Daniel Weiss. Photo Hannah Yoon Daniel Weiss had a part-time job as a stock clerk in the gift shop at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., while in school at George Washington University studying psychology and art history. When his boss was fired for substantial revenue losses, Weiss told the people in charge at the …
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An original 1979 Keith Haring mural overlooks the bar in a Tribeca loft now on the market for $25 million. The artwork was hidden behind walls for decades before being rediscovered in 2007. Courtesy, Trove Partners at Compass. In New York real estate, a good amenity can add serious dollars to the asking price: a …
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Some of the 22 antiquities Israel returned to Greece on Oct. 13, 2026. Courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority/Facebook On Tuesday, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) returned 22 antiquities to Greece. The cache includes decorated pottery from the 8th through the 4th centuries BCE that had been seized during an illegal antiquities trafficking investigation in and around …
The Branchline team, from left: Rachel Martin, Becky Gochman, Audrey Lea Collins, Nicole van Brugge, Moonoka Begay, and Laura Phipps. Photo Denis Gutierrez Ogrinc The Gochman Family Collection, founded by ARTnews Top 200 Collectors Becky and David Gochman, has announced more details for its forthcoming space in the Hudson Valley. Branchline, as it will be …
Guadalupe Maravilla atop his Mariposa Relámpago, commissioned by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. Photo Alex Boeschenstein/Courtesy the artist, P·P·O·W, New York, and The Contemporary Austin Creative Time has commissioned artist Guadalupe Maravilla to make a major installation in the Synod Hall of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York’s Morningside Heights neighborhood. …
The sculpture garden at the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, which police believe was the target of a planned burglary following the theft of two Renoir paintings from a nearby museum. De Agostini via Getty Images French police investigating the theft of two paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir from a museum on the French Riviera believe …
Gertrude Abercrombie: Alderman Merriam’s Shells, 1951. Courtesy Freeman’s Plucked from an estate sale in Kalamazoo, Michigan, for $30, Gertrude Abercombie’s Alderman Merriam’s Shells (1951) sold for $1.35 million at Freeman’s auction house on October 1. The final bid far surpassed the lot’s $250,000 estimate, setting a new auction benchmark for the late Surrealist painter. For …
Top row, from left: Man Ray: Lee Miller, 1929; Angelica Kauffmann: Achilles discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes, 1787–88; and Richard Gerstl: Dame mit Federhut (Lady with Feather Hat), 1906. Center: María Teresa Hincapié: VITRINA, 1989–2020. Bottom row: Tony Abeyta: Celebration from the Underworld, 1998–99; Amadou Sanogo: Monkey Walk, 2015; Luis Gispert: Chain Mouth, 2001; …
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View of Agnes Questionmark’s installation Cyber-Teratology Operation, at the Venice Biennale, 2024. Photo Mehiri Studio/Courtesy the artist The New Museum in New York has announced the 36 artists and collectives that will participate in the 2027 New Museum Triennial, running February 4–May 16, 2027. Under the title “The Outside Expands,” the sixth edition of the …
Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, speaks to reporters at the end of a hearing on the January 6th investigation on June 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Democratic Maryland representative Jamie Raskin, a dogged antagonist to President Donald Trump who attempted to have him removed from office, has introduced legislation directing the …
