RISD’s Board Rejects Israel Divestment Proposal
(Administrations at Trinity, Oberlin College, Brown University and many others have similarly rejected proposals to divest funds from companies with business interests in Israel.)
Christie’s Sells Two Winslow Homer Watercolors Appraised On Antiques Roadshow
Krulik said applicants send in images of items for appraisal and get a ticket, but in-person viewing is necessary to determine if an artwork isn’t a reproduction or an oleograph, a print textured to resemble an oil painting.
How Much of the Government Can Donald Trump Dismantle?
In 2018, an anonymous Op-Ed in the New York Times, “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration,” described internal efforts to curb the President’s impulses, and became a book the following year, “A Warning.” The author eventually revealed himself as Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security.
Christie’s to host exhibition of works from owner François Pinault’s collection in Los Angeles
The non-selling show, called Eye Contact: An Invitation to the Pinault Collection, is set to run from 22 January to 28 March, coinciding with the art world's migration to Los Angeles for the annual Frieze fair starting on 20 February.
Watercolour submitted online to Christie’s found to be by Turner
A double-sided portrait by the folk portraitist Ammi Phillips from around 1815, found in a storage unit in California before being submitted to Christie’s via its public website, is a highlight of its Important Americana auction on 24 January (est $40,000-$80,000).
Joe Average, Canadian artist and Aids activist, has died, aged 67
In 2002, then Vancouver mayor Philip Owen issued a civic proclamation to designate 3 November as “Joe Average Day”, acknowledging his efforts to fight homophobia and assist Aids charities such as A Loving Spoonful.
UK export bar placed on rare 17th-century Fairhaven Panels worth ÂŁ1.6m
Pippa Shirley, a member of the reviewing committee, says: “The panels have much to tell us about links between artistic workshops and practices, the trade in precious materials, patronage and taste, not to mention the connection to the highly significant Fairhaven collections.
Why Is It So Hard to Build a Holocaust Memorial in London?
Depending on who you ask, the memorial complex is either a bad idea, an ugly thing, pushed through by well-meaning but incompetent (and mainly non-Jewish) politicians, who talk in bromides about British values and “the need to fight hatred and prejudice in all its forms,” or a powerful new landmark, a venue for difficult conversations about the Holocaust and the current climate of antisemitism, catalyzed by the war in the Middle East.
2025 Preview: 20 Museum Openings, Art Exhibitions, and Biennials to Look Forward To
Years in the making and 300,000 square feet in scale, the museum has been steadily acquiring top-dollar artworks, including a Frida Kahlo self-portrait, a Robert Colescott painting of George Washington, and archives related to Black cinema and Judith F. Baca’s Great Wall of Los Angeles.
How Women’s History Museum Mines Fashion’s Past
The collection was littered with homages and references to Rudi Gernreich’s topless monokini, Alexander McQueen’s ultra-low-rise “bumsters,” Azzedine Alaïa’s jewel-tone hoods, aughts-era graphic slogan tees, Jean-Paul Gaultier’s bandage bodysuit from the 1997 film The Fifth Element, and Barbie’s stiff tall ponytail.