BASEL MIAMI 2025
Get To Know Miami’s Top Hotels: The Shelborne By Proper, Andaz Miami Beach, The Elser Hotel, and More
Forbes: 17 Can’t-Miss Food And Drink Events During Art Basel Miami Beach 2025
ART NOIR?
Alma Allen Will Officially Represent the U.S. at the Venice Biennale. Here’s What You Need to Know; Utah-born, Mexico-based sculptor is an unusual pick for the high-profile international art exhibition
With Trump-Allied Arts Group at Helm, US Artist for 2026 Venice Biennale Is Chosen
RABIH ALAMEDDINE
Painter and Writer Rabih Alameddine Wins National Book Award For Fiction With Darkly Comic Epic Spanning Six Decades; True to his irreverent style, author of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) thanks his psychiatrist, his gastrointestinal doctors and his drug dealers
Interview: Rabih Alameddine by Artist Kara Walker
The Politics of Abstract Painting; Abstract painting is inherently progressive; Abstraction is somehow more serious than figuration
NEVENA PRIJIC
BOOKS + WORDS
LA Review of Books: Chris Kraus’s “The Four Spent the Day Together”; Chris Kraus joins Kate Wolf to talk about her new novel, “The Four Spent the Day Together”
Opinion: "AI could never replace my authors. But, without regulation, it will ruin publishing as we know it," says Jonny Geller, literary agent and CEO of The Curtis Brown Group; Basic principles need to be enshrined to protect the sacred craft of storytelling from this automated onslaught
An Art Magazine? In This Economy? The Sudden, Unlikely Rise of 'Cultured'
Lawrence Weschler : Dario Fo (Nobel Prize for Literature, 1977) On Broadway (1984)
Review: 'Monuments' Collapses American History on Itself; Exhibition in Los Angeles pairing decommissioned public Confederate statues with contemporary art captures America’s shifting political terrain
The Stellar Stoic: Don’t Just Settle for a Shortcut, Do the Work
BOOKS + WORDS
Ted Gioia: On the Rise and Fall of Hunter S. Thompson, Part One
Ted Gioia: On the Rise and Fall of Hunter S. Thompson, Part Two
Ted Gioia: On the Rise and Fall of Hunter S. Thompson, Part Three
CERAMICS
Review: “Hot! & Ready to Serve: Celebrating Functional Ceramics” at American Museum of Ceramic Art
Review: The Trailblazing Pueblo Potter Who Forged Her Own Path; Though Jody Folwell has always felt rooted in her culture, she pursued a ceramics practice in the early 1970s with a desire to find a distinctive voice
Wow. Documentary Filmmaker Ken Burns On Why The American Revolution Is ‘The Most Important Event In History After The Birth of Christ’
LARRY & WES
Larry Gagosian Teams Up with Movie Director Wes Anderson to Reimagine Joseph Cornell’s New York Studio
POP ART
Fine Art Issue of W Magazine, a series that since 2006 has placed the day’s luminaries before the gaze of contemporary artists
BRAVING OPPRESSION
Hyperallergic: School Nixes Exhibition Criticized by Turning Point USA; 'The Fletcher Exhibit' of political art was hosted at East Tennessee State University for 11 years until it came under attack from right-wing figures
See All the Stars on the Red Carpet at the LACMA Art+Film Gala; Annual fundraiser, presented by Gucci, honored Mary Corse and Ryan Coogler
Fascinating. Artforum: Production Notes, What Do Artists Produce and How; With Andrea Zittel, Roni Horn, Katharina Fritsch, Chris Burden, Ai Weiwei, Sherrie Levine, Sam Durant, Rachel Whiteread, Bridget Riley, Monica Bonvicini, and Urs Fischer
Arts Writer and Poet John Yau in Conversation with Artist Sean Scully
Cold, Dust and Darkness: Daily Rituals That Unleashed Picasso; Dublin Exhibition Turns the Key on the Chaotic Magic of the Artist's (Many, Many) Studios
How One Author Fell in Love With the Louvre, and Discovered Its Secrets; In her new book, Elaine Sciolino peels back the curtain on the fortress-like museum
