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Giancarlo Politi, Founder of 'Flash Art' Magazine, Had Died at 89

02/28/2026

Giancarlo Politi, publisher, art critic, and founder of Flash Art, one of the most influential contemporary art magazines to emerge from Europe’s postwar era, died on February 24. He was 89. News of his death was first reported in the …

Метки : искусствосовременное искусствоflash artжурналыкритикабиография

Photographer Ellen von Unwerth Attends ‘Melania’ Party Amid Upheaval

01/26/2026

On Saturday, the same day that federal Border Patrol agents shot and killed intensive care nurse Alex Pretti in the street in Minneapolis, and as an historic winter storm bore down on a large swath of the United States, the …

Метки : мелания трампдокументальный фильмполитические событиякритикаобщественные деятеликиноиндустрия

MSCHF's Latest Project Could See a Two-Year Cow Slaughtered

01/09/2026

In about two months, the fate of a cow named Angus will be decided. At present, the outlook is grim: Angus is slated to be turned into roughly 1,200 hamburger patties and four leather handbags. But MSCHF—the art collective behind …

Метки : искусствоэтикамясная промышленностьmschfкритикапроект

Pantone Color Institute Executive Addresses 'Cloud Dancer' Controversy

12/09/2025

Pantone has been taken to task by some media outlets, and more critics on social media, for choosing “Cloud Dancer” — a version of white — for the 2026 Color of the Year.Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color …

Метки : pantoneцвет годаcloud dancerискусствоsámiкритика

Martin Parr Dead: British Photographer Dies at 73

12/07/2025

Martin Parr, a photographer known for pictures of tourists that were both genuinely curious explorations of their lifestyle and wry indictments of it, has died on December 6 at his home in Bristol, England. His death was announced on Sunday …

Метки : искусствофотографиямартин паррнаследиетуризмкритика

Pulitzer Prize–WinningLA TimesArt Critic Christopher Knight Retires

12/02/2025

Pulitzer Prize–WinningLA TimesArt Critic Christopher Knight Retires Los Angeles Timesart criticChristopher Knightretired on November 28 after serving thirty-six years in the role. A three-time nominee for the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, Knightwon the honor in 2020for his watchdog coverage of …

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This Tina Turner Statue in Tennessee Is the Latest Bad Public Artwork

10/01/2025

Here is the bad public artwork du jour: a statue of Tina Turner in her hometown Brownsville, Tennessee, that measures 10 feet tall and garishly distorts the face of the late pop star it supposedly depicts. The statue by Fred …

Метки : искусствотина тёрнерстатуяобщественное искусствокритикаинтернет

Roberta Smith Interviews Larry Gagosian on His Galleries

09/24/2025

Here’s something you don’t see every day: the world’s most respected art critic interviewing the world’s most famous art dealer. But thanks to Numero magazine, we now have the pleasure of reading Roberta Smith’s interview with Larry Gagosian (and, inevitably, …

Метки : искусствоинтервьюкритикавыставкиарт-дилеры

Simone Leigh On Making Art “Under Full-Time Fascism”

09/23/2025

In an article in the Guardian announcing Simone Leigh’s fall 2027 exhibition at the Royal Academy in London, the artist did not hold back on her criticism of the United States. “I’ve been thinking about American history a lot in …

Метки : искусствовыставкасимона лифашизмкритикаскульптура

'Ugly and Pornographic' Mermaid Statue Will Removed From Public View

08/12/2025

The Danish government has decided to remove a massive sexualized mermaid statue from public view in Dragør Fort, Copenhagen. The decision comes after the 13-foot tall Big Mermaid sculpture received continual criticism, including most recently from critic Sorine Gotfredsen, who …

Метки : данияискусствоскульптураобщественное пространствокритика#культура

Tate's Director Hits Back at Critics—and More Art News

08/04/2025

The Headlines ATTENDING TO CRITICISM. The director of the Tate museum network,Maria Balshaw, hit back at the critics who blamed Tate’s programming on its footfall decline. In the Guardian’s Letter pages, she writes that it would “be fairer” to compare …

Метки : искусствоисследованиямузеивыставкикритиканаследие

WeTransfer Changes Terms of Service After Criticism on Licensing

07/16/2025

The cloud-based file transfer company WeTransfer has removed terms in its updated terms of service in regard to intellectual property rights and machine learning models after criticism online. On July 14, users expressed concern and alarm about changes to Section …

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Ed Sheeran Is Ripping Off Jackson Pollock with His Paintings

07/09/2025

The singer Ed Sheeran has topped the charts with his singles and sold out stadiums across the world, and now he looks to expand his output to include artworks that look suspiciously like Jackson Pollock‘s drip paintings. Sheeran is now …

Метки : искусствоэд ширанджексон поллокабстракциякритикагалерея

Liste Art Fair 2025 Best Booths

06/21/2025

While Liste Art Fair is known for showcasing younger galleries and more experimental artwork, the satellite fair is now 30 years old. It’s hardly the young upstart it once was—and yet, it still manages to surprise. In 2021, the fair …

Метки : искусствовыставкаярмаркасовременное искусствокритикановости