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POP GOES THE EASEL: DEREK BOSHIER


Less Art: RIP Derek Boshier, a Brilliant Talent and a Career of Bad Timing

British Pop Art Pioneer Derek Boshier Dies Aged 87; Portsmouth-born, working-class artist was known for collaborations with David Bowie and the Clash


Must See Video: 'Pop Goes The Easel' In an early short film, famed filmmaker Ken Russell created a portrait of artists Peter Blake, Peter Phillips, Derek Boshier and Pauline Boty; Boshier says "(Re: American advertising infiltration) The Englishman starts with at the breakfast table, starting with the Corn Flake (boxes)"


Doug Harvey: Derek Boshier, Modern Painter


ARTILLERY: ADIOS TULSA!

Tulsa Kinney, founder and 18-year editor of L.A.'s Artillery magazine, passes the baton to new publisher Daniela Soberman. Kinney's final column has a great deal to say about a life in the arts and a life in the arts media. There is much to read between the lines.



What Happened to the Armory Show? Is this year’s fair a reflection of a tired, oversaturated, and complacent art market, or am I looking for excitement and discovery where they can no longer be found?



Nicole Eisenman At The Tipping Point; a Midcareer Renaissance, Demolishing the Past and Finding The Future



More than Skin Deep: Artists, Performance and Tattoos



Kim Fay in Detroit: Quinn Faylor at Playground Detroit



Yau: Eric Avery’s Healing Art; In a career that stretches across a catastrophic half-century of health crises and wars, Avery applies his activist and empathetic social conscience to all he does



Pulp Fiction Cover Art at the Martin Museum of Art, Waco



ARCHITECTURE


Zaha Hadid and the Messner Mountain Museum Corones

Here's the Latest Progress and Pics on the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art


The House That Launched Frank Lloyd Wright’s Career Hits the Market; Winslow House was Wright's first commission as an independent architect


The Pink Guggenheim; Once a work of art is finished it is difficult to imagine that at some point in history it could have been different


VIVA LAS VEGAS!

This (Vegas) museum is a ridiculous idea and I would respect it all a lot more if it were built to resemble a fake Louvre. ~Carolina A. Miranda


Las Vegas Places a Bet on a New Art Museum, With Help From L.A.; City agreed to give land to a museum championed by the casino magnate Elaine Wynn, which will be a partnership with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Katsilometes: Vegas Museum Will Be True Work of Art


Las Vegas Museum Names Architect; Choice Out of Govan's Playbook, Diebedo Francis Kere, Pritzker-prize-winner; $200M Building


Christopher Knight: Why ‘Art & Science Collide’ is a Risky Theme For The Getty’s New PST Festival



Kim Fay in Detroit: Daniel Cascardo at Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center


The Seafaring Art-Lovin' One Percent: Want to Show Your Priceless Paintings on The High Seas? This Niche New Service Specializes in Art on Yachts



Cady Noland Tire Swing



220 people. 25 minutes. 4 gymnasts. And 1 doctor. Designer Rick Owens’s longtime casting director Angus Munro reveals what went into the designer’s behemoth Spring/Summer 2025 show—and other tales from 17 years in Owens’s universe



Richard Serra T Party; Serra For The Home



Invisible World of ‘Smell Artist’ Sissel Tolaas; Scientist and artist wants to change the world through art and smell. Her work can be sniffed at the Met's "Sleeping Beauties." Pompeii is next



Unboxing the Cheech: The Cheech's long-term health will depend on cultivating a broad donor base, and "Shifting Perspectives: : Cheech Collects" shows how that's already happening



Rainey Knudson: The God on a Train Story
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New Yorker Cartoons for the Week!



BEST OF THE WEEK with JERRY GOGOSIAN



LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Gordy Grundy: Introducing Our Fundraiser, Art Drop Editions; Artist Sandow Birk Honors Ed Ruscha in only the best way! Touche!



New Music Video! "The Museum's On Fire (for Ed Ruscha)" by The Dark Bob



What Did BLUM Take to Seoul '24?


