In 1980, Ana Mendieta returned to her homeland of Cuba for the first time, having fled as a child refugee in 1961. She would make another six trips
In New York, what’s old is new again and has been for the past few years. Galleries across the city have started to regularly spotlight artists of the
Finland’s largest art museum, the Athenaeum, has changed the nationality of the artist Ilya Repin from Russian to Ukrainian following a campaign from Ukrainians for the institution to recognize his true
White Cube has axed 38 monitors and replaced them with security guards. The London gallery said the move was due to “operational processes.” According to the newspaper, most of
New York is a city that quickly cycles through artistic trends, so it’s been surprising that figurative painting has hung on for the better part of a decade.
When the Federal Reserve announced earlier this week that it was lowering its benchmark interest rate for the first time since December, Wall Street rejoiced. Stocks rallied on the news
On Tuesday evening Christie’s launched its new 21st century sale category (1980s to now) with a 39-lot sale in New York estimated to fetch over $145 million. Timed
There’s a plausible story about the last half century of art-making that would go something like this: By around 1950, almost all serious art was abstract. Soon enough, Pop