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Ai Weiwei will stage a 24-hour performance titled Sewing a Button in July in Manchester, England. Photo Michael Ostuni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images In the 15 years since his 81-day detention by China’s Ministry of Public Security, artist and dissident artist Ai Weiwei has explicitly addressed the harrowing experience in his work. This summer, he …

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A pair of black fedora loafers, worn by Michael Jackson for the September 2001 concerts at Madison Square Garden – and signed by the pop star are seen during a Entertainment Memorabilia sale photocall Bonhams in London. (Photo by Tim Ireland/PA Images via Getty Images) PA Images via Getty Images GWS Auctions is set to auction a …

Michael Jackson’s Signature Loafers Return to Auction as Biopic Hits Theaters Read More »

Barkley L. Hendricks, Quarry Shortcut, 2008. Courtesy Sotheby’s Artists ranging from Mickalene Thomas to Tammy Nguyen are banding together to sell more than $1 million in art at Sotheby’s next month, with all the funds going toward Yale University’s MFA art program, among the most esteemed ones of its kind in the country. All of …

Artists Sell More Than $1 M. in Art at Sotheby’s in Support of a Debt-Free Yale MFA Program Read More »

Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Photo Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The removal of a controversial artwork in the exhibition “Storage Room,” which was curated by art students Erik Siegel and Angeles Juarez-Ruiz, is causing quite the stir beyond the walls of Dartmouth College’s Black Family Visual Arts Center (BFVAC). The art …

Dartmouth Students Turn to Moldy Beef Jerky Installation in Renewed Bid to Remove Leon Black’s Name from Arts Center Read More »

A view of the Long Museum, a part of which is a preserved coal unloading bridge from an old industrial site, located in the up and coming West Bund district of Shanghai, China. photo by Qilai Shen/In Pictures via Getty Images Images SHANGHAI BOUND: Max Mara has zeroed in on the Long Museum West Bund in Shanghai as …

Max Mara Will Stage Its Resort 2027 Show at Shanghai’s Long Museum West Bund Read More »

Claude Lalanne, Important and Unique Ensemble of Fifteen Mirrors for Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, ca. 1974. Courtesy Sotheby’s A bespoke ensemble of 15 mirrors by Claude Lalanne sold at Sotheby’s New York today for $33.5 million, breaking the artist’s secondary-market record and becoming the most valuable design work ever to leave the auction …

Claude Lalanne Mirror Ensemble Sells for $33.5 M., Breaking Design Auction Records Read More »

Rendering of building facade for Berlin’s forthcoming Museum of the 20th Century. Courtesy Herzog & de Meuron. Another day, another setback for Berlin‘s long awaited Berlin Modern, as moisture damage in the building’s shell and microbial contamination in other parts of the structure have forced the postponement of the museum to 2030. The Prussian Cultural …

Berlin Modern Museum Delayed Again as Moisture Damage Pushes Opening to 2030 Read More »

Leon Botstein in 2012. Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME Leon Botstein, whose leadership of Bard College has been questioned after connections with Jeffrey Epstein were revealed, has talked about retiring and moving into another role at the school after a successor is found, according to a report in the Times Union. But no …

Amid Epstein Blowback, Bard President Leon Botstein Talks About Succession Plan But With No Timeline: Report Read More »

The Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. Photo by Omer Messinger/Getty Images Hundreds of paintings lost to the ravages of war—including multiple works by Peter Paul Rubens, Paolo Veronese, Anthony van Dyck, and Caravaggio—will soon be viewable online courtesy of a digitization initiative by Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie. The museum’s formidable collection of Old Master paintings was damaged by two …

Berlin Museum Oversees Digital Resurrection of Hundreds of Paintings Destroyed During World War II Read More »

Simeon Barclay’s performance The Ruin. ©Anne Tetzlaff/Courtesy the artist and Workplace The Turner Prize, the esteemed Tate-run award for British artists, has revealed this year’s nominees, and in typical Turner Prize fashion, they’ve already polarized critics. Simon Barclay, Kira Freije, Marguerite Humeau, and Tanoa Sasraku are the four nominees for this year’s award, which once …

The Turner Prize Has Revealed Its 2026 Nominees—and Already Courted Controversy Read More »