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The communal table in The Bunker, with works by John Giorno and Keith Haring on the walls. Max Burkhalter One recent evening, not far from the perfectly preserved bedroom of William S. Burroughs and a vintage Orgone Accumulator set up to capture esoteric energies, the late poet and artist John Giorno could be seen reciting …

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Eric Adams. Photo Stephanie Keith/Getty Images As New York City Mayor Eric Adams continues to face fallout after being indicted on charges of bribery, campaign finance, and more, a new report alleges that his administration sought a Brooklyn Museum show at the behest of one aide in charge of Chinese American community relations. That aide, …

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A piece from “Salt Looks Like Sugar” by Goshka Macuga. Screenshot via Instagram A conveyor belt carrying newspapers, courtesy of the Turner Prize–nominated artist Goshka Macuga, was the star of Miu Miu’s ponderous SS25 showcase at Paris Fashion Week. Macuga’s installation was titled Salt Looks Like Sugar and described in a statement from the couture …

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Works acquired by the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors over the past 12 months. Illustration: Daniela Hritcu While much has been said—and written—about the state of the art market, that hasn’t affected the purchasing decisions of the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors who have continued to acquire a variety of works for their vast holdings. Reflecting on …

What the World’s Top Collectors Bought in 2024, From Contemporary Still Lifes to 16th-Century Sculptures of Saints Read More »

A computer rendered image for ”WE ARE” for PST ART, 2024 (debris raining down on spectators not included…) Courtesy Cai Studio. To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines IT’S RAINING CAPS AND TUBES. In his first interview since his September 15 fireworks display to kick off Getty’s PST ART festival in Los Angeles …

Cai Guo-Qiang Speaks About Disastrous PST ART Fireworks Display, Controversy in Israel Over West Bank Archaeology Bill: Morning Links for October 4, 2024 Read More »

Paul Bell and Edred Whittingham were let off the hook by the judge in Manchester. COURTESY JUST STOP OIL On Thursday, a judge acquitted two environmental activists who glued themselves to a J.M.W. Turner painting at Manchester Art Gallery in July 2022. The Just Stop Oil protesters stuck themselves to the frame of Tomson’s Aeolian …

Two Just Stop Oil Activists Acquitted by Judge After Glueing Themselves to Turner Painting at Manchester Art Gallery Read More »

The cover of the 2024 edition of the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors issue. Illustration: Luana Oliva To say that the art market is on shaky ground may be the understatement of the year. As one dealer told me this past spring, in unequivocal terms: “The market’s shit. Anyone who tells you different is lying.” Dealers …

Collecting During Uncertain Times: An Introduction to the 2024 Edition of the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors List Read More »

Models walk the runway for the Off-White fashion show during the September 2024 New York Fashion Week. Getty Images French luxury goods company LVMH has sold its stake in the streetwear label Off-White three years after the death of the brand’s founder, Virgil Abloh. New York–based brand management company Bluestar Alliance now owns LVMH’s stake. …

LVMH Sells Virgil Abloh’s Off-White Label as Luxury Profits Stall Read More »

A Tony Cokes project on view at the Mixing Plant in Essen, Germany, in 2019. Photo Caroline Seidel/picture alliance via Getty Images Four artists are among the winners of this year’s MacArthur “genius” grants, each of which comes with $800,000—a sum that puts these awards among the biggest prizes given to artists in the US. …

Tony Cokes, Wendy Red Star, and More Win McArthur ‘Genius’ Fellowships Read More »

Jenna Lyons (left) and Racquel Chevremont a Deux Femme Noirs event in 2018. Photo Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images The second season of a rebooted Real Housewives of New York kicked off earlier this week, and by most accounts, the art world is well represented by Racquel Chevremont, a curator, model, collector, art adviser, …

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