Kenny Schachter: Schachter Can’t Paint, But He Can Reveal High-Level Hijinks in the Art World. (Just Don’t Call Him a Gossip!) Jeff Koons and Pace have parted ways, a major Magritte has been backed by a major guarantee, and our columnist has opened a new show in Cologne



Thomas Houseago Went to Hell and Back, Ending Up in Malibu. His first NYC gallery show in a decade exorcises many demons



Parade of 100 Elephant Sculptures Makes a Jumbo Entrance in New York; Life-sized sculptures were made by indigenous artisans—and you can buy one to support wildlife conservation


ART BUSINESS

Artnet's Intelligence Report: Mid-Year Review 2024; Latest biannual report delves into the art market reset, as the industry rides the waves of change; Read your future, Click Here

Choppy Waters Ahead For The Art Market

Seattle's Bellevue Arts Museum Closes, Citing ‘Significant Financial Challenges’



Alexandre Lenoir’s Paintings Are More Elaborate Than You Can Imagine; Artist has created an artistic language of his own making — a “grammar in the studio,” as he puts it



Cuban Artist Julio Larraz’s 80-Year ‘Artistic Odyssey’ Is Highlighted in Traveling Exhibition



Stromberg: The Craziest Art in Los Angeles May Be Underground; Exhibition at Superchief Gallery explores the work of Operation Under, a collective of artists using subterranean tunnels as their canvas


The Telegraph: We’re Trapped In A Neverending Cycle of Nostalgia – And It’s Terrible For The Arts

Yoshitomo Nara And The Dark Side Of Japanese 'Cuteness'



Hammer Launches Collection Website
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The Genius of Banksy’s London Animal Murals
Chinese Artist Detained For 'Insulting' Mao Sculptures; Arrested Visiting Relatives in China

The Little-Known Business of Traveling Exhibitions Is Booming: L.A.'s Curatorial Takes the Lead



A Truck Exhibition On Bodily Autonomy Is Traveling Cross-Country; Body Freedom For Every(Body), a rotating art show, will make stops in 12 cities this fall



The Roth Bar Is Transforming the Gallery Experience at Hauser & Wirth Somerset; Decade after it was first exhibited at the gallery's Somerset location, artist Oddur Roth brings back the sybaritic installation for visitors to enjoy on tap


One Fine Show: ‘Patterns in Abstraction’ at the High Museum of Art

In a New Show at Gladstone, Alissa Bennett Unpacks the Mystery Novel ‘The Secret History’; Gallery director walks us through the group exhibition she organized based on the 1992 Donna Tartt novel

'Richard Serra Early Work'


See What Vielmetter Packed for the Armory Show, 2024: Math Bass, Whitney Bedford, Liz Glynn, Sadie Benning, Kwesi Botchway, Nicole Eisenman, Edgar Arceneaux, Deborah Roberts, Karl Haendel, Sara Berman, Lavaughan Jenkins, Mario Joyce, Pope.L, Nate Lewis, Carlos Rolòn, Yashua Klos, April Bey, Amy Myers, Raffi Kalenderian, and Tam Van Tran



Kim Fay in Detroit: Andre Barker at M Contemporary Art


Eight Essential Books About Surrealism



Interview: The Moment That Ended Nick Cave's 'Disgraceful Self-Indulgence'



Brazilian Conceptual Artist Steals Historic Coin From the British Museum; Ilê Sartuzi replaced a silver coin with a replica and deposited the original in a museum donation box in a commentary on cultural theft


Art Diverts Revolution: Excerpts from Philip Leider’s account of traveling with Joan Jonas and Richard Serra from Berkeley to see Michael Heizer’s Double Negative

Michael Heizer’s 'Double Negative'


How The Middle East Became The Biggest Players In Western Art


Netflix’s Co-Founder Will Redevelop Utah Resort Into A ‘Skiable Outdoor Art Museum’; Large-Scale Installations By James Turrell, Jenny Holzer, Paul Mccarthy And Others Will Be Fully Unveiled In 2026



Matt Stromberg: How Five Women Artists Made It Happen in 1970s LA; Two-part, bicoastal exhibition centers a group of artists united by their commitment to feminism, subversive humor, and distinctively DIY spirit


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The Geometry in Motion of Nancy Holt; Survey at Gropius Bau frames Holt as an artist committed to the human body’s actions and dimensions, and its perceptual and cognitive boundaries


MONSIEUR NOUAR: LE FRANCAIS BUSTER KEATON


Sur le Podium pour la Fashion Week ; Partie 2



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VIVA LOS ANGELES!


