WORLD ART
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Pro-Palestine Activists Protest at the Met, Unfurling a Large Quilt Across Museum’s Stairs
A vast quilt calling for Palestinian liberation was unfurled across the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Sunday, making the...
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Shanghai’s Rockbund Art Museum Contends With Its Colonial History
The Rockbund Art Museum , a contemporary art museum located in a restored plaster-brick Art Deco building overlooking Shanghai’s iconic Bund,...
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On the Eve of Art Basel Hong Kong, Major Institutional Players Paint an Optimistic Outlook for the City’s Art Scene
Last Tuesday, Hong Kong lawmakers passed an overarching national security legislation, widely known as Article 23, through a unanimous vote that...
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As Art Basel Hong Kong Opens, Director Angelle Siyang-Le Talks About the City’s Art Scene and the Fair’s More Robust Offerings
With Covid travel restrictions finally over, 2024 is a big year for Art Basel Hong Kong as the fair has now returned to its pre-pandemic peak of...
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Liste Basel’s 2024 Edition Will Bring Together 91 Galleries from 35 Countries
The Liste Art Fair in Basel, Switzerland, has announced the participating galleries for the 2024 edition. Running concurrently with Art Basel...
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Ancient Chinese Cemetery Is Unearthed in Hubei Province
An ancient cemetery packed with more than 100 tombs and cultural artifacts has been found by archaeologists in China’s Hubei province....
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Metropolitan Museum of Art Hires Its First Provenance Research Head
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has named Sotheby’s executive Lucian Simmons to the newly created head of provenance research....
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9 Local Galleries to Know Ahead of Art Basel Hong Kong
With Hong Kong Art Week set to take off Monday, art world jet-setters are officially en-route and eyes are squarely on the coastal...
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Iconoclastic Artist Alice Shaddle Re-Emerges in Chicago Exhibition
A curator recently shared with me a digital folder containing scanned slides of Alice Shaddle’s art, a lifetime of sculptures, collages,...
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Hauser & Wirth to Inaugurate Basel Space with Vilhelm Hammershøi Exhibition
When Hauser & Wirth opens its 18th exhibition space on June 1, it will do so with an art-historical deep dive, not with an exhibition for a...