Blue Chip Artist Mickalene Thomas is Charged with Exploitation and Abuse in $14 Million Bombshell Lawsuit by Ex Racquel Chevremont, an Art Curator and TV Personality; Creative and romantic partnership gone disastrously wrong
ART NOIR: THE LOUVRE HEIST
Is This Dapper Man Going to Crack the Louvre Heist Case? Returning to Scene of the Crime? Is he even real? The internet had many questions after a photo began to circulate
BBC: Five New Suspects Arrested Over Louvre Jewellery Theft
Louvre Heist Being Investigated As Inside Job With Security Guard Eyed In Landmark Robbery: Report
Two Arrested Over Theft of Jewels at Louvre Museum In Paris
Glittering Royal History Behind the Louvre’s Stolen Jewels; Valued at $102 million, the gems were taken from the Paris institution in a daring eight-minute heist
Why Weren’t the Jewels Stolen From the Louvre Insured? Thieves snatched jewelry valued at more than $100 million, but the museum will not be compensated for the loss
No Security Cameras Covered Louvre Balcony Where Thieves Entered, Director Says
Wild New Footage Reveals Louvre Robbers’ Slow Getaway With $100M In Jewels
BOOKS + WORDS
Interview: Author Chris Kraus on Success, Drugs and 'I Love Dick; Decade after her debut became a cult hit, the US author talks about the true crime that inspired her latest novel; #MeToo overreach; Being married to an addict
Review 'The Land of Sweet Forever' by Harper Lee; Newly discovered stories from an American great; If we regard this book as literature, it is an unqualified failure. But these juvenile stories and essays shed fascinating light on the repression of Lee’s early life
The Free Press: Dawn of the Postliterate Society; Smartphone hasn’t just distracted us. It’s dismantled the habits of thought that built our civilization
Secrets Behind the Roman Colosseum’s Enduring Engineering
LISA THE SUBVERSIVE
8 Houston Collectors Reveal What Really Sets Their City’s Art Scene Apart From Its Coastal Counterparts; Here, Houston proves it can rival any coastal capital in taste and risk-taking, with five collections that will stop you in your tracks
At Age 18, Sculptress Vinnie Ream Was The First Woman To Receive a Federal Art Commission for Her Lincoln Portrait
EVERYDAY IS HALLOWEEN, 2025
PORTRAIT: THE WILDLY CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHER WILLIAM MORTENSEN
Gordy Grundy: The Beau Geste of LACMA and LVMA; The new 'Family Album' show is the first of many gifts to Las Vegas and the West
Worth a Read: Waiting to Be Discovered? Curators Reveal How Emerging Artists Can Get Noticed; "You can't just sit in the studio," experts say
Secret of CIA’s ‘Kryptos’ Sculpture, Unsolved For 35 Years, Is Up For Sale; Video
Collector’s Guide to Art Authentication and Avoiding Costly Mistakes; Paying an expert to confirm provenance is one of the best ways to protect one’s investment, but it's not the only way
How Jenny Saville Reclaimed the Female Nude
Damien Hirst and Plagiarism: ‘All my ideas are stolen anyway’; So said the artist in 2008. As he is accused once again of stealing the idea for his best work, will it make any difference to his reputation?
The Stellar Stoic: What This Philosophy Is Here For
DESIGN
Review: Life’s Hidden Dramas in the Art of Walter Sickert; Sickert didn’t go in for glamour or flattery and the subjects of many of his best works are things seen off to the side, a bit inconsequential
You Still Have Time, Pt. II
GOOD GIGS
Fashion Designer Jason Wu Collaborates With Robert Rauschenberg Foundation On Art-Inspired Collection
KAWS Named Japanese Fashion Uniqlo’s First Artist-in-Residence
Shocking Allure of Erotic Abstraction; London show on Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, and Alice Adams gives a sense of how different, even alarming, these pieces would have been to viewers in the 1960s; Today?
New Exhibition in Norway Showcases Picasso’s Divisive Late Work; What creation means to an artist facing death?
