Morning Links: Black Dice Edition -ARTnews
Dice, 9th–10th century, excavated from Iran. COURTESY THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART Times “In a move museum leadership is calling unprecedented, the Art Institute of Chicago has postponed a major…
In His Arresting Work, Lyle Ashton Harris Looks to the Recent Past for New Ways Forward -ARTnews
Lyle Ashton Harris photographed at his studio in New York City, January 2019. ALEX LOCKETT The video opens in a dimly lit bedroom. A voice offscreen begins to speak. “Sometimes,…
Music and Art Commune at Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee -ARTnews
Meredith Monk at Big Ears. ELI JOHNSON Lonnie Holley, the Alabama-born sculptor/musician, commanded the stage of a gutted warehouse turned concert venue in the Old Town district of Knoxville, Tennessee,…
Shaun Krupa Stages Full-Body Performance at Safe Gallery in Brooklyn -ARTnews
Shaun Krupa during his performance last week at Safe Gallery in Brooklyn. ANNA GUSTAVI Last Wednesday, I watched a man rub his face and body into a pile of dirt.…
Las Vegas Palms Unveils Damien Hirst ‘Demon,’ $1 M. Party Package -ARTnews
At the Palms, the demon. COURTESY PALMS CASINO AND RESORT Fans of Damien Hirst, lovers of pools, and habitués of Las Vegas: rejoice. Almost exactly two years after it made…
$1M Damien Hirst Party Package Edition -ARTnews
Hirst’s Warrior and the Bear (2015). COURTESY PALMS What Makes A Space Christopher Knight addresses the news that the new plans for LACMA’s redesign may actually shrink the museum’s size…
Christo Plans to Wrap Parisian Arc de Triomphe -ARTnews
Christo, L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped (Project for Paris – Place de l’Etoile – Charles de Gaulle), 2019. ©2019 CHRISTO/ANDRÉ GROSSMAN Christo has made headlines for decades for surrounding or wrapping…
New Art Dealers Alliance to Stage ‘NADA House’ on Governors Island During Frieze New York -ARTnews
Aerial view of Governors Island. COURTESY NADA For the second year in a row, the New Art Dealers Alliance will stage a show on New York’s Governors Island, the roughly…
Van Doren Waxter Now Represents Gareth Nyandoro -ARTnews
Gareth Nyandoro, Mitsvairo, Cobra Vim, 2018, mixed media on paper mounted on canvas. COURTESY VAN DOREN WAXTER, NEW YORK, AND TIWANI CONTEMPORARY, LONDON Zimbabwean artist Gareth Nyandoro has joined the…
Haegue Yang at South London Gallery, United Kingdom -ARTnews
Pictures at an Exhibition Installation view of “Haegue Yang: Tracing Movement,” 2019, at South London Gallery. ANDY STAGG Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every…