Interview: Anarchy, Artist Sandow Birk, and His Wild "Los Angeles County Museum On Fire (After Ed Ruscha)"; Print drops Sept. 17, 18, 19


GEORGIA ON MY MIND


Magnificent! First Exhibition of Georgia O’Keeffe’s New York Paintings Now on View in Chicago; Overlooked by NY institutions and the male art world, the artist’s experimental depictions of skyscrapers get their own exhibition a century later


One Fine Show: ‘Georgia O’Keeffe, My New Yorks’ at the Art Institute of Chicago; O’Keeffe's images of the city draw our attention to a subject many might find spiritually barren but is, in fact, teeming with mystery



Paul McCarthy Throwing Out Vast Installation No Institution Or Collector Stepped In To Preserve; Last year, the artist put his 2013 installation “WS White Snow” on show in a Los Angeles warehouse in hopes of finding a long-term custodian



Prepare For BravinLee Editions Artist Rugs and Willie Cole



Helen Pashgian, a Pioneer of California’s Light and Space Movement, Continues to Produce Work that Astounds


BRAVO MOHN!


Jarl and Pamela Mohn Gift 260 Works to 3 Museums, Joint Ownership by the Hammer, LACMA, and MOCA



Rainey Knudson: The Fascinating Benjamin Franklin Miniature at MFAH and a Life Well-Lived


PAGEANT OF THE MASTERS


Pageant of the Masters Was Even Weirder Than I Thought, and Also Insanely Cool


Video Clip from the Comedy Classic 'Arrested Development' Goes to the Pageant



Here Are Some of Our Favorite ‘Childless Cat Ladies’ of Art History; Cats and women have been linked in visual culture since Ancient Egypt


EXPERIENTIAL


Inside Brooklyn’s Very Own Immersive “Clown Cult”; Bi-monthly variety show gathers both newcomers and veterans of the craft to help participants discover “the power in cringe”

Kansas Is Getting an Immersive Museum, Complete With a Digital Art Wing; Museum anticipates up to 175,000 visitors per year


The Year Brancusi Spent Walking From Bucharest to Paris; “My life,” Brancusi once said, “has been a succession of marvelous events.”



Kenny Schachter on the Art Economy



‘It’s a Profound Legacy’: Wendy Red Star on Carrying the Mantle of Her Ancestors; Wendy Red Star opened her most recent exhibition "Bíikkua" at Roberts Projects in Los Angeles earlier this summer


Wendy Red Star's Stunning Summer Display in "Bíikkua (The Hide Scraper)"



Olafur Eliasson’s Show in Istanbul Questions Our Perception of Environments; "Your unexpected encounter" bridges the gap between art, science and activism, fostering a holistic understanding of the climate crisis


ART BUSINESS

Global Art Market Braces For Stormy Weather

Heat Waves and Mega Storms Are Creating New Challenges for Art Storage and Logistics

Here’s What it Costs to Run a Gallery in the Las Vegas Arts District

How Art Mogul and Publisher Louise Blouin Lost Her Fabled Hamptons Estate



Summering with the Surrealists: Sea, Sex and Sun



ARCHITECTURE

"I visited the Sphere, Las Vegas’ newest venue. It’s a bucket-list item"

Architects: Unsuitable Cases for Stardom? New biography of Philip Johnson reveals the contradictions and ambiguities of the world’s first ‘starchitect’


Why Do We Obsess Over Unpopulated Architecture? Minoru Nomata’s paintings of fictional structures lament the buildings that embodied political movements striving for greater equality

Video: 'I've Been To The Year 3000' From Underwater Towers To A ‘Self-Replicating’ Cocoon Hotel; Incredible Pics Reveal Skyscrapers Of The Future


Choi + Shine Architects Collaborate with Communities Around the Globe to Crochet Monumental Lace Works



BLUM Adds Sam Moyer to the Roster



 
 

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New Yorker: Kanye West Bought an Architectural Treasure, Then Gave It a Violent Remix; How the hip-hop star’s beautiful, dark, twisted fantasy turned a beach house in Malibu, designed by the Japanese master Tadao Ando, into a ruin


Exploring 6 Iconic Works of Rem Koolhaas

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Click to Find Books + Authors

Douglas Murray: The Fight to Recover What Has Been Lost; Between two world wars and a mental breakdown, T.S. Eliot still believed in the possibility of restoration