PHOTOGRAPHY
Strangers in the Family Album: Reflections on Soviet Amateur Photography; Politics of Socialization
7 Defining Images That Reveal How One Camera Revolutionized Photojournalism; Arrival of the Leica I, 100 years ago, reshaped photo reportage and documentary
Artnet CEO Jacob Pabst, son of Founder Hans Neuendorf, Resigns Abruptly Before Annual General Meeting; Artsy Takeover Likely
Closed 'Til Tariffs Chill Out...
PHOTOGRAPHY
Nudes, Neighbours and Nopales: Mexican Martha Naranjo Sandoval moves to New York; Martha Naranjo Sandoval’s intimate images of family and friends document her first years in NYC – from fire hydrant rainbows to epic views of the skyline
LIVING IN A POSTHUMAN AGE Julia Friedman and David Hawkes: 'Murder in the Posthuman Age; What to make of the assassination of Charlie Kirk'
BRINGING HOME THE PRIZED BACON
Poundstone: Wynn Bequeaths Francis Bacon Triptych to LACMA
BAS JAN ADER
Retrospective Dispels Myths Surrounding Bas Jan Ader
BACK TO TOP
HEARTS HANG HEAVY IN LOS ANGELES
Kenny Schachter Tells All: Art Basel’s Miami Pivot; Run-In With Larry G; Michael Werner Gallery Divorce: Gordon VeneKlasen is on his way out, and headed to Los Angeles. And rumors swirl about who bought what at the New York sales
SLOW FLUSH
Maurizio Cattelan’s Golden Toilet Fails to Make a Splash; Work sold for $12.1 million after an awkward minute during which the auctioneer attempted to draw out more bids
Barely Worth Its Weight in Gold: can art still be considered an asset class? As Maurizio Cattelan's toilet sells to its gold spot price, experts question just how secure of an investment art really is
“Las Vegas artist.” In all my 24 years in Las Vegas, the term has irked me, like poor stitching inscribing your skin. So, I have no answer to what makes one a Las Vegas artist today, but I have som e questions. "
Most Jaw-Dropping Costumes of the Miss Universe Competition
Debutante Mary Boone Reveals the Part of the 1980s Art World She Misses the Most
In New Documentary, Artist Marilyn Minter Overcomes the Burden of Shame in the Art World
DATALAND
(2024 Article) L.A. Gets First For-Profit Museum of AI; Financed by real estate developer Related California; Los Angeles has a tradition of artists starting DIY museums
Art Critic Jerry Saltz Gets Into an Online Skirmish With A.I. Superstar Refik Anadol; Saltz enraged Anadol after dismissing his installation at MoMA
Here Are the 10 Most-Searched Artists in 2025; Are You Listed?
ARCHITECTURE
Venice Architecture Biennale 2025; This year’s must-see shows range from a Nordic Pavilion exploring transgender spaces to a compelling Lebanese project confronting the realities of ecocide
Sperone Westwater, Legendary New York Gallery, Closes After 50 Years
Sperone Westwater Founders Are Locked in Legal Battle as Gallery Prepares to Close ; The two dealers are “so divided”
What If Every Artwork You’ve Ever Seen Is a Fake? Shocked to learn just how many pieces of art sold around the world are forgeries; Does cheap dupe really make us enjoy it less? Yeah.
Frieze: The 25 Best Works of the 21st Century
STREETWISE
Kickstarter: Looks Great! Make it Happen! "I Kissed Banksy's Girlfriend"; New book by OG street artist Dave the Chimp. The True Story of Street Art's early years; Hijinx on the Streets; "Wild West" days; 304 pages. Over 70 photographs and illustrations
The Free Press Podcast: Punk Rock Turns 50 ; Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s Socrates; Roots of punk go back much further than you think. Like 2,400 years back...
