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Anastasia Bukhman, the Russian-born collector behind a £1m donation to London’s National Portrait Gallery

Anastasia Bukhman, the Russian-born collector behind a £1m donation to London’s National Portrait Gallery

Dmitry and his family are also in London, and the company cut its last ties with Russia in October 2022, shutting its offices and relocating hundreds of staff as a result of the invasion of Ukraine.


Women Who Made Amanda Seyfried Feel Less Alone

Women Who Made Amanda Seyfried Feel Less Alone

You’re with her throughout the process: when she finds a postcard from another woman addressed to her husband, when he initiates a divorce, when they go to couples counselling (because there’s a big part of Smith that wants to fix the relationship), when she has a difficult conversation with her kids about the situation, and when she finally decides to prioritize her happiness.


Could Hong Kong Art Week’s Big Kick Off Parties Give a Hint at the Market’s Direction?

Could Hong Kong Art Week’s Big Kick Off Parties Give a Hint at the Market’s Direction?

There’s videos and site-specific installations exploring the fragile nature of morality and humanity’s brutality by Hong Kong artist Tsang Kin-Wah at Galerie du Monde, and a show bridging traditional folk crafts with contemporary art—and foregrounding women’s unseen labor—at Centre for Heritage Arts & Textile, to name a couple.


The Art Works in Flannery O’Connor’s Attic

The Art Works in Flannery O’Connor’s Attic

Inside was “a few theses’ worth of stuff,” Gentry noted, picking up a sheaf of paper in a musty parlor room—sheet music for the 1917 song “Joan of Arc, They Are Calling You.” There were books on Catholicism (“Signed Ones in Plastic,” a label read); scholarly works on O’Connor; and, hanging in Louise’s closet, three chiffon evening gowns.


Matisse wanted to buy a Van Gogh portrait—instead, his brother bought a bicycle

Matisse wanted to buy a Van Gogh portrait—instead, his brother bought a bicycle

In the 1941 interview in which Matisse recalled the bicycle anecdote he also revealed that, on the wall of his bedroom, he had two reproductions of paintings: Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and a work by his fellow Fauve, Georges Rouault.


Dealers are facing the tricky challenge of balancing artist and collector priorities

Dealers are facing the tricky challenge of balancing artist and collector priorities

This challenge was one of the subjects covered in a lively panel discussion held in Manhattan on 29 January, as part of Downtown Dealers—a conversation series for New York gallerists established by the collector and adviser Bill Cournoyer.


Trump signs executive order to ‘eliminate’ agency that funds museums and libraries

Trump signs executive order to ‘eliminate’ agency that funds museums and libraries

This decision undermines access to the arts, disproportionately harming marginalised groups and stifling diverse expression,” Julie TrĂ©bault, the executive director of Artists at Risk Connection, said in a statement.


Tate to Cut 40 Roles, or 7 Percent of Staff, in Response to Lingering Covid Deficit

Tate to Cut 40 Roles, or 7 Percent of Staff, in Response to Lingering Covid Deficit

The Guggenheim Museum in New York in late February began dismissing 20 employees across the institution, or 7 percent of its workforce, citing the continued challenge of returning to fiscal stability in the post-pandemic years.


Leigh Bowery at Tate Modern, Ukraine’s art world three years on, Max Beckmann and the Gothic Modern—podcast

Leigh Bowery at Tate Modern, Ukraine’s art world three years on, Max Beckmann and the Gothic Modern—podcast

Tate Modern this week opened a vast exhibition exploring the life and work of the maverick Australian-born performance artist, fashion designer and self-styled “club monster”, Leigh Bowery, as well as the variety of cultural figures in his orbit in London.


Techno-Fascism Comes to America

Techno-Fascism Comes to America

Accelerationism has been popularized in the past decade by the British philosopher Nick Land, who is part of the so-called neo-reactionary or Dark Enlightenment movement populated by figures including Curtis Yarvin, a former programmer and blogger whose proposals for an American monarchy have enjoyed renewed relevance during Trump 2.0.


The New York Drama Critics’ Circle Goes Metal

The New York Drama Critics’ Circle Goes Metal

On one table was a giant human arm, part of a monument of Father Capodanno bound for Staten Island; in back was a plaster mold of the head of Martin Luther King, Jr., for a bust that sits in the Oval Office.


Why was the National Gallery shy of sharing its ‘Wilton Diptych’ report?

Why was the National Gallery shy of sharing its ‘Wilton Diptych’ report?

As we near the National Gallery’s much-anticipated double reveal of its collection rehang and remodelled Sainsbury Wing, here is a curious tale about its instinct to remain closed, at least in spirit.