by October Gallery
Larry Fink. SETH WENIG/AP/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK It has been a tumultuous year for New York art museums, which have faced calls for board members to resign, moves toward unionization, and a continuation…
The artist and director in The Eyes of Orson Welles. COURTESY JANUS FILMS To be an Orson Welles completist is a lonely business. When the filmmaker died in 1985, he…
John Gibson. COURTESY ESTATE OF JOHN GIBSON In this column: A remembrance of art dealer John Gibson, Rob Wynne discusses early influences, new monographs on Jane Benson and Robert Murray,…
Installation view of “Shirana Shahbazi: Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear,” 2018, at Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany. COURTESY KUNSTHAUS HAMBURG The Prix Meret Oppenheim, a prize for artists and…
MASS Design Group principals. COURTESY MASS DESIGN GROUP The Chicago Architecture Biennial has revealed 51 artists, architects, collectives, and researchers participating in its 2019 exhibition, which is titled “…and other…
Romare Bearden, Odyssey Series, ca. 1970s, silkscreen. COURTESY PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS Constance E. Clayton, an educator, civic leader, and arts advocate, has given 78 works by African-American…
Kristy Edmunds. COURTESY UNITED STATES ARTISTS The Chicago-based arts organization United States Artists has created a new annual award, the Berresford Prize, which recognizes individuals whose careers are dedicated to…
Main Gate of Qila Mubarak. JAYPEE/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS The Qila Mubarak, an endangered Indian palace dating back to the 18th century, is being restored in the northwest city of Patiala, according…
Lise Wilhelmsen in 1960. COURTESY HENIE ONSTAD KUNSTSENTER The Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, a museum located in Høvikodden, Norway, about 20 minutes west of Oslo, has established a $100,000 artist prize.…
Rei Kawakubo. PAOLO ROVERSI/©COMME DES GARÇONS The Noguchi Museum in New York has named fashion designer Rei Kawakubo as the recipient of the 2019 Isamu Noguchi Award, which will be…