ART NOIR
Ah-ha! Fedora Man Unmasked: Meet The Teen Behind The Louvre Mystery Photo
The Week in Art Crime and Mischief: Googly eyes on a sculpture, updates in the Louvre heist, a teenager arrested for damaging exhibits at the Met. Art crime made the news this month
Where in America Are Museums Most ‘Heist-Prone’?; LACMA No. 7
Frieze: 25 Best Works of the 21st Century; Join us as we count down the defining works that have shaped contemporary art since 2000
Vietnam Vet From Long Island Finds Solace In Painting And Teaches It To Soldiers Fighting Ptsd: ‘I Was Getting Daymares’
Artist Q’Shaundra James Goes Beyond ‘The Veil’
ARCHITECTURE
California Modernist Icon, the Bailey House, Designed by Architect Richard Neutra Hits the Market in Pacific Palisades; Sole Case Study House realized by Neutra
Terry Farrell, ‘Non-Conformist’ Architect, 1938–2025; Known for his postmodern buildings in London
VIDEO
; Directed by Johnny Depp; 72-hour whirlwind in the life of artist Amedeo Modigliani; Starring Riccardo Scamarcio, Antonia Desplat and Al Pacino
Books Excerpt: '100 Assignments From Nayland Blake' "While these assignments will not turn someone else into me, they will provide the practitioner with a path to the deviations within themselves"; "I’ve taught for 30 years in colleges, residencies, and sex parties."
The Stellar Stoic: What If This Made You Stronger?
LAWRENCE WESCHLER
Ted Gioia: Spotify Backs Down; Are we finally winning the AI war against slop?
Rainey Knudson: What Happens When We Die (487 words)
Modeling Home: A Call for New Approaches to Art and Research Residencies
Here Are the 10 Most-Searched Artists in 2025; Are You Listed?
Don’t Piss On Me And Tell Me It’s Painting; How a taxonomy developed, where Warhol's Piss paintings are just the ones with piss on gesso
The Best Artists’ Gardens To Visit, from Cecil Beaton to Claude Monet; As the Garden Museum in London celebrates Beaton’s floral passions, Ann Treneman heads outdoors to visit some of the most lush, evocative spots at home and abroad
ALSO IN PARIS...
Is Art Basel Paris Too Big to Fail? Fair showed relative market resilience but leaned into the risk-averse paintings, with most standout work in the emerging sectors
Robert Rauschenberg at 100: How the Relentless Experimenter Rewired American Art; Eight Significant Moments
Remembering the Pigment Shop That Taught Me How to See; Kremer’s New York City location, a painter’s paradise and key resource for conservators, is closing in November. For artists, the loss goes far beyond a storefront
FANBOY SPHERE
‘Wizard of Oz’ at Las Vegas Sphere Making $2 million a Day, Researchers Say
Sphere Continues To Soar High Thanks To 'Wizard of Oz' Success
LETTERS FROM THE EDITOR
Gordy Grundy :
Kenny Schachter: Inigo Philbrick Has a New Venture, and Diddy’s $21 Million Kerry James Marshall Has a New Owner: Kenny Schachter Tells All
ART NOIR
Financial Times: French Government Recognises ‘Failure’ Over Louvre Heist; Daylight Burglary Of Priceless Royal Jewels Triggers Review Of Security Measures At Country’s Cultural Institutions
No Chardins? No Leonardos? We’re Lucky The Louvre Raiders Had Dreadful Taste In Art; Philistine thieves skipped the museum’s real treasures in favour of dull royal knick-knacks
New Book: “Art Fraud: 50 Fakes That Fooled the Art World”; As much as 50% of all art on the market today may be forgery
Greek Abbot of The Mega Spilaio Monastery Was Arrested On Charges of Trafficking Byzantine Icons And Other Antiquities
Art World Infamy: Inigo Philbrick – Nowhere to Run (Ep. 4); Listen as Inigo Philbrick’s fugitive chapter ends in an unlikely island hideout
PHOTOGRAPHY
David Hockney: ‘I Assume I’ll Die Soon, So I Want To Work Every Day’; Revealing his transcendent new direction; Happiest when painting
Tale of Old Los Angeles; Legendary Actor Steve McQueen’s Granddaughter Sues for Jackson Pollock Painting Lost in Botched Trade for a Motorcycle and Land
Inside The Legal Spat Between One Of The World’s Richest Men And His Longtime Interior Designer; Kickbacks or Tips?
