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Darren Walker to Lead National Gallery of Art
10/16/2024
Ford Foundation president Darren Walker has been elected president of theNational Gallery of Artin Washington, DC, the institution announced today. He will assume his new position immediately, acting as liaison between gallery director Kaywin Feldman and the board of trustees, …
GaËlle Choisne Wins 2024 Prix Marcel Duchamp
10/16/2024
French Haitian artist Gaëlle Choisne has been announced as the winner of this year’sPrix Marcel Duchamp, France’s most prestigious contemporary art prize. The honor, presented annually to an artist who is French or living in France by the Association for …
MFA Boston Receives Transformative $25 Million Gift
10/15/2024
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on October 10 revealed that the Wyss Foundation had presented it with a $25 million gift in aid of its ongoing renovations to its modern art department. Established in 1998 by Swiss medical-manufacturing billionaire …
Kjersti Solbakken to Helm Bergen Kunsthall
10/15/2024
Norway’sBergen Kunsthallhas announced Kjersti Solbakken as its new director, effective October 1. Solbakken most recently curated the 2024 edition of the Lofoten International Art Festival, which is organized by the North Norwegian Art Centre. She replaces Axel Wieder, who left …
Met Costume Institute Announces 2025 Spring Show Theme
10/11/2024
The Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9 revealed that its Costume Institute’s spring 2025 show will explore the influence of Black dandyism on fashion, culture, and identity. Titled “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” the exhibition will feature garments and accessories …
Sculpture Discarded by Worker at Museum Who Mistook It for Rubbish
10/10/2024
An artwork comprising two dented beer cans was mistaken for the very objects that inspired it and unceremoniously tossed in the trash by a worker at a Lisse, Netherlands, museum before being rescued and restored to view. TitledAll the Good …
Activists Cover Picasso’sMotherhoodwith Photo of Palestinian Mother and Child
10/10/2024
Just days after two young climate change activists weresentenced to prisonfor bringing awareness to their cause by tossing soup over Vincent van Gogh’s 1888Sunflowersat London’s National Gallery, another young pair of protesters on October 9 entered the same museum and …
Studio Museum in Harlem Set to Inaugurate New Building in 2025
10/09/2024
TheStudio Museum in Harlem, New York, has announced that it will welcome visitors to its new home on 125th Street in the fall of 2025. The first exhibition to be held in the building, for which Adjaye Associates served as …
Shield of Magdala to Be Repatriated to Ethiopia
10/09/2024
The Shield of Magdala, an artifact of tremendous cultural significance that was looted by British troops during the Expedition to Abyssinia, is set to be returned to its home country of Ethiopia. Stolen following the 1868 Battle of Magdala, which …
Kasper KÖnig’s Collection Brings in $6.5 Million at Auction
10/08/2024
Works from the private collection of renowned German curatorKasper König, whodiedthis past August, amassed roughly €6 million ($6.5 million) in sales taking place October 1 and 2 at the Cologne headquarters of auction houseVan Ham. A cofounder of Germany’s Skulptur …
Emily Carr Painting Bought for $50 at Barn Sale Poised to Fetch $147k at Auction
10/08/2024
A painting by Canadian artist Emily Carr purchased at a Hamptons barn sale for just $50 this past summer is set to bring in up to $147,000 at auction next month, multiple sources report. TitledMasset, Q.C.I., the 1912 canvas depicts …
Sharjah Biennial 16 Reveals Theme and Artist List
10/04/2024
The Sharjah Art Foundation hasannouncedthe title and theme of the sixteenth iteration of theSharjah Biennialand has named the 140 artists and collectives set to participate in the event. Taking place at venues in Sharjah City, Al Hamriyah, Al Dhaid, Al …
Eikoh Hosoe (1933–2024)
10/04/2024
Iconic Japanese postwar photographerEikoh Hosoe, who gained wide acclaim for his boundary-pushing photographs of novelist Yukio Mishima, died in Tokyo on September 16 of complications related to an adrenal gland tumor. He was ninety-one. A cofounder—alongside Akira Sato, Akira Tano, …
Art Authenticator IFAR to Cease Operations
10/03/2024
The International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR) has announced that it is shutting down after fifty-five years in business. The New York–based nonprofit offered impartial authentication and provenance research services, and additionally published the quarterlyIFAR Journal, hosted archives and databases …
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Ford Foundation president Darren Walker has been elected president of theNational Gallery of Artin Washington, DC, the institution announced today. He will assume his new position immediately, acting as liaison between gallery director Kaywin Feldman and the board of trustees, …
French Haitian artist Gaëlle Choisne has been announced as the winner of this year’sPrix Marcel Duchamp, France’s most prestigious contemporary art prize. The honor, presented annually to an artist who is French or living in France by the Association for …
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on October 10 revealed that the Wyss Foundation had presented it with a $25 million gift in aid of its ongoing renovations to its modern art department. Established in 1998 by Swiss medical-manufacturing billionaire …
Norway’sBergen Kunsthallhas announced Kjersti Solbakken as its new director, effective October 1. Solbakken most recently curated the 2024 edition of the Lofoten International Art Festival, which is organized by the North Norwegian Art Centre. She replaces Axel Wieder, who left …
The Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9 revealed that its Costume Institute’s spring 2025 show will explore the influence of Black dandyism on fashion, culture, and identity. Titled “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” the exhibition will feature garments and accessories …
An artwork comprising two dented beer cans was mistaken for the very objects that inspired it and unceremoniously tossed in the trash by a worker at a Lisse, Netherlands, museum before being rescued and restored to view. TitledAll the Good …
Just days after two young climate change activists weresentenced to prisonfor bringing awareness to their cause by tossing soup over Vincent van Gogh’s 1888Sunflowersat London’s National Gallery, another young pair of protesters on October 9 entered the same museum and …
TheStudio Museum in Harlem, New York, has announced that it will welcome visitors to its new home on 125th Street in the fall of 2025. The first exhibition to be held in the building, for which Adjaye Associates served as …
The Shield of Magdala, an artifact of tremendous cultural significance that was looted by British troops during the Expedition to Abyssinia, is set to be returned to its home country of Ethiopia. Stolen following the 1868 Battle of Magdala, which …
Works from the private collection of renowned German curatorKasper König, whodiedthis past August, amassed roughly €6 million ($6.5 million) in sales taking place October 1 and 2 at the Cologne headquarters of auction houseVan Ham. A cofounder of Germany’s Skulptur …
A painting by Canadian artist Emily Carr purchased at a Hamptons barn sale for just $50 this past summer is set to bring in up to $147,000 at auction next month, multiple sources report. TitledMasset, Q.C.I., the 1912 canvas depicts …
The Sharjah Art Foundation hasannouncedthe title and theme of the sixteenth iteration of theSharjah Biennialand has named the 140 artists and collectives set to participate in the event. Taking place at venues in Sharjah City, Al Hamriyah, Al Dhaid, Al …
Iconic Japanese postwar photographerEikoh Hosoe, who gained wide acclaim for his boundary-pushing photographs of novelist Yukio Mishima, died in Tokyo on September 16 of complications related to an adrenal gland tumor. He was ninety-one. A cofounder—alongside Akira Sato, Akira Tano, …
The International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR) has announced that it is shutting down after fifty-five years in business. The New York–based nonprofit offered impartial authentication and provenance research services, and additionally published the quarterlyIFAR Journal, hosted archives and databases …