WORLD ART
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Records for Peter Doig, Stanley Whitney Set at Christie’s $219 M. New York Evening Sale
Launching the fall auction season against the backdrop of a slowly reviving New York, a Christie’s evening sale of works made during the...
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With a $10 M. Gift, Otis College Establishes Scholarship Honoring Charles White’s Teaching Legacy
A local philanthropist has given Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles a $10 million gift, part of which will go toward establishing an...
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How Cheech Marin’s Forthcoming Art Center Is Changing the Game for Chicanx Art
What does Rembrandt’s Night Watch have to do with Chicanx art ? For actor and comedian Cheech Marin , it was the inspiration for building...
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In a Cryptic New Film, Arthur Jafa Inspires Awe—and Hope—for Black Futurity
The New York art world fell hard for Arthur Jafa five years ago, when, at the now-defunct Harlem location of Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, he...
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The SCAD Museum of Art Celebrates 10 Years with Diverse and Immersive Exhibitions
The milestone anniversary at SCAD Museum of Art highlights international artists and themes spanning a wealth of geographies, backgrounds, and...
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How I Made This: Dash Shaw and Jane Samborski’s Cryptozoo
At a time when animated features consist predominantly of CGI animation, with its immersive 3D scenarios and hyperrealistic textures of hair,...
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Layered Lesbian Looking: Barbara Hammer at Company
Translation and elation are the central themes of “Tell me there is a lesbian forever . . .,” an exhibition of the late feminist filmmaker...
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Native Song: Marie Watt’s Communal Incantations in Fabric
“Once, there were songs for everything.” Marie Watt , whose solo show “Companion Species (At What Cost)” runs through January 9, 2022, at the...
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Fathers and Sons: Ai Weiwei’s “1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows”
Given the harrowing experiences that the artist and activist Ai Weiwei has endured over his sixty-four years, it is a bit miraculous to see him...