Yau: The Divided Being of Forrest Bess (1911-1977); He was one of the first American artists to grapple with the many parts of an individual’s identity, and seek to unify them; In accordance with the aborigine ritual, becoming a hermaphrodite was the key to immortality; Designed camouflage in WWII
Video Conversation: Between Urs Fischer and Film Curator and Writer Róisín Tapponi About Fearless Creativity And The Artist’s Most Recent Monograph, 'Urs Fischer: Monumental Sculpture'
BIG COLLECTORS
PHOTOGRAPHY
Condoms, Cows and Contortions: Peter Hujar’s Astonishing Vision – In Pictures
Artists Are Losing Work, Wages, and Hope As Bosses and Clients Embrace AI; Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job
ART IN THE MOVIES
Art & Scandal: First-Look Film Review 'The Christophers'; Directed by Steven Soderbergh ; Starring Ian McKellen, James Corden, and Michaela Coel; Screenplay by Ed Solomon; Adult children of a famed painter try to forge daddy's work
Robert Longo Fails to Meet the Moment in a Pace Gallery Mega-Show
JoAnne Carson: In the Garden of Raucous Retro-Futurism
Closed 'Til Tariffs Chill Out...
BOOKS + WORDS
Podcast: New Yorker's Anthony Lane on Elmore Leonard’s Perfect Pitch; How the author of “Rum Punch” and “Out of Sight” came into his style
Are Movies With Plot Twists Better Than Those Without? I studied the plots of 26,710 movies to look at where plot twists work, where they don’t, and why genre matters
The Art of Biography: The Acid Queen; Interview with Susannah Cahalan, the author of 'The Acid Queen: The Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary'; Ex-wife and partner of Timothy Leary
‘The CIA Book Club’ Review: Typewriter Revolution; During the Cold War, the CIA may have had as much success with books and magazines as with gun-running and spies
LA MORT DU MAGAZINE
The Luxurious Death Rattle of the Great American Magazine; In the glory days of magazines, journalists flew business class and contributors were sent flowers just for meeting a deadline. It was absurd
The Small Magazines That Birthed Surrealism; Surrealism Through Its Journals Reminds Us That The Movement Began With, And Cannot Be Understood Without, The Written Word
25 of 2025: Five Trailblazing Performance Artists to Know; 25 boundary-pushing artists who have been dominating the conversation this year
Six L.A. Museum Projects to Open by 2028
UC Irvine Takes Over OCMA
Expect Major Shift in Journalism and News: Bari Weiss, founder of The Free Press, to lead CBS News as part of major Paramount Skydance shakeup: sources
ARCHITECTURE
Bruce Goff's Legacy Lives on at LACMA; Man behind LACMA's Japanese Pavilion inspired renegade West Coast architects
Celebrated, Imprisoned, Reviled, Rebuilt: Fernand Pouillon, The Lost Architect of France; From designing enormous postwar housing projects to escaping from prison using a rope, Pouillon’s life had high drama. New documentary charts the extraordinary rise, fall – and rise again – of France’s ‘most wanted’ creative
Las Vegas ‘Underground House’ Hits Market for $8.5M — Photos underground-house
Eight Ways Frank Lloyd Wright’s Buildings Are Still Making Headlines in 2025; Decades after his passing, Frank Lloyd Wright continues to leave his mark on the architectural world
Valuable Read; Rainey Knudson: 'Halfdan Was Here' (527 words): Viking Graffiti in the Hagia Sophia, a Poem to Street Art, and a Prayer to Life As We Know It
BELL RINGING
Art Report Today Podcast: Artist Larry Bell Discusses His Life, Work and Career
STEALING LIKE AN ARTIST
A Curious Incident, a Dog in 'Night Watch' Was a Copy by Rembrandt, Expert Claims
Rijksmuseum says that just like Shakespeare, Rembrandt drew widely and shamelessly from earlier sources
2025 California Biennial: Desperate, Scared, But Social at Orange County Museum of Art
GOVERNMENT ARTS
Could Rejecting State Art Grants Be the New Anti-Trump Resistance?