‘Bitter Crop’ Review: Billie Holiday’s Swan Song; In final year of her life, Holiday continued to perform in spite of fast-declining health; Turned to friends such as Elizabeth Hardwick, Sonny Rollins and Frank Sinatra; Spoke with them about her pride in her career—and her premonition of her own death

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Ezrha Jean Black: Acaye Kerunen Finds Purpose and Community in a Scarred Landscape; at Blum


Asher Liftin: 24-Year-Old Art World Darling, Whose Fans Include David Geffen, Stages His First Solo Show In New York City



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A Collection of Record Label Logos


Two Drawing Shows Dazzle at the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College

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Meet Basil Kincaid, the Artist-Quilter Making a Splash in Miami Beach; For the residency's twelfth year, the Rubell Museum leans into textile art


Aerial Embroidery by Victoria Rose Richards

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Backstory: How Gagosian’s Blockbuster LA Basquiat Show Happened; Stars and billionaire lenders had to align for the mega-gallery’s museum-quality show of the late artist’s work, currently on display in Los Angeles

I Speak for the Rainmaker; Performing the Fundraiser Role In The Nonprofit Art World

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Click for Ceramic Works and Shows


Politics On a Plate: How Ceramics Became A Tool For Satire And Protest; New Exhibition Celebrates The ‘Trojan Horse’ Of The Decorative Arts


Ceramic Artist Toshiko Takaezu Is Getting A Posthumous Reappraisal, Thanks To Her Devoted Acolytes — And Major Shows Highlighting Her Poetic Forms

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Click Here: New Works of Distinction


Inside the Artist's Mind with Lee Ufan and His New Illy Design


Crafted in Wood

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The Gallery of the Future: Navigating the Evolving World of Digital Art; People will always crave a personal connection to art, and the value of in-person experiences will likely rise, not diminish, with digital access

The Prophets: Marshall McLuhan

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Click for Works Devoted to Experience

Investors and Banks Hoping to Cash in on the Success of ‘Immersive Van Gogh’ Are Pouring Funds Into Art Experiences for Klimt, Kahlo, and More; Immersive art experiences are proliferating around the globe, despite the often high price of tickets

Rihanna’s One-Time Cover Artist Is Opening an Immersive Museum in New York; Created by Roy Nachum, Mercer Labs occupies the former Century 21 building

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Click on New Works + Music Makers


10 More Songs Inspired by Artists That You Need to Know; Max Ernst, Picasso, Debussy, Lou Reed, John Cale, Del Rey and More

Interview: Deep listening; The Haunting Sonic World of Cassandra Miller; Her intimate compositions take existing melodies that she refracts, rethinks and expands into compelling new pieces. Ahead of the premiere of a new work for guitarist Sean Shibe, Cassandra Millers talks about process, pleasures and sleep chanting

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Here’s How to See Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli on Broadway


Review: John Douglas Thompson and Alfred Molina’s clash of titans transcends dated ‘Inherit the Wind’; Director Michael Michetti

Office’ star Steve Carell is headed to Broadway; Chekhov's “Uncle Vanya”

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Click Here for Art Crime News!


Speak, 'Muse;' Tell Us the History of the Brancusi; An Angry Widow, Unscrupulous Dealer, Rape and Murder

Andrew Crispo, Disgraced Manhattan Gallery Owner, Dies At 78; Long series of tabloid-worthy scandal; “It was a horror show”

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New Trailers, Film Reviews, News!


First Trailer 'Black Dog'; Cannes winning film by Guan Hu; Highly acclaimed


Trailer 3 'The Penguin' Starring an unrecognizable Colin Farrell

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We Celebrate the Engines of the Art World


Video: Meet the Collectors: Eugenio López Alonso and His Museo Jumex, a Cultural Landmark in Mexico City


10 Well Heeled New York Collectors to Know

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Click on New Works + Photographers


Water Rises Around Vibrant Architectural Models in James Casebere’s Haunting Photos; At Sean Kelly, New York/Los Angeles


Photographer Rahim Fortune Examines Heritage, Ritual, and Black Culture’s Enduring Traditions in the American South

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Amazing Mother Nature, Click Here

20 New Impact-Driven Projects by Female Artists Have Been Funded by Anonymous Was a Woman’s $309,000 Environmental Art Grants; For the second year, the grants program is supporting work that addresses the climate crisis



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Brooklyn Street Art: Images Of The Week


Mando Marie “Take Me Down” at Straat Gallery, Amsterdam

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