RISDâs 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.)
Christieâs 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 isnât 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, âI Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration,â described internal efforts to curb the Presidentâs impulses, and became a book the following year, âA Warning.â The author eventually revealed himself as Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security.
Christieâs to host exhibition of works from owner François Pinaultâs 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 Christieâs 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 âJoe Average Dayâ, 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: âThe 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 âthe need to fight hatred and prejudice in all its forms,â 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. Bacaâs Great Wall of Los Angeles.
How Womenâs History Museum Mines Fashionâs Past
The collection was littered with homages and references to Rudi Gernreichâs topless monokini, Alexander McQueenâs ultra-low-rise âbumsters,â Azzedine AlaĂŻaâs jewel-tone hoods, aughts-era graphic slogan tees, Jean-Paul Gaultierâs bandage bodysuit from the 1997 film The Fifth Element, and Barbieâs stiff tall ponytail.
âOne auction house will fold, as will more fairsâ: experts give their art market 2025 predictions
Where there will be room for improvement is in the middle market, where current geo-political issues, the slowing down of Asian engagement and the tightening of belts in Europe has led to a softening of prices and lower sell-through rates of the day sales at the major auction houses.
The New âNosferatuâ Drains the Life from Its Predecessor
There, a young real-estate agent named Thomas Hutter (played by Nicholas Hoult) is dispatched by his boss, Herr Knock (Simon McBurney), to a castle in Transylvania, to conclude the sale of a decrepit manor in Wisburg to the mysterious, reclusive Count Orlok.