Art Organizations Prevail in Legal Battle Over NEA Grants; Here's how the Trump administration is drastically reshaping the arts landscape
Trump’s “Gender Ideology” Ban for Art Grants Ruled Unconstitutional
Is This the Breaking Point for Museums? Severe cuts to public funding and political uncertainties are straining museums across the West and Europe; Climate of Anxiety for Museums
The Intelligence Report, Mid-Year Economic Review 2025
Pop Art in the Age of AI; 'Pop on Paper: Lichtenstein, Ruscha & Warhol,' Modest-Sized But Elegant Exhibition at the Tyler Museum of Art
ARCHITECTURE
Earthen Architecture and Culture (Xi'an) Research Center / OnEarthStudio
Remember When Art Was Fun? Bob & Bob Are Back. Read Part One: 'Birth of an Art World Duo at the Dawn of Performance Art'
'Ukraine Must Win': Five Members of Pussy Riot Sentenced to Jail In Russia; Fortunately in absentia
Patriotic Brits Cough Up the Funds to Keep Modern Sculpture Masterwork in the UK . After Fundraising Campaign, Citizens Bought the Barbara Hepworth 'Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red' (1943), by Fiat From the Hands of an Overseas Private Collector
MONSIEUR NOUAR: LE FRANCAIS BUSTER KEATON
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDITOR
Breaking News + Opinion
The Lost City of Atlanta; Can the Atlanta art scene’s survivalist rhetoric and utopian visions make up for a lack of public funding?
The Exploding Career: Following Controversial Tibet Project, Activists Denounce Cai Guo-Qiang Fireworks in Paris
See it! One of America’s Oldest Art Collections Gets a Stunning New Home; Princeton University Art Museum's brand-new David Adjaye-designed building
ART & COMMERCE
Art Basel & UBS Survey of Global Collecting 2025
Seven takeaways from the 2025 Survey of Global Collecting
Book Review; The Women Artists Who Found Freedom in Old Age; Artists profiled in 'Grand Finales' refused to consign themselves to what the author calls “Little-Old-Lady-Land,” and opted to keep searching, pushing, and trying new things
Greenberger: Long Life in the Arts; Alison Knowles, Fluxus Artist and Gallerist Who Spun Art from the Everyday, Dies at 92; 'Make a Salad', her most famous work
Surreal Moment When Salvador Dalí Met the Pope
Jasper Johns Is [Not] Over Painting; "(Johns) has not stopped painting after all"
East of Borneo: The Sick Shall Inherit the Earth; Palisades and Eaton Fires; Todd Haynes' 'Safe'; Land of Light and Air; Neutra; Rockhaven
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDITOR
Gordy Grundy :
PHOTOGRAPHY
KUSAMA KULTURE
ARCHITECTURE
Secret Apartment Atop the Eiffel Tower; Boasting Paris' best view, in one of the world's most famous landmarks; Former workshop of Gustave Eiffel
Decrepit Brooklyn Mansion Where A Widow Once Lived For Decades
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDITOR Gordy Grundy : WHAT RECESSION?
