Tag: York

  • Diya Vij Named NYC Commissioner of Cultural Affairs

    Diya Vij, a curator and current vice president of curatorial and arts programmes at Powerhouse Arts, has been picked to be New York City’s next Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) commissioner, sources with knowledge of the pick told ARTnews. The New York Times confirmed the news on Saturday. Considered to be one of the most read more

    Diya Vij Named NYC Commissioner of Cultural Affairs
  • New York Historical to Receive Gift of Works by Native American Artists

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    New York Historical to Receive Gift of Works by Native American Artists
  • Corinna Durland Joins kurimanzutto as Senior Director in New York

    Kurimanzuttohas appointed Corinna Durland as senior director of its New York gallery, the Mexico City–founded gallery announced Tuesday. Based in New York, Durland will lead the space in close collaboration with the gallery’s founders and partners, with a mandate to strengthen its program in the United States while deepening its international reach. The move comes read more

    Corinna Durland Joins kurimanzutto as Senior Director in New York
  • Nor’easter Causes Travel Delays for New York Dealers Heading to Frieze Los Angeles

    I arrived in Los Angeles last Friday afternoon, expecting that the showers that drenched my hometown last week might have dampened spirits ahead of Frieze Los Angeles. That proved not to be the case—temperatures here have been steadily increasing into the mid-70s over the past few days—but it turns out that weather across the country, read more

    Nor’easter Causes Travel Delays for New York Dealers Heading to Frieze Los Angeles
  • Four Suffer Minor Injuries After Michael Joo Sculpture Is Damaged in New York

    A large sculpture by Korean American artist Michael Joo collapsed after an accident, reportedly caused by a careless visitor, during the February 20 opening of his exhibition “Sweat Models 1991–2006,” at New York’s Space ZeroOne. The collapse of the piece Saltiness of Greatness (1992) injured four, who were taken to the emergency room via ambulance, read more

    Four Suffer Minor Injuries After Michael Joo Sculpture Is Damaged in New York
  • NADA New York Names Over 110 Galleries for 2026 Edition

    The New Art Dealers Alliance has named the more than 110 exhibitors who will take part in the organization’s upcoming New York fair. Running May 13 to 17, the fair will return to the Starrett-Lehigh Building in West Chelsea for the second time. NADA New York’s 12th edition will feature 45 NADA members, including Chozick read more

    NADA New York Names Over 110 Galleries for 2026 Edition
  • LA’s Art Scene Is Not a New York Outpost

    LOS ANGELES — To me, the Los Angeles art scene has always felt like a shapeshifter. Since I moved here nearly 15 years ago, the creative centers have hopped from one neighborhood to another, chased out of their dens by the developments, price gouging, and rezoning that come with gentrification. Artists have relocated their studios read more

    LA’s Art Scene Is Not a New York Outpost
  • ‘Old Masters Are Back!’ New York Sales Set Records for Gentileschi, Michelangelo, and Rembrandt

    Editor’s Note:This story originally appeared inOn Balance,the ARTnewsnewsletter about the art market and beyond.Sign up hereto receive it every Wednesday. As an Old Masters auction started up in a packed room at Sotheby’s new Madison Avenue headquarters on Thursday morning, the auctioneer, David Pollack, made an unusual announcement. By far the top-priced work in the read more

    ‘Old Masters Are Back!’ New York Sales Set Records for Gentileschi, Michelangelo, and Rembrandt
  • TEFAF New York Names 88 Exhibitors for 2026 Edition at Park Avenue Armory

    TEFAF New York will return to the Park Avenue Armory from May 15 to 19, 2026, with 88 exhibitors presenting modern and contemporary art, design, jewelry, and antiquities. An invitation-only preview will take place on May 14. The 2026 edition will bring together dealers from 14 countries across four continents. The roster includes nine new read more

    TEFAF New York Names 88 Exhibitors for 2026 Edition at Park Avenue Armory
  • Art and Power Collide in New York City

    New York Newsletter The Epstein files rip through the art world’s elite, yet hope emerges in the work of Goya, Amazonian artists, and three millennia of storytellers. Call it conceited, call it tunnel vision, call it East Coast elitism or editorial hyperbole, but sometimes it really does feel like everything in the world runs through read more

    Art and Power Collide in New York City
  • These Are the Artists in MoMA PS1’s Greater New York Show

