Xiaoyu Weng. Photo Christian Nyampeta Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a new ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. The role of alternative art spaces in the New York art scene tends to get little play, in part because much of the shows mounted by them …
Plush: A rendering of Sotheby’s lobby at the Breuer. Frank Stella Sotheby’s has announced November 8 as the opening date for its new Breuer Building headquarters at 945 Madison Avenue on New York’s Upper East Side. The auction house bought the building from the Whitney Museum in 2023, and Pritzker Prize–winning, Basel–based architects Herzog & …
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Rendering of the JFK Terminal 6 Arrivals Corridor. Courtesy the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK Millennium Partners The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK Millennium Partners (JMP) will collaborate with four New York cultural institutions to bring art into John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 6 at a cost of $4.2 billion. The terminal …
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Volunteers and river warriors collect trash at the mouth of a river leading to the sea with the Sungai Watch organization, June 6, 2025, in Bali, Indonesia. (Photo Victor LOCHON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines DEATH OF A PATRON. Matthew Christopher …
One of the Smithsonian’s: The National Museum of Natural History. Photo Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The White House placed new pressure on the Smithsonian Institution on Tuesday, saying that it would make good on its promise to review 19 Smithsonian museums in a letter to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III. Those museums have already been targeted …
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Dan Nadel. Courtesy Whitney Museum Dan Nadel, a critic who has introduced mainstream audiences to off-kilter artists who long existed at the margins of American art history, has joined the curatorial team of the Whitney Museum in New York, where he will now serve as a curator in the drawings and prints department. His appointment …
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Installation view of the exhibition “The Sylvio Perlstein Collection: A Luta Continua,” 2019, at Hauser & Wirth in Hong Kong, China. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth Hong Kong, 2019. The legendary art collector, patron, and impresario, Sylvio Perlstein, died August 6. Hauser & Wirth confirmed the news with a post on Instagram, calling Perlstein “a visionary …
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A still from Ralph Lauren’s ‘The Polo Bear Chronicles: Operation Black Tie.’ Courtesy of Ralph Lauren via the Hollywood Reporter Ralph Lauren’s fluffy mascot, Polo Bear, is now the star of his very own animated film. The fashion brand dropped a teaser trailer today for The Polo Bear Chronicles: Operation Black Tie, which marks Ralph Lauren’s first-ever animated …
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In a scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, William the Conqueror (c.1027 – 1087) rescues the future King Harold II (c.1022 – 1066) from captivity in France and betrothes his daughter Aelfgifu to him, 1064. The tapestry is housed in the town of Bayeux in Normandy. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Getty Images When the Bayeux …
An aerial view of Laodicea, Turkey, 2024. Photo Lokman Ilhan/Anadolu via Getty Images A well-preserved Roman council building has been identified by archaeologists in the ancient city Laodicea or present-day Denizli in southwestern Turkey, reported Anadolu Agency. The building is thought to have been the administrative and judicial center of Laodicea, where elders, youths, and …
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