San Francisco's Longstanding Rena Bransten Gallery Switches To Pop-Up Model To Combat Changing Art World
Museums had a rough 2025: Report shows lower attendance, lost grants, less money
Doubling-Down, George Condo Is Now Represented by Sprüth Magers and Skarstedt, Departing Hauser & Wirth
BOOKS + WORDS
PHOTOGRAPHY
THREADS
LETTERS FROM THE EDITOR
Gordy Grundy : ;
Fascinating. Artforum: Production Notes, What Do Artists Produce and How; With Andrea Zittel, Roni Horn, Katharina Fritsch, Chris Burden, Ai Weiwei, Sherrie Levine, Sam Durant, Rachel Whiteread, Bridget Riley, Monica Bonvicini, and Urs Fischer
Arts Writer and Poet John Yau in Conversation with Artist Sean Scully
ART NOIR: THE GREAT LOUVRE ROBBERY
Atlantic: The Louvre Heist Is Terrific; Here was a dreamy little crime in which no one really got hurt
Two More Charged Over Louvre Jewellery Heist
Louvre Heist the Work of ‘Petty Criminals’; French prosecutors said four suspects have been charged
Cold, Dust and Darkness: Daily Rituals That Unleashed Picasso; Dublin Exhibition Turns the Key on the Chaotic Magic of the Artist's (Many, Many) Studios
How One Author Fell in Love With the Louvre, and Discovered Its Secrets; In her new book, Elaine Sciolino peels back the curtain on the fortress-like museum
LETTERS FROM THE EDITOR
Gordy Grundy :
WOMEN NAMED AGNES
Agnes Gund, Champion of Arts and Equity, Dies at 87; From her efforts to end mass incarceration to her deep belief in education, the collector and philanthropist advocated for a more compassionate world
LACMA GIFTING BONANZA
In Time for Art Basel Paris, Underrated Paris Museums That Locals Love
WILLIAM BLAKE
PETER DOIG
How Egg Tempera Painters Crack the Mystery of the Perfect Yolk; We’ve hatched a practical guide to the centuries-old egg-based paint
On Being Ivan Karp In 1962; Extended Excerpt from Karp's account of the emergence of Pop Art in New York in 1961-2; At the time he was director of Leo Castelli Gallery
Hunter S. Thompson’s Death To Be Reinvestigated 20 Years After Suicide Ruling
ART 'N ECONOMICS
Philadelphia’s Bankrupt UArts Sells off Library of Rare Art Books; Sale, which included rarities associated with Picasso, Albers, and Motherwell, netted more than $160,000—and there’s more to come
Almine Rech Shuts Down London Gallery After 11 Years
Pace to Close Hong Kong Gallery
Christie's Hong Kong Autumn Sale Drops 46% From Last Year
OCMA 'No Longer Exists,' After UC Irvine Announces Merger with Langson IMCA
Hauser and Zwirner’s UK Galleries Report Nearly 90% Drop in Earnings; News of the dip in profits, reported in public financial filings, comes amid a rumored global art market downturn
How the MoMA Store Became More MoMA than the MoMA; Outstanding places to shop; Licensing partnerships with brands like Lego, New Era, and Nike
TWOMBLY SELF-MARKETING
Reissued Twombly Exhibition Posters from Yvon Lambert
Modern Patronage? Meet the ‘Maintenance Artist’ Who Has Made Lifelong Art Out of Labor; New documentary profiles the unpaid artist in residence with the New York City sanitation department
ENHANCING COLLECTOR EXPERIENCE
Experiential Floral Art Spectacle on Instagram
BOOKS + WORDS
Woody Allen Published His First Novel; Film-maker has previously written short stories and essays but this story about a middle-aged Jewish author whose marriage is on the rocks is his first published novel
‘Deeply Concerning’: Reading For Fun In The Us Has Fallen By 40%, New Study Says; Over the last 20 years, the number of Americans who read daily for pleasure has seen a considerable decline
The Onion Brought Back Its Print Edition. The Gamble Is Paying Off. Publications turn to the old-style products to appeal to nostalgic readers and stand out in a crowded digital media landscape
The Stellar Stoic: You Can Find Peace
ART NOIR
Collusion, Evasion, and Theft! 25 Years in Art Market Scandals; Artists, dealers, and collectors have been accused of all sorts of malfeasance. The fallout has varied
The Spy Who Came In from the Burning Picassos; Working undercover for the French Resistance, Rose Valland witnessed the Nazis’ destruction of 500 precious artworks
Lies, Private Jets And A Missing $86M: Inigo Philbrick’s Art World Swindle; Convicted fraudster expresses regret, not remorse, in a two-part BBC documentary but also asks ‘What about all the good deals?’
STREETWISE
CERAMICS
BEST OF THE WEEK with JERRY GOGOSIAN
K-Pop Star RM Brings His Art Collection to a Museum for the First Time; "RM x SFMOMA" will surface selections from the pop star's art trove, including works by Yun Hyong-Keun, Kim Yun Shin, and Philip Guston 
Legendary Has a New Name, Bari Weiss; 
s
