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  • Claire Tabouret on Criticism of Her Notre-Dame Cathedral Commission: ‘I’m Also Receiving A Lot of Love’

    Few contemporary public art projects have simultaneously stirred such artistic, theological, and political controversy as Notre-Dame Cathedral’s new stained glass windows. It’s no surprise, then, that the artist awarded the commission in 2024, the French figurative painter Claire Tabouret, has faced extraordinary scrutiny. In December, the public finally encountered the artist’s vision in “Claire Tabouret: read more

    Claire Tabouret on Criticism of Her Notre-Dame Cathedral Commission: ‘I’m Also Receiving A Lot of Love’
  • 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

    There Are a Lot of Open Art Museum Directorships in the United States Right Now
  • Lot Watch: The 16(ish) Top Works Hitting the Block at the November Marquee Sales

    nnnnnnn ntPainted on Christmas Day in 1981, just after his 21st birthday,u00a0Crowns (Peso Neto)</em> was produced as Basquiat was vaulted from downtown prodigy to art-world phenomenon. This was the year Basquiat moved from the street into the studio, as well as the year critics and collectors began to grasp the range of his ambition. In read more

    Lot Watch: The 16(ish) Top Works Hitting the Block at the November Marquee Sales