ArtNews
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Frank Stella, Trailblazing Artist Who Pushed Abstraction to Its Limits, Dies at 87
Frank Stella, an artist who brought abstraction into brave new directions, defining an era with his “Black Paintings” of the 1950s,...
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Ancient Egyptian Pyramids, Sphinx Close to Public for Tech Billionaire’s Lavish Wedding
Ancient Egyptian pyramids and the Great Sphinx in Giza were briefly shuttered to the public this week because of a tech billionaire’s...
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Jan van Eyck’s ‘Arnolfini Portrait’ Gets a New Frame, Polarizing Social Media Users
The Arnolfini Portrait , a main attraction at London’s National Gallery, has received a new frame intended to reshape how viewers see the...
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A Riotous, Edgy Alternative Fair About 1970s Art Returns to New York
For the second year in a row, far from Frieze New York in Hudson Yards, the SoHo art dealer Eric Firestone is hosting 18 New York galleries, all...
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$850,000 Ed Clark Painting Tops First-Day Sales at Frieze New York
The opening of the Frieze New York art fair this week brought six-figure sales and a bunch of celebrities. But whereas last year’s Frieze...
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How Arlene Shechet Makes Her Recalcitrant Materials Come Alive
This spring, Storm King Art Center is getting a serious makeover. Since its founding in 1960, the 500-acre sculpture park in the Hudson Valley...
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The Best Booths at 1-54 New York, From Leaf Assemblages to Invented Archaeological Finds
The 2024 edition of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in New York opened to press on Wednesday afternoon at a new location, Chelsea’s...
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Paul McCartney’s Rarely Seen Photography Gets a Big Museum Show in New York
During the early 1960s, at the height of “Beatlemania,” New York City was taken by storm as The Beatles kicked off their visit to the US. Tens...
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Leonardo da Vinci to Get the Hollywood Treatment from ‘All of Us Strangers’ Director
Leonardo da Vinci is coming soon to a movie theater near you. The Renaissance artist will become the latest artist to receive a biopic,...
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Are We Supposed to Believe Maurizio Cattelan Is Sincere Now?
Maurizio Cattelan is usually “dismissed as a prankster,” per the press release for his new show at Gagosian in New York. That’s because he...