ABSOLUTE GENIUS!
Artists Tony Cokes, Ebony G. Patterson, and Wendy Red Star Among 2024’s MacArthur Grantees; “Genius” grant comes with an unrestricted $800,000 prize and serious bragging rights
Sorry for the Confusion! Who Is Embtto, the Artist the World Mistook for Pax Jolie-Pitt? Contrary to early reports, the emerging artist is not the son of Hollywood stars
Meet the Latest Addition to the Art World: The Artist’s Agent; “People ask if businesses like (new agency) 291 exist because galleries aren’t doing their jobs”
Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst's Ghostly Machines; New work by the artists and musicians explores how artificial intelligence can remain part of a fundamentally humanist project
The Documenta Tales: 1. The Museum Founder's Tale...
LACMA Adds a Beaut Man Ray, Sam Gilliam; See the Works!
Dazzle Painting Little Guys
The Cutting Satire of Hannah Höch’s Collages; One of the inventors of modern collage, Höch’s sociopolitical imagery skewered the politicians and culture of early and mid-20th-century Germany
STAGE STRUCK
What A Future-Set Chicano Noir Inspired By ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Tells Us About The Present
Office Politics Gone Awry in 'Jordans'; Feels a little “The Other Black Girl” and a little “American Psycho”; Minimalist, modern, white screens and walls. By the end of the play, however, those bright white spaces will be covered with blood
'Withnail and I' is One of the Most Beloved—and Bibulous—British Films of All Time. But can This Bucolic 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' be Properly Adapted into a Play?
Opening this Weekend in London! Can Dr. Strangelove' be Adapted as a Play? Adapted by BAFTA and Emmy Award winner Armando Iannucci; Starring Steve Coogan, the roles of Dr Strangelove, President Merkin Muffley, Group Captain Lionel Mandrake and Major TJ Kong
SCORCHING!
Gimmicks of Future Past; Throttling Art’s Productive Force; Undemanding works designed to adorn the gallery-white walls of the superrich; "Zombie Formalism"
Gordy Grundy: This is Not a Review. 'Megalopolis' is Not a Film
How Effective is Art as a Conduit of Change? Writers and curators Osei Bonsu, Okwui Enwezor, L.A. Kauffman, Rob Sharp, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung and Zheng Bo respond
ARTISTS WHO FILM
Hauser & Wirth Superstar, Harmony Korine's ‘Baby Invasion'; Described as an interactive home invasion thriller; Invaders' faces appear as babies ... ... Polarizing Reviews, Click Here
An Infinite, Unbreakable Cycle of Buying and Selling; The way these classical Ab Ex artworks are positioned for sale;"The auction catalogue essay is an underappreciated genre of art writing"
Dorothea Tanning Explored New Worlds Through Collage; Tanning’s practice shows that there is always another door to open, a new world to explore, and that art offers us another possible existence
REM Frontman Michael Stipe on Bruce Nauman’s Living and Breathing Sculpture 'A Cast of the Space Under my Chair'
Kim Fay in Detroit: Curious World: Storied Works of Madeleine Barkey and Sandra Cardew at Hatch Art
‘I Would Imagine Some Little Child Like Me’: The Eternal Youth of Yoshitomo Nara; Newest exhibition, on view at the Guggenheim Bilbao, is the most significant survey of the artist in Europe
Internet Randoms Fact-Check "Museum of Jurassic Technology"; Culver City institution is a deadpan travesty of the authority of museums, science, and experts; Segment of the online public remains troubled by the museum, its ambiguity, and its continued existence
Smart Seating Stuffed Animals: Luxury Beanbags Enliven the Runway for Bottega Veneta; Creative director Matthieu Blazy combined childhood reveries, the wild kingdom, and extremely cushy seating for the Summer 2025 runway
‘I Was Always a Rebel’: Artist and Actor Paz de la Huerta on Her Startling Debut Exhibition; Paz de la Huerta channels her complex narrative of tragedies and triumphs into her art. Her debut exhibition is now on view in Paris
Blue Cripistemologies: In and Around Derek Jarman; “I wrote this book in an absence of time. If I have overlooked something you hold precious, write it in the margin”; Quote comes from the book 'Chroma,' one of the last in a suite of works made by the artist
DEMISE IN TOO REAL TIME
Report Finds Art Sales Stagnate, Even as the Luxury Sector Continues to Grow
United Talent Agency Puts its Fine Arts Division on ‘Pause’; Closing both the Los Angeles and Atlanta Exhibition Spaces; Prompted by the impending departure of Arthur Lewis, who was appointed director in 2019
New York’s Deli Gallery, Champion of Emerging Talent, to Close; Following Denny Gallery, JTT Gallery, and Queer Thoughts on a Lengthening List Of Veteran Operations In New York To Abruptly Shutter
Why Don't Artists Have Agents? Kusama’s Jerry Maguire? Athletes, actors, and authors all have agents. So why don’t artists? That’s the question that UTA tried to answer with its Fine Arts division. Now, the agency has put that initiative on pause
Why Have China’s Art Auction Sales Dropped by 49 Percent? All major regional art markets contracted in the first half of 2024
Philadelphia’s Uarts Files For Bankruptcy After Sudden Closure
LACMA Scraps Plans for South L.A. Satellite
Seeking Lisa Solberg. An Artist Finds Meaning And Traditions. A Pioneer Woman with the Spirit of an Athlete Turns Inward for Meaning and Projects Outward with Confidence
Video: Architect and Artist Thom Mayne 'Shaping Accident' at L.A. Louvre
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
Pulp Fiction Cover Art at the Martin Museum of Art, Waco
New Yorker Cartoons for the Week!
