William Monk, Sentinel’s End (2024-2025) © William Monk, courtesy Pace Gallery. When I arrived at William Monk’s cavernous Brooklyn studio last month, the British painter was putting the finishing touches on a series of paintings soon to be crated up and shipped for Pace’s solo presentation of his work at Frieze London. Formerly the studio …
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Emmanuel Perrotin is moving his Hong kong space back to Central. ©Tanguy Beurdeley/Courtesy Perrotin Hong Kong’s gallery scene is in flux: first Pace announced last week that it will close its H Queen’s location by the end of October; now another blue-chip is on the move. Emmanuel Perrotin said this week that his eponymous gallery …
People enjoying themselves at an art fair. Photography by Scott Rudd Productions. Courtesy of Henry Street Settlement. When the Art Dealers Association of America canceled The Art Show this summer, it left the Henry Street Settlement without its most important annual fundraiser for the first time in nearly four decades. The nonprofit—founded in 1893 to serve the Lower …
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Haitian-American artist Patrick Eugène has been tapped by Dior to reinterpret the house’s iconic Lady Dior handbag. Patrick Eugène Atelier © Heather Sten Haitian-American artist Patrick Eugène has been tapped by Dior to reinterpret the house’s iconic Lady Dior handbag for the 10th-anniversary edition of its Dior Lady Art initiative. For a decade, the project has invited artists from around the world to transform the classic bag …
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Glenn Close at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ Governors Awards, 2024. Photo Frazer Harrison/Getty Image The Hollywood actress Glenn Close began collecting the costumes she wore in her movies after wrapping her very first film, The World According to Garp (1982), for which she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. …
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Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York Corbis via Getty Images. Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Happy Wednesday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. Industry Moves Whitney Acquires Works by Gretchen …
Edi Rama at the 6th European Political Community summit, May 16, 2025, in Tirana. Photo Armando Babani/Getty Image Edi Rama, prime minister of Albania for more than a decade, is hardly an art world novice. He studied at the Academy of Arts in his native Tirana, and was a professor there as well. He was …
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“HEAR US,” an installation by Alex Vellis and Jacqueline Creswell, has split the public. Courtesy Canterbury Cathedral A newly unveiled graffiti art installation at Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, England, has polarized the public, with many claiming that these profane works don’t belong in such a sacred and historic space. The installation was made by the …
Tate Britain. Courtesy DiscoA340 via Wikimedia Commons To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES WELL ENDOWED? Tate’s ambitious plan to build a £150 million ($201 million) endowment by 2030 has sparked debate across the UK museum sector about whether such a model could offer long-term sustainability, especially for smaller or …
Egon Schiele: Sawmill, 1913. Courtesy Kallir Research Institute, New York The Otto Kallir family gifted more than 130 Austrian Expressionist works to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The donation, with a value well in excess of $60 million, will add the first paintings by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Richard Gerstl to LACMA’s collection. The collection surveys …
