Artist Oliver Jeffers on the Planet We Call Home -ARTnews
Installation view of “Oliver Jeffers: For All We Know,” 2019, at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND BRYCE WOLKOWITZ GALLERY “If you are in a shipwreck and…
Anita Brenner on Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Rufino Tamayo, in 1953 -ARTnews
Nickolas Muray, Frida in New York, 1946/2006, carbon pigment print. ©NICKOLAS MURAY/PHOTO: BROOKLYN MUSEUM/BROOKLYN MUSEUM, EMILY WINTHROP MILES FUND With a new show at the Brooklyn Museum devoted to Frida…
Andrew Kreps Gallery Now Represents He Xiangyu -ARTnews
He Xiangyu, Wisdom Teeth (detail), 2013–2014. COURTESY ANDREW KREPS GALLERY New York’s Andrew Kreps Gallery has added artist He Xiangyu to its roster, and will present the Beijing- and Berlin-based…
Morning Links: Looted Coffin Edition -ARTnews
Lid of the coffin of Nedjemankh, first century BCE. COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS News The Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned a looted coffin from the first-century BCE to the Egyptian…
Siah Armajani, Sarah Charlesworth, Cruising Pavilion, and More -ARTnews
Siah Armajani, Dictionary for Building: Back Yard, 1974–75, plastic maquette furniture, paint, and plywood. COURTESY THE ARTIST/COLLECTION MAMCO, GENEVA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Concert: Tim Hecker at National SawdustTim Hecker makes…
M. Wells Dinette, Popular Eatery at MoMA PS1, to Close -ARTnews
The M. Wells Dinette. JESSE WINTER M. Wells Dinette, the beloved restaurant at MoMA PS1 in New York, will close at the end of February, on the same day that…
Collector George Economou Gifts Peter Doig Painting to Met Museum -ARTnews
Peter Doig, Two Trees, 2017. ©PETER DOIG/ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, GIFT OF GEORGE ECONOMOU, IN CELEBRATION OF THE MUSEUM’S 150TH ANNIVERSARY, 2018 The Metropolitan Museum…
Mariane Ibrahim, Ascendant Dealer of African Art, Moves Gallery to Chicago -ARTnews
Mariane Ibrahim. PHILIP NEWTON After seven years in Seattle and a growing reputation garnered at art fairs around the globe, Mariane Ibrahim is closing her namesake gallery in the Pacific…
Helen Escobedo at Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City -ARTnews
Pictures at an Exhibition Installation view of “Helen Escobedo: The Potential of the Sculpture,” 2019, at Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City. RAMIRO CHAVES/COURTESY THE ESTATE OF HELEN ESCOBEDO AND PROYECTOS…
Felix LA Brings New Life to Art-Fair Circuit -ARTnews
A view from the penthouse at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, host to the Felix LA art fair. ANDREW RUSSETH/ARTNEWS At the first edition of the new art fair…