has largely bounced back since the pandemic
On 24 July, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York announced a huge bounceback—the beloved institution attracted more local visitors last year than it did prior to the Covid-19
When the US Left Afghanistan, This Filmmaker Entered
In August 2021, the United States ended its disastrous 20-year occupation of Afghanistan with a suitably slapdash withdrawal. The Taliban, which had been expelled from power in 2001, retook control.
US Feds Recovers Picasso and Other Artworks Tied To 1MDB Scandal
The US Justice Department has reached an agreement with Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, the former general counsel of Malaysia’s sovereign investment development fund (1MDB), to recover a $1.27 million drawing
The Yale Review | Why Conservatives Killed America’s Federally Funded…
Why conservatives killed America’s federally funded theater The Federal Theatre’s adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s It Can’t Happen Here was seen by nearly 400,000 Americans. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs
Daily Campello Art News: Pool Basketball Slam
Since 2003… the 11th highest ranked art blog on the planet! And with over SIX million visitors, F. Lennox Campello’s art news, information, gallery openings, commentary, criticism, happenings, opportunities, and
