Daniela Hritcu/ARTnews Crumbling amber, a nonbinary deity, a horned woman, a disco ball formed from synthetic hair: all these things and more appeared in the year’s most memorable artworks. Produced during a time that was a chaotic as any other in recent history, these works made powerful pleas for liberation (particularly in Gaza, where Israel’s …
The tombs of the pharoahs Menkaure, Khafre and Khufu, dating from around 2000 BCE, in Giza, Egypt. Photo by EMD/Then and Now Images/Heritage Images via Getty Images The Egyptian government has yet again rented out the pyramids to the highest bidder—this time to American YouTuber MrBeast. “We got all three of the pyramids of Egypt …
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Olga Honcharova, temporary director of the Kherson Regional Museum, shows shows an empty glass display cases in Kherson. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images) World heritage is rarely exempt from war, as 2024 proved in the cases of Israel and its enemies in the Middle East, and Ukraine …
Pierre Levai and Marcia Levine. Photo Zach Hyman/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images The long-running legal saga over Marlborough Gallery dealer Pierre Levai has deepened further with yet one more lawsuit, this one centered around the gallerist’s final months. His son, Max Levai, has now alleged that Pierre was held “captive” by Marcia Levine, a beneficiary …
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Double portrait by Renaissance artist Giorgione (1473/74–1510) found in the Bavarian State Painting Collections. Courtesy Bavarian State Painting Collections/dpa A painting by Venetian Renaissance artist Giorgione (1473/74–1510) has been found among the Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich, Germany. The double portrait of the young Giovanni Borgherini from Florence with his teacher and Venetian polymath …
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Eungie Joo. Photo: Heinz Peter Knes Courtesy SFMOMA. Eungie Joo, head curator of contemporary art at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art since 2017, has been fired amid claims of workplace conduct. The news was first reported by the San Francisco Standard. “In accordance with institutional policy on workplace conduct, Eungie Joo was separated …
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Daniela Hritcu/ARTnews In 2024, the chickens came home to roost, so to speak, for the art world. After a series of ruptures and scandals last year, 2024 was a year of restructuring, “correction,” and redress. The art market suffered its worst performance in years amid geopolitical strife, uncertainty over the US presidential election, and high …
The exterior of the Rothko Chapel is pictured behind the Broken Obelisk sculpture by Barnett Newman. Courtesy the Rothko Chapel. After closing due to hurricane-related damage earlier this year in July, the landmark Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas reopened to the public on Tuesday. The chapel boasts a suite of 14 massive paintings by the …
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Roberto Chavez, El Tamalito del Hoyo, 1959. ©1959 Roberto Chavez/Smithsonian American Art Museum Roberto Chavez, a major figure within US Latinx art history whose work has influenced generations of artists that followed, died on December 17 of natural causes in Arivaca, Arizona. He was 92. The news was confirmed by the artist’s daughter, Sonna Chavez, …
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Lorraine O’Grady. Photo Marc Dimov/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Lorraine O’Grady, an artist who bravely used her conceptual pieces and performance art to critique systems of power, incisively underlining the ways that class, race, and gender influence one another, died at her home in New York on Friday. Her death was announced by a trust …
