Our list of the best artworks of the 21st century features 100 pieces and 15,000 words of copy, but for the editors of ARTnews and Art in America, it was still not enough. Left on the cutting room floor were many, many pieces we still cared a lot about. Some didn’t end up making the …
Pace Gallery in New York. Courtesy Pace Gallery Sotheby’s and Pace Gallery are currently negotiating over a deal that would see the auction house make a significant investment in the mega-gallery. While nothing has been inked yet, and the details appear to be very much in flux, a source close to the negotiations told ARTnews …
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Juan Hamilton and Georgia O’Keeffe, 1980. Photo Steve Campbell/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Juan Hamilton, an artist, caretaker, and protégé of renowned painter Georgia O’Keeffe and the sole beneficiary of her will, died in his Santa Fe, New Mexico home on February 20 at 79 years old. He died from complications related to a subdural …
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The planned Dib Bangkok in Thailand. Image courtesy of Dib Bangkok Thailand’s highly-anticipated Dib Bangkok museum and based on the collection of late businessman Petch Osathanugrah, has announced a December 2025 opening date. Related Articles Patron Marisa Chearavanont Hopes to Transform Thailand’s Art Scene with an ‘Art Forest’ Top 200 Collectors Alice Walton, Jeff Bezos, and Bernard …
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Danielle McKinney, Lumen, 2025. Courtesy Marianne Boesky. At the opening of TEFAF Maastricht on Thursday morning, there were a few galleries that had traveled to the remote Dutch university town for the first time. While the fair is best known for Old Masters works and antiquities, first-timer exhibitor Marianne Boesky challenged the trend by bringing …
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California College of the Arts works on her installation at 1275 Minnesota St. San Francisco Chronicle via Gett San Francisco’s California College of the Arts (CCA) has secured short-term financial stability through a $45 million fundraising campaign, alleviating an urgent budget deficit that had prompted fears of layoffs and a potential merger. The campaign’s success …
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A sign marks the location of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) headquarters building on January 29, 2025, in Washington, DC. Getty Images Good Morning! A majority of workers at the General Services Administration, which maintains and preserves public artworks, were put on sudden leave pending terminations. An anonymous donor has gifted the Museum of …
Demolition of Pennsylvania Station during renovation of Madison Square Garden, 1966. Photo Al Fenn/Getty Images A new proposal for the renovation of Pennsylvania Station is officially on the table, and it includes returning to the train station to its pre-demolition Beaux Arts style and relocating the Madison Square Garden (MSG) arena. The historic Penn Station …
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Ricardo Scofidio. Photo Andrew Toth/Getty Images for MoMA Ricardo Scofidio, an architect who helped reshape the museum landscape in the US, died on Thursday at 89. His death was announced by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the firm he founded with his wife Elizabeth Diller in 1997. Working alongside Diller and firm partner Charles Renfro, Scofidio …
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Jeff Bezos lost billions in just two days on the stock market. Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for The New York Times ARTnews Top 200 collectors Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault, and Alice Walton lost billions on March 7 and March 10 after stock market sell-offs motivated by investor concerns about the new Trump tariffs and …
