Tag: Art
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National Gallery of Art Acquires Artemisia Gentileschi Masterpiece
An Artemisia Gentileschi painting entered the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., marking the first work by the artist to join the museum’s holdings. The painting, titled Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy (ca. 1625), was thought to be lost until it resurfaced in 2011 in a French private collection. In 2014, it 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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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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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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Jeffrey Epstein’s Art World Connections: A Guide
From 1987 to 1994, Epstein was a board member of the New York Academy of Art, a private university in Lower Manhattan focused on graduate-level education combining, as per the Academy’s website, “intensive technical training in the fine arts with active critical discourse.” In 1995, he met Maria Farmer, a 25-year-old aspiring artist and student read more
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Archival Art Will Not Save Us
Last fall, I attended a double documentary screening at Welcome to Chinatown of Christopher Radcliff’s 15-minute short, “We Were the Scenery” (2025), and Elizabeth Ai’s New Wave: Rebellion and Reinvention in the Vietnamese Diaspora (2024). The audience was packed, and with dinner provided by local downtown hotspots, it’s easy to see why. Over the past read more
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Art Basel Qatar Marks an Important Moment for Arts and Culture in Doha
This is a special edition of Breakfast with ARTnews, to coincide with Art Basel Qatar. To receivethe newsletterin your inbox every weekday,signup here. Here inDoha, it is nearly impossible not to know thatArt Baselis in town. Red banners announcing the fair line the streets of the Msheireb district, where it will open on Tuesday across read more
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What Shows to See in Doha During Art Basel Qatar
Art Basel’s first edition in Doha arrives with expectations: new collectors, cautious galleries hoping to land institutional interest, and a city briefly reorganized around a fair schedule. What distinguishes the week is not just the fair, but how clearly Doha’s museums are using the moment to make a case for depth. Rather than flooding the read more
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How Richard Wright Shaped John Wilson’s Protest Art
With 1940’s explosive Native Son, the novelist Richard Wright lit a fire in American literature, the embers of which still glow today. One of the most influential writers of the 20th century, he inspired many, including a young John Wilson, born in 1922 to Guyanese immigrants in the working-class neighborhood of Roxbury, Massachusetts. Wright, who read more
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Art is Better Together: A Letter from Our Editorial Director
Dear readers, I recently picked up Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam’s bestselling book about the collapse of community in the U.S. At a whopping 581 pages, this veritable doorstop is a trove of data and insight into our increasingly isolated world. First published in 2000, before the internet exponentially diverted our attention from the physical world, read more
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Adolf Hitler’s Art Still Sells, as ‘Industry’ Just Reminded Us
Adolf Hitler’s artistic ambitions may havedied in a Vienna admissions office, but his watercolors remain surprisingly alive on the auction circuit—and, now, on prestige television. This week’s episode of HBO’sIndustryfeatures a quiet reveal that would have felt implausible if it weren’t so well documented: a tasteful watercolor of Neuschwanstein Castle turns out to be signed read more
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Art Gallery of Ontario Trustee Reportedly Led Push Against Acquiring Nan Goldin Work
A trustee at the Art Gallery of Ontario advised an acquisitions committee at the museum not to acquire a Nan Goldin piece because of the artist’s statements on Israel’s war in Gaza, according to a new report by the Globe and Mail. The same publication previously reported that the museum had sought the acquisition of read more
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Record-Breaking Koch Sale at Christie’s Signals Renewed Interest in American Art
Christie’s record-breaking sale of works from William I. Koch’s Western art collection may look like a one-off, but recent data suggest it fits into a wider, if uneven, revival of historical American art. According to theObserver, the two-part auction realized $84.1 million with fees, more than tripling the previous record for a single-owner Western art read more
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There Are a Lot of Open Art Museum Directorships in the United States Right Now
There’s been a lot of drama in the world of museum directors lately, headlined by the meltdown at the Philadelphia Art Museum. Perhaps just as dramatic, though, is the sheer number of open directorships at American art museums. In just the past two days, two major jobs opened up: at the Queens Museum, where Sally read more
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Minneapolis Institute of Art Closes for Third Straight Day Amid Alex Pretti Killing, ICE Protests
The Minneapolis Institute of Art, the city’s leading art museum, announced on Sunday that it would remain closed on Sunday “for the safety of staff and visitors,” according to a statement posted to Instagram. The institution was one of many in the city to close on Friday as part of the Day of Truth and read more
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Rare Glimpses of Diverse Marine Life Take the Stage in This Year's Ocean Art Photography Contest
Off the deep waters of Kumejima, Japan, Steven Kovacs captured an image that would be awarded Best in Show for the 2025 Ocean Art Photography Contest. Traveling to the Okinawa prefecture in the hopes of encountering a scarcely documented species of larval goosefish, Kovacs spent nearly two weeks blackwater diving before photographing the rare moment. read more
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Art Market Sentiment Is Up for 2026, But the Recovery Has a Very Specific Shape
The art market is heading into 2026 in a better mood than it’s been in years, according to a newGlobal Art Market Outlookreport from research firm ArtTactic. After a long hangover following the 2022 peak, confidence is back, selectively, cautiously, and with clear favorites. More than half of art market participants now expect the market read more
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Jonathan Carver Moore Is Building the Art World He Wanted to Walk Into
When Jonathan Carver Moore talks about his gallery, he rarely starts with sales figures or artists’ résumés. He starts with a feeling. The feeling of walking into a space and not wondering whether you belong there. That instinct is on display this week at the FOG Design + Art Fair in San Francisco, where Moore read more
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