WORLD ART

• Lucas Museum Acquires Record-Shattering $15.3 M. Robert Colescott Painting

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  The still-under-construction Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has announced the acquisition of Robert Colescott ’s 1975 painting,  George...

• The Five Best Laptops for All Budgets

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  Recently, remote working has grown by leaps and bounds—and many artists, illustrators, and designers who rely on a computer to do their job have...

• Early Kusama Works Fetch $15.2 M. at Auction, Nearly Doubling Expectations

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  A group of 11 early works by Yayoi Kusama from the late 1950s and early ’60s that have been in private hands for six decades sold on Wednesday...

• Richard Nonas, Experimental Sculptor Who Pushed the Medium to New Frontiers, Has Died at 85

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  Richard Nonas , who is known for a sculpture practice that examines notions of place, space, and time, has died at age 85. The news was confirmed...

• Best Embossing Folders for Unique Designs and Patterns

  9 hours ago WORLD ART ArtNews 18

  If you’re looking for a simple way to emboss a small area, consider using an embossing folder. This slender accessory is similar to a template...

• The Creation of “Women”: Zanele Muholi at Tate Modern

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  In her 1997 book The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses , Oyeronke Oyewumi , a US-based Nigerian theorist,...

• $93 M. Basquiat Leads Christie’s 21st C. Evening Sale, $17 M. Cryptopunks Among Trending Talent

  13 hours ago WORLD ART ArtNews 29

  This evening Christie’s launched its new 21st century sale category (1980s to now) with a 39-lot sale estimated to fetch over $145 million. Timed...

• The Best Clamp Lights for Illuminating Your Workspace

  1 day ago WORLD ART ArtNews 24

  Clamp lights are a good addition to any artist’s or photographer’s studio or hobbyist’s workshop. Compact and portable, these lighting fixtures...

• How the Museum of Chinese in America Emerged from a Fire and Pandemic Lockdown

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  O n the evening of January 23, 2020, a five-alarm fire broke out at 70 Mulberry Street in New York, in a historic building in the city’s...

• The Best Books on Silkscreening for Learning a Storied Craft

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  Although silkscreen printing may not seem like the easiest art form to try your hand at outside a dedicated studio, it is in fact a highly...