Author: Ann Williams

As high-value collectors descend on Hong Kong for the VIP opening of Asia’s largest art fair, a new fringe event is floating the idea that the art market can balance commerce with open, relaxed experiences.Taking place at Central’s Fringe Club, Supper Club (until March 30) is a pop-up initiative by Hong Kong gallerists Alex Chan (owner of The Shophouse), Ysabelle Cheung and Willem Molesworth (founders of PHD Group). The 22 local and international galleries are exhibiting together with panel discussions and artist performances over six evenings from 4pm to 1am. The event is facilitated by curator Anqi Li and art…

This is a year of disruption for Hong Kong’s art world, with Art Basel returning to its pre-pandemic scale in the city, Art Central in its waterfront tents, new pop-up sales shows and an impressive onslaught of exhibitions. and events. However, political and economic headwinds are testing Hong Kong’s reputation as a global hub for art businesses as it prepares to welcome crowds of international collectors and art professionals.The rise of Hong Kong’s art market has been fueled by mainland China’s collector class and their private museums. But the mainland’s current economic slowdown is having an impact on art buying,…

The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in Toronto is closed today, On March 27, approximately 430 unionized workers to demand significant wage increases and contract protections for part-time workers. Members of Public Service Employees Union of Ontario (OPSEU/SEFPO) Chapter 535, which includes museum AGO staff, assistant curators, archivists, food and hospitality staff, visitor services, researchers and technicians, went on strike shortly after midnight. yesterday, rallying outside the museum’s entrance in downtown Toronto, chanting “Art is for everyone and a living wage too” and “Show Me the Monet!” Today is the second day of picketing, which has effectively halted activities at…

Art MarketLucy HowieFor decades, women gallerists have worked with women artists to create networks of support, friendship and research that seek to challenge the male-dominated art world environment. Today, they continue to maintain the urgency of this project in various ways.The five women gallerists featured here range from London to Lagos, and this global range represents the often intersectional approach women gallerists take to programming. These galleries defend the diversity of issues that women artists work on today, from body politics to environmentalism.Philomene Magers and Monika SprüthSprüth MagersPortrait of Philomene Magers and Monika Sprüth. © Robbie Lawrence. Courtesy of Sprüth…

In recent decades, the rarely questioned authority on Rembrandt’s attributions has been Professor Ernst van de Wetering. But after his death in 2021, a big question in the Old Masters market has been: “Who will be the new Ernst?” Who would give a “follower of Rembrandt” the ability to upgrade to “Rembrandt”? Would he be another esteemed and lonely scholar? A wider group of scholars? Or a museum, like the Rijksmuseum?Two multimillion-dollar sales last year of recently discovered Rembrandt paintings in London revealed that the question remains unanswered. In July, Christie’s sold signed and dated portraits from a private collection…

Jesse (circa 1500) by Veit StossCleveland Museum of ArtThis Late Gothic lime wood sculpture by the famous German woodcarver Veit Stoss was once part of the altarpiece centered on the Tree of Jesse, a well-known medieval representation of Christ’s ancestors of King David’s father Jesse of Bethlehem. Here, the image of Jesse sleeping occupies the base of the tree that has since been lost. According to the Cleveland Museum of Art, which purchased the sculpture from London art dealer Alexander Rudigier, the altarpiece may have originally been made for a church in Nuremberg, where Stoss was active from 1496 until…

In 2020, Apple TV+ released a documentary by directors Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss Boys State, After the 2018 edition of the Texas after-school program of the same name for teenagers. Boys State puts it on The American Legion, on the other hand, is run by Girls State, its distaff equivalent, the American Legion Auxiliary. Like its counterpart program, each iteration of Girls State brings together high school students from across the American state for a week-long series of simulated government exercises, including politics. debates, Supreme Court cases and, of course, elections. Given the popularity and success of Boy Statue,…

Art MarketSarah FrostExterior view of the Bonne Espérance gallery. Courtesy of Good Hope Gallery.Portrait of Anna Nevicka and Olivier Maréchal outside OA Fine Arts. Courtesy of OA Fine Art.Paris is a city full of art history. Today, the French capital has a high density of galleries, as well as a rich pool of long-standing institutions and private museums, such as the Pinault Collection and the Fondation Louis Vuitton. People no longer go to Paris to visit the Louvre, but to see unique contemporary art exhibitions. Local again grayness and strike— gray skies and strikes — may persist, there is a…

Last year the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam opened the 17th century painting by the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. When he showed 35 works by the 28th century master, everyone knew it was going to be an extraordinary experience. But Taco Dibbits, the museum’s general manager, was surprised that 654,000 tickets were sold for the simply titled show. Vermeer. A month after opening, The Times He announced in London that the “Vermeer craze” was in full swing, with everyone shaking their contacts for a ticket as official sales closed. The only way to get a place was to join the Rijksmuseum’s “Friends”…

HOUSTON – For the 2024 FotoFest Biennial, director and curator Steve Evans asked how photographers document erasure. From rural Texas to the cities of Hong Kong, political unrest, climate change and gentrification have constantly altered the landscape, obscuring hard histories. The main exhibition Critical Geography At Silver Street Studios and Winter Street Studios in Sawyer Yards, it brings together 20 international artists in collectives, all questioning the politics of space. A smaller show, Ten tenIt highlights leading artists gathered in more than 400 portfolio reviews, and is exhibited biennially at more than 70 participating venues throughout Houston and its suburbs.…