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SVA Chair David A. Ross Resigns After Epstein Files Reveal Ties: ‘I’m Still Proud to Call You a Friend’
David A. Ross, a writer and curator who led museums nationwide, resigned on Tuesday from his position as chair of the MFA art practice program at New York’s School of Visual Arts (SVA), a post he had held since 2009, after ARTnews revealed that he makes a number of appearances in the newly released files read more
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Roberta Fallon, Champion of Philadelphia Artists, Dies at 76
News The artist, educator, and co-founder of local arts publication Artblog is remembered as a warm and energetic force in the community. Roberta Fallon in 2013 (photo via Facebook) Roberta Fallon, a beloved Philadelphia artist and co-founder of the digital publication Artblog, has died at the age of 76. Fallon passed away in her longtime read more
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Scholar Argues Portrait of Albrecht Dürer’s Father in National Gallery Is Authentic
In a new catalogue raisonné, scholar Christof Metzger argues that The Painter’s Father (1497), a painting in the collection of London’s National Gallery, is in fact an authentic work by Albrecht Dürer. The Painter’s Father, gifted to King Charles I of England in 1636, has long been thought to be a copy made decades after read more
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15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Spring
This spring, LA institutions present retrospectives on iconic local artists and group shows that explore the link between material, spirituality, and community. The Museum of Contemporary Art mounts an exhibition of influential conceptual artist Michael Asher, whose ephemeral works illustrate unseen networks of influence, and a Steve Roden exhibition in Orange County focuses on the read more
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Where Would Contemporary Art Be Without Plastic?
Book Review A new anthology on plastics in art reveals the philosophical conundrums and contradictions at the heart of a material the world relies on. Arthur Jafa, “Ex-Slave Gordon” (2017), vacuum-formed plastic (© Arthur Jafa; image courtesy the artist) The motivating query behind Plastics, an art conservation anthology by Anne Gunnison and David Joselit, is read more
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Jewish Heirs File Suit in French Court Regarding Met’s Ownership of Pissarro Painting
A painting by Camille Pissarro in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is under renewed scrutiny over the circumstances of its sale by its former owner, the department store magnate and art collector Max Julius Braunthal. As reported by the New York Times, seven of Braunthal’s heirs have filed suit in a French read more
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Art Basel Qatar Opens with Slow Sales and Plenty of Promise
Art Basel’s first edition in Doha opened this week with a noticeably different rhythm from the fair’s established outposts in Basel, Paris, Hong Kong, or Miami Beach. The Qatari fair’s format focused on fewer galleries, solo presentations, and a layout that encourages visitors to move slowly. The change was significant and widely praised on the read more
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Bruno Pontiroli Tests the Boundaries of Familiarity in His Uncanny Wildlife Paintings
“Imagine a world based on a different logic; a universe comprised of the absurd and paradoxes,” prompts Bruno Pontiroli, whose paintings explore the sometimes grotesque tension between the familiar and the uncanny. The artist is known for his absurdist paintings of animals with overly long legs, contorted bodies, or myriad mutant-like heads or limbs. They’re read more
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Hirshhorn Museum and Art Bridges Team Up to Lend American Artworks to Museums Throughout the US
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., has announced a new, large-scale partnership with the Art Bridges Foundation. The initiative, called 50 for 50, will bring key artworks by American artists from the Hirshhorn’s collection to smaller museums throughout the US’s 50 states and Puerto Rico. The loans will be long-term, lasting three read more
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Mystery Is Embedded in Julia Fish’s Architectural Art
Art Review The artist transforms the act of looking into an intricate modality that visualizes the interplay of geometry and architecture, prismatic light and musical notes. John Yau February 3, 2026 — 4 min read Julia Fish, “Threshold, Trace 3–after Apparition, Hermitage spectrum – red, SouthWest–one” (2025), Japanese printed tablet paper with archival pen, ink, read more
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Cayce Zavaglia & The Haphazard Beauty Found behind Her Fiber Portraits – Hi-Fructose Magazine
