Author: Ann Williams

A $9 million Willem de Kooning painting is among the sales on the first day of Art Basel Hong Kong. Hauser & Wirth sold the painting, which also sold Philip Guston’s the desire (1978) for $8.5 million and by Mark Bradford May the Lord be the first in the car… and the last to leave. (2023) for $3.5 million.On Tuesday morning, the fair kicked off the first of its two VIP days at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This edition will see the fair return to its pre-pandemic size, with more than 240 galleries, a 37% increase in…

The winners of the Chanel Next Award, which honors ten artists working in the disciplines of art, film, performance and music, have been announced. Each will receive 100,000 euros to help deepen their practice and realize their most ambitious work. They will also be offered a two-year mentorship and will be given access to an international networking program created in collaboration with the French fashion house’s partners.The biennial award was launched in 2021 as part of Chanel’s Culture Fund, a funding initiative that aims to support and promote figures at the forefront of contemporary culture. The award’s jury includes some…

In 2022, Meta-owned social media platform Instagram came under fire for promoting short-form videos, which it calls “Reels,” over the still images the platform was once known for. Even some of Instagram’s top users, such as influencers Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, called it out for “trying to be TikTok.” In July 2022, a campaign by the artist Tati Bruening called “Make Instagram Instagram Again” got more than 300,000 signatures, while the Artist Support Pledge organization called for “the same status of photos and videos”.While it’s hard to know for sure whether the Instagram algorithm prioritizes Reels, museums are taking…

Artemisia Gentileschi, “Self-Portrait as Allegory of Painting, with Male Portrait on Easel” (1630–35), oil on canvas, 38.58 x 29.33 inches (© National Gallery of Ancient Art, Palazzo Barberini) Artemisia Gentileschi, “Self-Portrait as Allegory of Painting, with Male Portrait on Easel” (1630–35), oil on canvas, 38.58 x 29.33 inches (© National Gallery of Ancient Art, Palazzo Barberini) Artemisia Gentileschi, “Self-Portrait as Allegory of Painting, with Male Portrait on Easel” (1630–35), oil on canvas, 38.58 x 29.33 inches (© National Gallery of Ancient Art, Palazzo Barberini) GENOVA, Italy — Exhibition Artemisia Gentileschi: Courage and Passion It is a failure of storytelling in…

The British Museum has sued former curator Peter Higgs for serious theft. The London museum has today, March 26, granted access to the eBay and PayPal records of a departed employee after detailed allegations were made at London’s High Court detailing years of theft from its collections. Higgs, who worked in the museum’s Greek collections department for 30 years before being fired last August, will be ordered by the judge to release information about the artifacts he is accused of stealing. The museum says that Higgs sold objects from the stolen collection to more than 45 buyers over a 10-year…

Richard Serra (© 2021 Richard Serra/Artists Rights Society (ARS); photo by Kai Jüenemann, courtesy of Gagosian) Artist Richard Serra, whose monumental sculptures distort the sense of space and time, died at his home on Long Island, New York on Tuesday, March 26. He was 85 and the cause was pneumonia, his lawyer John Silberman said. New York Times. Serra was born in San Francisco in 1938 and graduated in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara, before studying painting at the Yale School of Art and Architecture, primarily under the tutelage of Bauhaus alumnus Josef Albers. Despite his basic…

After nearly three weeks of picketing and eight bargaining sessions, 120 workers at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) reached a new wage agreement with the museum yesterday, March 26. Within 30 days, workers unionized with UAW Local 2110 will win. $18 hourly minimum wage and collect The annual salary increases of 3.5% are retroactive until January 1, 2024. In addition, the union also guaranteed extra pay for time and a half for days of more than 10 hours; the standard Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday pay; Extra pay for New Year’s Day, Independence Day and Labor Day; and…

Elizabeth Okie Paxton, “The Breakfast Tray” (c. 1910), oil on canvas, 21 x 17 inches (all images courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington) Elizabeth Okie Paxton, “The Breakfast Tray” (c. 1910), oil on canvas, 21 x 17 inches (all images courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington) Elizabeth Okie Paxton, “The Breakfast Tray” (c. 1910), oil on canvas, 21 x 17 inches (all images courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington) Washington, DC’s National Gallery of Art (NGA) has acquired two more paintings by women artists from the Boston School, enhancing its collection of artworks from…

One of Ukraine’s leading art and design academies was severely damaged by a Russian missile attack in Kiev on Monday, in the latest blow to Ukraine’s cultural heritage after a full-scale invasion by Russia in 2022.The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine said in a statement “As a result of falling fragments of a missile launched by the Russian Federation, the center of the building of the Kyiv State Institute of Applied and Decorative and Applied Arts and Design named after Mykhailo Boichuk was destroyed.” In addition, “the premises of the departments and the institution’s auditorium were heavily…

Richard Serra, an American artist who liked to “work on the edge of what was possible”, creating giant steel works on the scale of ancient monuments such as Stonehenge or Egyptian tombs, has reportedly died at his home in New York. He was 85 years old.Serra’s oxidized steel works, which earned him the citation of being “the greatest living sculptor,” are in major collections around the world, including the Guggenheim Bilbao, where the 1,034-ton work circuit. The matter of time (2005) fills the main hall. Other pieces have been commissioned and created for outdoor spaces: the Dukhan Desert in Qatar,…