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2024


Brutalism meets art in São Paulo pop-up exhibitions

Brutalism meets art in São Paulo pop-up exhibitions

“Due to a relationship with the material, or the entrance of light, or a type of perspective, you already saw that work placed in that spot.” The pergola in the Silveira house, for instance, immediately struck the curators as the perfect site for pieces by Artur Lescher and Anish Kapoor.


Co-owner of right-wing broadcaster GB News buys UK art magazine Apollo

Co-owner of right-wing broadcaster GB News buys UK art magazine Apollo

“OQS Media, which is owned by British entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Paul Marshall, will prioritise investing in journalism, talent and the latest technology, with the aim of building a strong future for The Spectator and supporting it to reach new audiences,” the statement adds.


‘We want to lift those who take the risk for us all’: Rosana Paulino receives new Munch prize celebrating artistic freedom

‘We want to lift those who take the risk for us all’: Rosana Paulino receives new Munch prize celebrating artistic freedom

Her practice, which spans drawing, embroidery, engraving, printmaking, collage, sculpture and installation, deconstructs the production and dissemination of racist theories that served as justification for European colonialism and the slave trade.


Two publications show how in Caspar David Friedrich’s world mankind is puny against nature’s power and glory

Two publications show how in Caspar David Friedrich’s world mankind is puny against nature’s power and glory

While field, meadow and trees seem to descend towards the viewer, that left-to-right diagonal is powerfully offset, in the painting’s upper half, by the sheer weight of the evening sky, a mass of lavender-tinged clouds parting to reveal horizontal bands of yellowish-orange produced by the setting sun, a fading glimpse of a world beyond.


Long-planned Las Vegas art museum given plot of land downtown

Long-planned Las Vegas art museum given plot of land downtown

The idea for a standalone fine art museum in Las Vegas has been in the making for several decades, but previous schemes never fully materialised.


“Shrek” v. Perry the Donkey

“Shrek” v. Perry the Donkey

Several minutes later, after a detour through the diamond district to pick up some stamps, she was back inside the lobby, standing before a gold letter box affixed to the wall.


An art-world wish list for the next US president

An art-world wish list for the next US president

Generally private enterprise supports art by buying paintings, putting murals in lobbies and commercial projects involving artists.”


Rijksmuseum acquires controversial early botanic book on Suriname

Rijksmuseum acquires controversial early botanic book on Suriname

Maria Sibylla Merian’s 1705 Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium is considered a “high point” of early printing, portraying exotic insects at a time when Western Europeans were keen to explore, name and understand the world.


New London Museum gets £50m cash boost in face of rising costs

New London Museum gets £50m cash boost in face of rising costs

Described as “one of Europe's largest cultural infrastructure projects”, the new complex is designed by Stanton Williams and Asif Khan in partnership with the conservation architects Julian Harrap.


The Temporary License of Literary Bratdom

The Temporary License of Literary Bratdom

“My First Book” is a rainbow grenade of based waifus and raw-milk-chugging looksmaxxers, of parables about cancellation, of seemingly unedited reflections on status, social media, and how “reality is what we make it.” “Mood Swings,” by Barnet, features animal uprisings and venture capitalists investing in time travel.


From ‘Soho scammer’ to television dancer: Anna Sorokin will compete on Dancing with the Stars

From ‘Soho scammer’ to television dancer: Anna Sorokin will compete on Dancing with the Stars

Sorokin has parlayed her notoriety into various ventures beyond the Netflix series—for which she was paid $320,000, though she was not allowed to keep the money due to a law in New York preventing criminals from cashing in on their infamy.


Out of the Sky

Out of the Sky

The remarkable rise of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, and Russia’s increasing isolation on the world stage, is likely to alter this arrangement soon, but a U.S. astronaut, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, launched off from Baikonur as recently as this past March.