A fifty-year-old mom of four living in the Midwest, Cayce Zavaglia will be the first person to joke about how she has the cool factor on lock. Perhaps the anti-Instagram aesthetic of her life has helped release her from the need to care what people think about that other label: fiber artist. After years of read more
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Hammer Museum Names Chief Curator and Launches Chief of Learning, Engagement, and Research Role
The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles announced two senior leadership appointments today: Michael Wellen will be chief curator, and Regan Pro will be chief of learning, engagement, and research, a newly created role. Wellen begins at the museum on April 6, while Pro will start on March 2. The chief curatorship at the Hammer, which read more
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Accepting Their Strangeness: the Sculptures of Clementine Bal – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Similarly, Bal’s work in also influenced by her adult life. “My children also inspire me a lot,” Bal adds. “My characters have sometimes taken their looks, their postures, their reactions. I believe that there is an important part of self-portraiture in my characters.” In building this fantasy world, Bal draws from personal influences while creating read more
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Former French Culture Minister Jack Lang and His Daughter Caroline Lang Appear in the Epstein Files
Former French culture minister Jack Lang and his daughter, film producer Caroline Lang, are the latest art world figures revealed to have had ties with Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender. Correspondence between Epstein and the Langs appears in the documents published Friday by the US Department of Justice, and Caroline Lang read more
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Jeff Koons Says He ‘Did Not Have a Relationship’ with Jeffrey Epstein After Appearing in Files
After correspondence between Jeff Koons and Jeffrey Epstein‘s representatives emerged last month via a newly released set of files, the artist distanced himself from the convicted sex offender. Among those files is an email from Koons to Epstein’s assistant, confirming his presence at a dinner held at Epstein’s house, as ARTnews previously reported. Other documents read more
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A Celestial Nest by Atelier YokYok Lands on a Former Farm in Eastern Portugal
On a promontory in eastern Portugal overlooking the Hispano-Portuguese plateau and the gorges of the Rio Erges, a spherical installation sits amid brush and old stone walls. A project of Paris-based studio Atelier YokYok, “Ninho Globo” is made of a local black rock called schist. The material lends a dramatic effect in contrast to the read more
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Vilcek Foundation Awards Five Immigrants $250,000 for Fashion Documentation
Announcement Tanya Meléndez-Escalante, Diego Bendezu, Jalan and Jibril Durimel, and Natalie Nudell received the 2026 Vilcek Prizes in Fashion & Culture for their contributions to fashion representation. Natalie Nudell, Jibril Durimel, Tanya Meléndez-Escalante,Jalan Durimel, and Diego Bendezu (all images courtesy the Vilcek Foundation) Fashion is more than clothing. The 2026 Vilcek Prizes in Fashion & read more
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Curator Ekow Eshun Picked to Organize Next SITE Santa Fe International
SITE Santa Fe has appointed independent curator Ekow Eshun as the organizer of the next SITE Santa Fe International. The exhibition’s 13th edition is scheduled to open in summer 2027. London-based Eshun, a former director of the Institute of Contemporary Art London, has recently drawn acclaim for organizing a number of high-profile exhibitions in the read more
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When Jeff Koons Met Epstein
Daily Newsletter New revelations from the Epstein files, a hilarious protest against Melania’s doc, the problem with archival art, our monthly crossword, and more. Another batch of the Epstein files is out, and unsurprisingly, the art world makes an appearance. Jeff Koons confirmed that he attended a dinner party at the convicted sex trafficker’s Upper read more
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Jeff Koons Attended Dinner Party at Jeffrey Epstein’s House
Artist Jeff Koons attended a dinner party organized by Jeffrey Epstein in 2013, years after the financier was first convicted of soliciting sex from a minor, according to emails released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) last week. In 2013, Epstein specifically requested that Koons attend a September 4 dinner party at his Upper East read more
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