A $70 M. Giacometti Bust Failed to Garner a Single Bid at Sotheby’s Modern Sale
The sculpture reportedly came from the estate of Sheldon Solow.
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At Phillips’s $52 M. Sale, Breakout Moments from Female Artists Soften a Stark Drop from Last Year
The sale broke five records for women artists.
Fifteen Shows in One at Bard’s Center for Curatorial Studies
This beast of an exhibition includes kinky live performances, site-specific installations, and a prevailing feeling of joyousness.
Unraveling the Imperial Impulses of Chinese Textiles
Like an art history detective, Mei Mei Rado mines textiles and techniques to reveal cross-cultural Chinese-European liaisons driven by nationalism and a keen interest in design.
Congress Members Demand Investigation Into Trump’s Smithsonian Mandate
House Democrats say the president’s executive order targeting “race-centered ideology” jeopardizes the institution’s independence.
Manufacturing “Black Fatigue” in the Art World
Behind the declining demand for Black portraiture, and the backlash against Thomas J Price’s Times Square sculpture, lurks a strategic campaign of erasure.
New York University MFA Students Rethink the Body
This year’s class comes up with novel ways to think about the bodies we inhabit, the stresses they carry, and their limits of perception.
Artists Brace for High Production Costs Amid Tariffs Chaos
From glass to steel to plywood, popular materials for sculptures and installations may be less accessible as Trump’s policies change day by day.
Anti-Cuomo Ads Are Popping Up Across Brooklyn
The artist-made posters all drive home the same message: Don’t vote for the disgraced former governor, and don’t vote for embattled current Mayor Eric Adams.
Center for the Preservation of Artists’ Legacies Announces 2025 Conference
Join CPAL for their third annual conference on promoting equity in the stewardship of multiple individual artistic legacies. June 2–4, 2025.