Tag: Art
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Gelman Collection of Mexican Art Surfaces at Santander, With Plans to Bring it to Spain
Banco Santander announced Wednesday that it will manage roughly half of the Gelman Collection—one of the most significant collections of 20th-century Mexican art—after the collection disappeared from public view in 2008, El País reports. More precisely, the Madrid-based bank now oversees 160 of approximately 300 works amassed by influential art patrons Jacques and Natasha Gelman. read more
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Beloved California Art Park Lists Its Estate for $10.9 M. Amid Financial Strife
The di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, a beloved art park in Naples, California, that is in the midst of a prolonged period of financial difficulty, has listed its estate for $10.9 million, according a report by the San Francisco Chronicle from last weekend. The park is host to a range of notable works by read more
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Art Movements: New Leaders Everywhere
Community Plus, Amy Sherald signs with the Creative Artists Agency and the Whitney Museum’s head-scratching “cosmic look” at its 2026 Biennial artists. Jean Cooney is the new executive director of Creative Time. (photo © Claudia Lucia, courtesy Creative Time) Art Movements,published every Thursday afternoon, is a roundup of must-know news, appointments, awards, and other happenings read more
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'Cat' Is a Purr-fect Celebration of Felines in Art Throughout the Centuries
In 1835, a tortoiseshell cat measuring more than three feet long was enough to warrant a small advertisement in a British newspaper that as “the greatest curiosity ever shown to the public,” it could be viewed at the Ship Tavern in London. Surely a pint of ale was the informal fee to view this extraordinary read more
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ICA San Francisco to Stage Major Public Art Commission by Jeffrey Gibson For Super Bowl LX
While the San Francisco 49ers may have blown their chance at a hometown Super Bowl win, that hasn’t stopped the Bay Area from getting into the festivities. On Thursday, the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco announced that it will stage a major new public art commission by Jeffrey Gibson. The work—an adaptation of Gibson’s read more
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Researchers Have Found the World’s Oldest Known Rock Art in Indonesia, Dating Back 67,800 Years
Less than two years after discovering a 51,200-year-old cave painting of a pig on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, in what was then declared the oldest known figurative artwork, the same researchers have discovered an even older work. The newly dated work, located on the southeastern peninsula of Sulawesi, is a hand stencil dating to read more
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Art Gallery of Ontario Nixed Nan Goldin Acquisition Because of Her Comments on Israel’s War in Gaza
The Art Gallery of Ontario, one of Canada’s most internationally well-regarded museums, chose not to acquire a piece by Nan Goldin because of the artist’s comments on Israel’s war in Gaza, according to a report published by the Globe and Mail on Wednesday. The work, a 2024 video called Stendhal Syndrome, was to be acquired read more
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Short Film by Artist Alexandre Singh and Art Historian Natalie Musteata Nominated for an Oscar
Two People Exchanging Saliva, a black-and-white film written and directed by Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata, has been nominated for an Academy Award in the live action short film category. The 36-minute film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival earlier this year, and has been making the festival rounds this fall and winter, winning various read more
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Text & Car Crashes: the Art of Scott Teplin – Hi-Fructose Magazine
The book The Clock Without a Face, for instance, is an illustrated detective wonderland that pulls Teplin’s art into the real world. Produced in collaboration with Mac Barnett and Eli Horowitz, who collectively go by the pseudonym Twintig, and published by the masters of art-and-life line-blurring McSweeny’s, The Clock Without a Face is a story read more
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The Unexpectedly Seductive Art of Julia Randall – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Raised in New York City, Julia Randall was surrounded by a supportive family that nurtured her creativity. Her art-lover aunt would take her along on frequent trips to museums and gave Randall art books as gifts that still remain in her collection. After attending an arts-focused elementary school and a high school that offered a read more
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New Philadelphia Art Museum Director Says Board Doesn’t Need ‘Radical Restructuring’
In one of his first extensive interviews as the new director of the Philadelphia Art Museum, Daniel H. Weiss told the Philadelphia Inquirer that his institution’s board doesn’t require major changes after the abrupt firing of his predecessor last year. Amid a controversial rebranding, Sasha Suda was terminated in November for what an email described read more
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Philadelphia Art Museum Might Rebrand Its Botched Rebrand
News The institution set up a task force to evaluate the controversial new brand identity as it parts ways with its chief marketing officer. Philadelphia Art Museum’s campus upon debuting its institutional rebrand last October (photo by Rob Cusick, courtesy the museum) The Philadelphia Art Museum (PhAM) might be looking at rebranding its rebrand in read more
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Philadelphia Art Museum Executive Behind Controversial Rebrand Resigns
The marketing executive behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s divisive rebranding campaign has resigned, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Paul Dien, who joined the museum in 2023 as chief marketing under former museum director and CEO Sasha Suda, will leave effective February 1, the museum confirmed. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dien has accepted a consultancy read more
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What Art Films to See at Sundance This Year
Previews Art-related features at the film festival run the gamut from niche subjects to crowd pleasers. Still from The Gallerist, dir. Cathy Yan (all images courtesy the Sundance Film Festival) Across nearly five decades, the Sundance Film Festival has evolved from a small showcase for independent film into one of the premier festivals in the read more
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Michael Jackson’s Rarely Seen Art to Go on View in Traveling Museum Debuting in Monaco
While Michael Jackson‘s music will come into focus through a blockbuster biopic set for the big screen this year, a lesser-seen part of his oeuvre, his visual art, could soon be headed to a gallery near you. Jermaine Jackson, the singer’s older brother, revealed plans this past December to launch a touring museum that will read more
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Iconic Fashion Designer and Art Collector Valentino Garavani Dies at 93
Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani died in Rome, the birthplace of his eponymous brand, on Jan. 19 at age 93. Garavani was born in Voghera, a town south of Milan in northern Italy. He moved to Paris as a young man, where he continued his fashion studies and worked for French designers Jean Dessès and read more
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Philip Leider, Artforum Founding Editor Who Shaped a Changing Art World, Dies at 96
Philip Leider, the founding editor of Artforum, died at his home in Berkeley, California, on January 11 at 96. Artforum announced his death over the weekend, but did not state a cause. Leider’s career arc was an unusual one. He helped turn Artforum into a go-to source for serious, no-nonsense art criticism, serving as its read more
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Yoko Ono’s Art Is an Exercise in Hope
CHICAGO — With her iconic long dark hair curtaining her demure countenance, Yoko Ono has been in my personal pantheon of women makers for most of my life. When I was a distraught teenager in a midwestern suburb, she was there — singing discordant arias from my bedroom stereo. Her siren call couldn’t quite be read more
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Hard Choices: Can You Still Hack Being a Contemporary Art Curator?
With a world in crisis and an art market spinning out of control, ace art-world consultants Chen & Lampert deliver a quiz full ofhard choicesforArt in Americareaders from far and wide. You landed a desirable museum job as a contemporary art curator in the mid-2000s and quickly became a power broker on the scene. Back read more
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Trump Targets New Deal-Era Art
Daily Newsletter The national myth of Grandma Moses, Lotty Rosenfeld’s radical linework, and how will art institutions evolve in 2026? No rest for the wicked, least of all Trump and his cronies. As the administration continues its attacks on culture, the president is targeting a building near the National Mall with several remarkable New Deal-era read more
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