    MoMA PS1 has announced the artist lineup for the sixth edition of its Greater New York exhibition, which highlights emerging and mid-career contemporary artists every five years. Taking over the museum’s transformed school building starting April 16, the cross-borough survey will celebrate MoMA PS1’s 50th anniversary with a bevy of site-specific installations, new commissions, and read more

    These Are the Artists in MoMA PS1’s Greater New York Show
  • Frieze New York Names More Than 65 Galleries for 2026 Edition

    Frieze New York has named the more than 65 galleries that will participate in its upcoming 2026 edition, which will be the sixth iteration staged at the Shed in Hudson Yards. This year’s Frieze New York is scheduled to take place May 13–17, its timing comes closer to the middle of the month of May read more

    Frieze New York Names More Than 65 Galleries for 2026 Edition
  • Five Shows to See in New York City Right Now

    We tell ourselves stories in order to live.Joan Didion, a New Yorker, famously said this. The exhibitions we recommend you trek out to see —and it’s a high bar, given these subfreezing temperatures —center that age-old practice. A show on storytelling at the Morgan Library & Museum, with a 3,000-year scope, should prime you well read more

    Five Shows to See in New York City Right Now
  • 5 Under-Recognized Artists Getting Their Due in New York This Season

    Elda Cerrato, who was born in Italy and based in Argentina, also made her posthumous Venice Biennale debut in 2024, one year after her death. Yet her showcase was in an overstuffed section on the Italian diaspora, making it tough for her art to shine. We ought to be thankful, then, that Cerrato is now read more

    5 Under-Recognized Artists Getting Their Due in New York This Season
  • Matthew Bogdanos, Head of New York DA’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit, Wins $100 K. Prize in Art History

    The Vilcek Foundation, a nonprofit that raises awareness of the contributions of immigrant to American history and culture, announced the recipients of its 20th annual prizes for excellence in the arts and sciences. Among this year’s honorees was Matthew Bogdanos, a former classics scholar, US Marine colonel, and current assistant district attorney in New York. read more

    Matthew Bogdanos, Head of New York DA’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit, Wins 0 K. Prize in Art History
  • Ropac to Open New York Project Space, ADAA New Members, And More: Industry Moves for February 5, 2026

    Editor’s Note:This story originally appeared inOn Balance,the ARTnewsnewsletter about the art market and beyond.Sign up hereto receive it every Wednesday. Happy Thursday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. Thaddaeus Ropac to Open New York Project Space: The gallery also hired Emilio Steinberger as a senior director in read more

    Ropac to Open New York Project Space, ADAA New Members, And More: Industry Moves for February 5, 2026
  • 10 Art Shows to See in Upstate New York This February

    To my dear readers: With this February installment, we celebrate two years of this monthly round-up of exhibitions in Upstate New York. It is a continued joy to promote the artists and shows in the region, and I thank all of you for your steadfast support of this column and community! This wintry month, the read more

    10 Art Shows to See in Upstate New York This February
  • Best Sandwiches in New York City, According to Expert

    This spot in Astoria has been open since 1940! So yea, they know their way around a deli sandwich. These sky-high, foot-long sandwiches are feats of engineering, with a pretty quintessential Italian deli approach: Some mix of cold cuts or deli meats, with the option to add sweet peppers, hot peppers, provolone or American, oil read more

    Best Sandwiches in New York City, According to Expert
  • In New York, the Stakes are High for a Young Gallery Dedicated to Play

    A cold wind cuts through lower Manhattan, passing shuttered storefronts that once housed small galleries—some casualties of the rent crisis—before losing force at the corner of Broome and Chrystie Streets. There, a different kind of market experiment took shape. Last year, Spielzeug Gallery, a nomadic curatorial project had a turn as a brick-and-mortar commercial gallery, read more

    In New York, the Stakes are High for a Young Gallery Dedicated to Play
  • Why Are So Many New York Gallery Shows This Winter About Saving the Trees?

    A rich tradition of tree art has sprouted in biennials across the world, with installations composed of saplings, snags, and perennials in various stages of development popping up at seemingly every big art event. (A recent case in point: the centerpiece of last year’s inaugural edition of the Sky High Farm Biennial in Upstate New read more

    Why Are So Many New York Gallery Shows This Winter About Saving the Trees?