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Veni, Vioey Vixi: 'These Afangar Icelandic Series prints were the first Richard Serra prints I ever saw."
French Modernism, 1950s-1960s: Antoine Philippon and Jacqueline Lecoq at Peter Blake
Ed Ruscha’s Retrospective at LACMA; Viewed from the Perspective of Los Angelenos who Inhabit the City of Signs he Immortalized
Outgoing Hammer Director Ann Philbin and Collector Jarl Mohn Discuss the Evolution of LA’s Art Scene
Monet's Canvas Including The Word "Impression" In Its Title Unwittingly Christened One Of Art History's Most Beloved Movements
Yau: An Art Inhabited by Higher Spirits; In his paintings, Joshua Hagler seems to follow a path where logic and convention are left behind in favor of visions and dreams
Interesting History: ‘It’s Like the World Caught Up With Them’: Brothers Geoffrey and Boscoe Holder Got a Long Overdue Show; Siblings work gets a unique showing at Victoria Miro Gallery in London
Sculptor Alex Chinneck’s Public Infrastructure and Tools Twist to Bizarrely Impractical Proportions
OLLY, OLLY, OLAFUR
Knight Review: Review: Artist Olafur Eliasson’s Thrilling New L.A. Show Whips Up Magic To Pry Open Perception
LACMA on Fire: Olafur Eliasson at MOCA
Olafur Eliasson’s New Work Will Have You Questioning Your Eyesight; Unusual public artwork will be beamed across Times Square and Piccadilly Circus
See Artist Olafur Eliasson Dance! Peggy Gou - 1+1=11 (Official Video)
An Artist's Dream Assignment! Lee Bul’s Synthetic Angels of History; Her sculptures for The Met’s facade commission look like they’ve always been there, Frankensteined in the bowels of the museum’s ethnographic collections
‘Unacceptable’: Ai Weiwei responds to his sculpture being smashed at Italian exhibition opening; Artist was 'shocked and surprised' after 'Porcelain Cube' was destroyed by a man at Palazzo Fava
Matthew Barney’s Time Has Come Again; Misunderstood for decades, the sculptor and filmmaker is pushing ceramic to its limits. He’s dancing. He’s making the best work of his career
Doc Review: 'Shunga' Might Just Convince You That Pornography Is Art; Director Junko Hirata delves deep into the history and influence of the pornographic art form without cheap tittering at its illicit imagery
Beyond authenticity; In her final unfinished work, Hannah Arendt mounted an incisive critique of the idea that we are in search of our true selves
In "Dream On Baby," 33 Artists Recollect How Their Early Years Have Shaped Their Creative Practices; Marina Abramović, Ai Weiwei, and 31 Other Artists Reveal Moving Childhood Memories in a New Book
Jasper Conran’s Guide to Tangier; British designer and hotelier shares his favorite spots in the Moroccan coastal city
POPPIN' PST!
A.I. Meets Pyrotechnics at Cai Guo-Qiang’s Explosive Fireworks Spectacle in L.A.; How He Did It; Colorful explosions inaugurated the fourth edition of PST ART
Must See! Writer Carolina Miranda Got The Best Footage of Cai Guo-Qiang’s Firework 'The Snake'; As it makes its way across the Coliseum for the opening of Pacific Standard Time. See it Here!
