WORLD ART
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Climate Protestors Arrested at Glasgow Museum, Thai Artist Thanom Chapakdee Dies at 64, and More: Morning Links for June 30, 2022
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines POLICE...
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A $52 M. Francis Bacon Painting Reigns in Otherwise Weak Sotheby’s London Sales
Sotheby’s staged an evening sale offering works of modern and contemporary art on Wednesday evening in London, bringing in a combined total of...
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Documenta’s Anti-Semitism Controversies Come Under the Microscope During Heated, Awkward Panel
At a tense panel this evening in Germany, experts came together to discuss the fallout from the removal of a work at Documenta 15 that contained...
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Margaret Keane, ‘Big Eyes’ Painter, Dies At 94
Artist Margaret Keane , whose paintings of big eyed children were incredibly popular in the ’50s and ’60s, died on Sunday at 94, the...
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Bulging Codpieces & Multicolored Tights: Renaissance Men’s Fashion Today
Certain men’s fashions have always been controversial. In 2014, Mark Rylance, a star of the BBC’s popular sixteenth-century TV drama “ Wolf...
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Who Is Cecilia Vicuña, and Why Is Her Art Now Receiving So Much Attention?
For most of a career spanning 50-plus years, Chilean-born artist, poet, and activist Cecilia Vicuña has been ahead of her time. Since starting to...
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The 8 Best Booths at TEFAF Maastricht, From a Rare Artemisia Gentileschi to a Two-Sided de Chirico
After its New York iteration, which took place in May, TEFAF is back in its hometown of Maastricht. It’s the first time the fair in the Dutch city...
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Frieze Taps 110 Galleries, Including International Megas, for First Seoul Fair
Frieze has revealed the exhibitor list for its first Seoul fair, which is set to run from September 2–5. With 110 galleries participating, the...
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Koons ‘Balloon Monkey’ Sells for Ukraine Relief, Yves Klein Overperforms at Christie’s London-Paris Sale
Christie’s staged two back-to-back sales of modern and contemporary art on Tuesday afternoon in London and Paris, bringing in a combined total of...
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The Best Tools for Effective Hand Sanding
Sandpaper is an acrobatic tool, flexible enough to bend into crevices and around corners. But sanding also requires pressure, which can be hard to...