Jason Farago: The Venice Biennale and the Art of Turning Backward: Every art institution now speaks of progress, justice, transformation. What if all those words hide a more old-fashioned aim?
MAURIZIO!
Shark Maintenance: How Damien Hirst Got His Shark(s); Original tiger shark was replaced after it began to rot
STAGE STRUCK
The 2024 Tony Nominations Were Pretty Brutal; Few New Musicals Chosen
'Hell's Kitchen' and 'Stereophonic' Tie for Most Tony Nominations
‘Lempicka’ Musical Scores Three Tony Award Nominations; Star of the show, Eden Espinosa, received her first Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Bill Smith: Staying Inside The Lines; Painting AI's Possible Future
BRAVING OPPRESSION
Salman Rushdie has Conversation With AI Version of His Attacker VIDEO
VENICE!
Witty Christoph Büchel: Fear and Loathing in Venice; With an apparent appetite for destruction, not least that of his own reputation and even art, what, one might ask, are the Swiss artist’s motivations, and does he have any limits?
Nate Freeman: Inside the 2024 Venice Biennale: Papal Pavilions, a Polarizing Program, and Billionaires Aplenty; Art world's every-other-year Olympics is officially underway. Why even His Holiness is getting in on the action this go round
10 Must-See Exhibitions During the 2024 Venice Biennale; From Willem de Kooning at the Gallerie dell'Academia di Venezia to Julie Mehretu at the Palazzo Grassi, these are the top shows to discover beyond the Biennale
Art Forum: Willem de Kooning, Last Master; His Obit
The Legacy and Mystery of The Display of Native American Art At The 1932 Venice Biennale; Remarkably little is known about the selection, reception and whereabouts of the Native art shown in the US pavilion at the 18th Biennale
Crime Pays for Inigo Philbrick; Swindler Gets an HBO Series! What Will He Wear on the Red Carpet?
Kim Fay in Detroit: Earthlings Unite at Metropolitan Museum Of Design Detroit; A Radical Action Based Artivisim Exhibition on Energy Conservation
Must Read! Marion Maneker: Art Fraudster Inigo Philbrick Rehabs Himself; Timothy Chalamet with Red Hair? Hilarious!
BOOKS + WORDS
As Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair Returns, 4 Print Collectors Explore Its Relevancy in the Digital Age; Vince Aletti, Deirdre Lawrence, Barbara Moore, and Mark Ghuneim share their thoughts on the tradition of artists' books to kick off Printed Matter's beloved NY Art Book Fair
Our Film Critic Justin Tanner Recommends You See This Classic! VIDEO
ART BUSINESS
The Impact of Art Gallery Closures on Artists and Collectors; “When a gallery closes for good,” Thomas C. Danziger, a New York City attorney who specializes in art law, “the question becomes: Who owns the art?”
An Unexpected Player Has Begun Providing Auction Guarantees; Toledo Museum of Art made $500,000 this year using the financial instrument. 'The beauty of it is they win either way,' MoMA's director said
The Sotheby’s Debt Soap Opera; Implementing a neat little trick to maximize revenue without increasing sales
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VIVA! Jessica Gelt: LACMA Goes to Las Vegas; Govan Speaks! How exactly will that arrangement work? And Why? Christopher Knight Commentary: LACMA finally is getting its satellite space. Regrettably, it’s in another state; "As bad art museum ideas go, this one is right up there."
Van Gogh’s Meager Diet While Painting a Portrait of His Mother; In 1888, hungry Van Gogh wrote his brother asking for money for food; “I cannot stand the colorless photograph,” Van Gogh wrote. “I am trying to do one in a harmony of color, as I see her in my memory.”
‘I am not a Satanist!’: Meet the Great Blasphemer of Contemporary Art; The mischief-making Maurizio Cattelan on shaking up this year’s Venice Biennale, kneeling Hitler and that notorious solid-gold lavatory
Here Are Three Facts About Richard Serra’s ‘Tilted Arc’, Sculpture So Controversial It Was Put on Trial; The monumental sculpture, which was installed in Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan from 1981 to 1989, posited free speech considerations against the role of public opinion
Why More Artists Are Forming Limited Liability Corporations?; More artists are incorporating their practices, and Observer dug into what prompts creatives to become corporations
Downtown Los Angeles Places Another Big Bet on The Arts
MORE MSCHF
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A Short History of Artists Sneaking Their Work Into Museums
"FUN IS MY WEAPON OF CHOICE"
Newly Revealed Archive of East Village Eye Newspaper Gives Unusual View Into Forgotten NYC Arts and Music Underground; Defined by Artists Like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeff Koons and Keith Haring
Rocco Ritchie (Son of Madonna and Guy Ritchie) Has a New Show Titled "Pack a Punch." He Has Quietly Been Building a Body of Work as a London-based Artist
Little (Jasper) Johns Literally
STREETWISE
Graffiti ‘Takeover’ Roils Downtown Los Angeles
MONSIEUR NOUAR
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ARCHITECTURE
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Opinion: Why the Vessel Should Remain Closed for Good; It’s time to acknowledge the Hudson Yards staircase sculpture for what it has become: a memorial; Nearly three years of closure and four deaths by suicide
America’s Appetite for McMansions is Devouring Modern Architecture; Preservationists were shocked but not surprised
New Yorker: Can Turning Office Towers Into Apartments Save Downtowns? Nathan Berman has helped rescue Manhattan’s financial district from a “doom loop” by carving attractive living spaces from hulking buildings that once housed fields of cubicles
Film Comment Interview: Radu Jude on 'Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World'
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DESIGN
Why are Celebrities Destroying Multimillion Dollar Mansions?
Outrage After Actor Chris Pratt Destroys Iconic Mid-Century Home in LA; Advocates decried Pratt and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger’s decision to raze an architecturally significant home for yet another “McMansion”
This Isn't Happiness: 'Watch Me Burn All of My Art in My Front Yard (Free Event)'
Not a Poet? You Can Be, By Taking a Picture; New AI Camera turns the visual into poetry
All In It Together? A Guide to Artworld Friendships; Contemporary Art Runs On A Cocktail Of Fuels: Alcohol, Bullshit and Bonhomie
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ART NOIR
Disgraced Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Is Out of Prison—and Planning a Comeback; 'I'd like to get re-established as an art dealer," he says in a splashy new Vanity Fair feature
Vanity Fair: The Saga! Episodes 1-6! The Confessions of Inigo Philbrick, Art Fraudster Extraordinaire; Pleaded guilty as part of the largest art fraud in US history. Now out of prison and “wearing the scarlet letter,” he’s searching for a second act.
BEST OF THE WEEK with JERRY GOGOSIAN
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