Paul Allen’s Vintage Computer Museum Shutters, Sends Its Holdings to Auction
Living Computers: Museum + Labs, the South Seattle steward of Paul G. Allen’s collection of vintage computers and internet technology, will officially never reopen following its closure during the 2020 Covid lockdown. But many of its wares will live on, possibly in a collection near you. References: this article is based on content originally published […]
Tokyo Gendai Gets Ready to Open as Japan’s Art Market Heats Up
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in Breakfast With ARTnews, our daily newsletter about the art world. Sign up here to receive it every weekday. References: this article is based on content originally published by Sarah Douglas on ARTnew. You can read the full article here. On Tuesday evening in Tokyo’s Roppongi district, under a sky that threatened downpour, artists, collectors, dealers, […]
A Strong Dollar and a Weak Yen Could Impact Sales at Tokyo Gendai
Over the last several months, American visitors have flocked to Japan to take advantage of a historically weak yen, lowering the price of hotels, restaurants, theme parks, and bullet train tickets. But that will not be the only factor likely to impact sales at the Tokyo Gendai fair this week, experts told ARTnews. References: this […]
Former Nino Mier Senior Director to Open Her Own Gallery in Dealer’s Closed LA Spaces
Megan Mulrooney, a former senior director at Nino Mier Gallery, will open her open gallery in three spaces in Los Angeles previously run by her former employer. References: this article is based on content originally published by Alex Greenberger on ARTnew. You can read the full article here. “As a born-and-raised Angeleno, I seek for my gallery […]
LACMA Slammed by Korean Art Experts for Exhibiting ‘Fake’ Korean Paintings
The names of late Korean artists Lee Jung-seob and Park Soo-keun have been dragged into a scandal after several of their paintings exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) were branded as fakes. References: this article is based on content originally published by George Nelson on ARTnew. You can read the full […]
What to See Before (and After) the Tokyo Gendai Art Fair
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in Breakfast With ARTnews, our daily newsletter about the art world. Sign up here to receive it every weekday. References: this article is based on content originally published by Sarah Douglas on ARTnew. You can read the full article here. The flight to Japan from art world centers like New York, London, and Paris […]
Art Bites: Who Was Degas’s ‘Little Dancer’?
The only sculpture that French painter Edgar Degas ever shared with the public sparked an immediate outrage. Degas debuted his true-to-life amalgamation of beeswax, human hair, and more, depicting his Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (1879–81) at the Impressionist showcase of 1881 in Paris. Art critic Paul Mantz notoriously decried the figure as a “flower of […]
Spanish Artist Mai Blanco’s Lush Canvases Debut at Ibiza’s Fundación La Nave Salinas
Every month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of artists to the Artnet Gallery Network—and every week, we shine a spotlight on one artist or exhibition you should know. Check out what we have in store, and inquire for more with one simple click. What You Need to Know: On view through […]
Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Acquires the Earliest Known Portrait of a U.S. First Lady
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has snagged the first known portrait of an American First Lady, buying the daguerreotype of Dolley Madison in its original leather case at Sotheby’s for $456,000, nearly 10 times its $50,000 low estimate. “This artifact will provide the Smithsonian another opportunity to tell a more robust American story and illuminate […]
The Subterranean Allure of Ryan Huggins’s Bathhouse Paintings
A column of frosted glass has been installed in the center of a. SQUIRE in London. The device transforms the gallery into a different kind of space, a more intimate one that brings you up close to the works. The gallery becomes an extension of the rooms depicted in the surrounding frieze of paintings, which […]