Getty Museum Acquires Vilhelm Hammershøi Painting -ARTnews
Vilhelm Hammershøi, Interior with an Easel, Bredgade 25, 1912, oil on canvas. COURTESY THE GETTY MUSEUM The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has added Interior with an Easel,…
Morning Links: Lobster Telephone Edition -ARTnews
Greek terracotta vase in the form of a lobster claw, ca. 460 B.C. COURTESY THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART Animals One of Salvador Dalí’s amazing lobster telephones (a nice one…
The Legacy of Latinx Performance Art in L.A. Lives On -ARTnews
Rafa Esparza, RePartida, con Alejandro, 2017. COURTESY RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY A parade of people marches across a bridge of adobe bricks. Lying underneath is artist Rafa Esparza, who crafted…
Vanessa German Wins $200,000 Don Tyson Prize -ARTnews
Vanessa German in Avery Court at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut. ALLEN PHILLIPS/COURTESY WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in…
Art Gallery of Ontario Names Heidi Reitmaier Deputy Director and Chief of Public Programming and Learning -ARTnews
Heidi Reitmaier. COURTESY ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO The Art Gallery of Ontario has tapped Heidi Reitmaier to be its new deputy director and chief of public programming and learning. Reitmaier…
‘The Art of Influence’ at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston -ARTnews
Pictures at an Exhibition Just a little Something to “Remember Pearl Harbor!”, 1942, color lithograph on card stock. ©MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON/LEONARD A. LAUDER POSTCARD ARCHIVE—PROMISED GIFT OF…
Phillips Auction House to Move to 432 Park Avenue in New York -ARTnews
The Park Avenue Cube. COURTESY PHILLIPS AUCTION HOUSE Next year, Phillips auction house is slated to leave its current location at Park Avenue and East 57th Street for a new…
‘Daredevil’ Rainmaker Loic Gouzer to Leave Christie’s -ARTnews
A photo of Loic Gouzer spearfishing from his Instagram account. VIA INSTAGRAM Loic Gouzer, who has served as Christie’s co-chairman of post-war and contemporary art for the past seven years,…
Chelsea’s Half King Pub Will Close After 18 Years in New York -ARTnews
Located roughly in the heart of the West Chelsea gallery district, the Half King offered a place to rest one’s feet on a long stroll through the area, a place…
The Marina Abramovic Spa Treatment Edition -ARTnews
Marina Abramovic. VIA WIKIMEDIA Politics Chinese officials have pulled several works from the upcoming Guangzhou Triennial, but ones that wouldn’t seem to merit censorship, such as “Artificial intelligence bots. 3-D…