KCRW: Preview the Olympic-sized PST ART event in SoCal
Getty Guide: Can Art Give You Game? Science Says You Need More Art. Visit PST ART now!
13ThingsLA: Pacific Standard Time for Your Art Calendar
Intro Video: PST ART: Art & Science Collide
Ed Ruscha Reminds Us to Take Nothing at Face Value
Performance: Celebrating Rebecca Horn’s Radical Experiments in Movement and Chance; The late artist (1994-2024) surrealistically changed the way we visualize the body in space
That Time Dalí Tricked Yoko Ono Into Paying $10,000 for a Blade of Grass; Ono wanted a hair from the Surrealist's mustache. Dalí sold her something else instead
Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Surprisingly Accurate, Say Physicists; Van Gogh painted the work in a windowless studio at Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum
Why Pioneering Light Artist Anthony McCall Is Transforming His Works With Sound; Artist is showing work at Sprüth Magers, London, as well as at the Guggenheim Bilbao and Tate Modern
The Permanent Collection: How Mario Merz’s Motorcycle Sculpture Transformed the Guggenheim; Chief Curator Naomi Beckwith said the work is emblematic of the past and future of the museum
Rising Painter Megan Rooney’s Color-Soaked Canvases Are Taking Center Stage
Sebastian Smee: Everything Changed For Matisse After He Painted This Nude; Matisse’s friends were dying in the trenches when he met a new model
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
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
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
MONSIEUR NOUAR: LE FRANCAIS BUSTER KEATON
Le Métro Parisien, Partie 3
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At Her First Major Solo Exhibition, Bobbi Essers Explores Human Connection in Kaleidoscopic Vignettes; at Unit, London, set to present "The World at Our Command" later this month
'Who is in charge here?' Gallerist Micki Meng on Short-Sighted Auction Houses, Art-Fair Overdevelopment, and More; "a long conversation with Jeff Poe right before he quit the art world last May. A true bleed-it-out art purist, he frayed like the best of us"; "Art has turned into a real industry with a capital I"
A Mysterious Mansion, a Family Feud and a Locked-Away Klimt Masterpiece; Palais Stoclet in Brussels is a century-old ‘total work of art’ that closed its gates to visitors years ago. A new law aims to allow access, and a digital re-creation reveals the sumptuous interior
Real Art In Museums Stimulates Brain Much More Than Reprints, Study Finds; Scientists In Netherlands Using Eye-Tracking And Mri Scans Found ‘Enormous Difference’ Between Genuine Works And Posters
GOOD GIGS
On October 6, 2011, Munich newspaper Die Welt replaced all the pictures in their daily edition with Ellsworth Kellys
Genzken Die Welt Passed Me By; This special issue of Die Welt edited by an artist was on 24 November 2016, and the artist was Isa Genzken; Gerhard Richter's guest edit in October 2012
Gordy Grundy: Who is Ed Emshwiller? CalArts Legend? Video Pioneer? And How is He Related to ‘Megalopolis’?
Gagosian Artist Titus Kaphar On His Transition to Filmmaking and the Potency of Erasure; "Making a painting can be a meditative solitary act, while there's almost no way to make a film on your own."
AI: BOON OR BANE?
Provoke? Or Saving On Labor? Relaunched Newspaper London Standard to Feature AI-Written Review ‘By’ Dead Art Critic Brian Sewell; ‘Experimental review’ ‘to provoke discussion’ about AI and journalism
Artificial intelligence helps uncover 303 new geoglyphs in Nazca desert; Lrge number of new shapes, almost as many as those found during the entire last century, allows researchers to offer an explanation about their function
ART WRITERS WHO DON'T USE AI
The Rabkin Foundation Just Doled Out Another $400,000 to Art Critics; In a time of precarity, eight critics have received unrestricted $50,000 grants
Art Critic Holland Cotter Donates His $50,000 Rabkin Prize; It's the first time any recipient has passed the prestigious prize along
STEVE RODEN
Less Art: Steve Roden (1964-2023): Floating Over The Silent World, “Tribute exhibition” of Steve’s paintings, drawings, and sculptures dating from 1990 to 2019
PBS: The Quixotic Videos of Steve Roden
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
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”
The Year Brancusi Spent Walking From Bucharest to Paris; “My life,” Brancusi once said, “has been a succession of marvelous events.”
‘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
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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
Choi + Shine Architects Collaborate with Communities Around the Globe to Crochet Monumental Lace Works
Interview: The Moment That Ended Nick Cave's 'Disgraceful Self-Indulgence'
BEST OF THE WEEK with JERRY GOGOSIAN
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