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ARTIST PROFILE: JENNY SAVILLE

Gavin Brown Opens Up About the Business Failures and ‘Regrets’ Behind His Gallery’s Closure

Artillery reports that LA based artist Liz Young has passed. In memorium, "Liz Young – Of Blood and Dirt"

FILTHY LUCRE

Videogames are a bigger industry than sports and movies combined, thanks to the pandemic

Christopher Nolan Is Interested in Adapting His Films into Video Games; The director revealed that he once planned to adapt "Inception" into a video game before axing the project

DEEP THOUGHTS with KIMBERLY BROOKS

When we bloom as artists and as people is as fickle as the creative process itself

The Twelve Days of Sweeney

Artforum: Roland Reiss (1929–2020) Los Angeles based artist and educator

National Review: It’s Time to Take Back the World of Art from the Left

Art Report Today: Q & A with Hills Snyder

The Baptism: A Visual Poem by Carl Hancock Rux, Directed by Carrie Mae Weems

PHOTOGRAPHY

What is Possibly the World’s Longest Exposure Photograph Has Been Discovered Inside a Beer Can Pin Hole Camera; Eight years and one month

A KAWS Sculpture “Companion 2020” Went On Sale and Sold Out Fast 12-17-2020, Noon EST; Rather Appropriate for 2020, No?

David Hockney’s Newest New Yorker Cover, “Hearth”; See the Production of It

Barbara Kruger’s 'Your Body is a Battleground' poster appears in Poland as protests flare up over abortion

SONTAG: AGAINST INTERPRETATION

Artist Ed Moses once advised artist Kimberly Brooks to “Go home tonight and read Susan Sontag's essay "Against Interpretation.'"

Brooks, director of a painting masterclass workshop remarked, “It was a giant message to me on so many levels. Just get out of your head and paint. And when I started doing that, really weird and interesting things started to happen in my work.”

We present “Against Interpretation” by Susan Sontag, Click Here

STAR ART

Hunter Biden preps first solo art show with Georgès Berges gallery

Town & Country: Hunter Biden Is Reportedly Working on His First Art Show, and Inking Deal with a Gallery

Talk Jock Howard Stern could ‘make millions’ as a painter; Cover Artist for Hamptons rag

Riz Ahmed Talks Making Noise With His Art, Activism And ‘Sound Of Metal’ on Netflix.

RESIDENCY

‘I Left With Lifelong Connections’: What Artist Cheryl Humphreys Learned in Mexico at the Pocoapoco Residency

‘Each Village Has Its Own Tradition’: Artist Delphine Desane on the Cultures of Mexico and the Pocoapoco Residency

Jackson Pollock, Before the Drip; the Mural

Freshman art history student discovers identity of anonymous subject in Mughal miniature

Hunter Drohojowska-Philp: Gifts By Gehry; A Catalogue Raisonne Paired with Hennessey X.O.

Maripol's best photograph; Sade electrifies a New York party; Tales of 80’s New York

End of the Trail The Intrepid Treasure Hunter Who Found Forrest Fenn’s Buried Fortune Reveals His Identity—and What He Plans to Do With It

Art dealer Forrest Fenn whose treasure sent hunters scouring US West dies; 8-20-2020

LOSING AND CHOOSING MY RELIGION

Editor's Note: We do not advocate any particular viewpoint, but we find Stocism to be a valuable study in times of pandemic, war or poverty. Just like now! The tried and true advice of Stocism is akin to a thoughtful sports coach or a wise, entreprenurial uncle.

You Have to Be Willing to Change

This Is What You Have Been Working For

The Stoic Way: Self-Improvement, and How to Take On a Challenge

In our Strange and Difficult Times, These Are the Habits to Avoid

Each of Us Has a Job to Do: We Must Pull Together

Chill Out! "Hold Tight London" Chemical Brothers

Rothko in a New Light; “The total sensory immersion that Rothko intended”

It’s a Covid Banksy! On the Side of a House in Bristol, an Old Woman Sneezes So Hard Her Dentures Go Flying!

DISCOVERY

AI Just Controlled a Military Plane for the First Time Ever; Kicked off the age of algorithmic warfare

Chinese capsule returns to Earth carrying moon rocks

Retired Israeli General: Space Aliens Asked Trump Not to Expose ‘Galactic Federation’; In contact with the governments of the United States and Israel for years

Eight Mile Wall; Prehistoric rock art discovered in Colombia hailed as ‘Sistine Chapel of the ancients’; Portrayal of animals that are now extinct

Japan’s Asteroid Odyssey: 3 Billion Miles for a Pinch of Dust

COLLECTORS CIRCLE

A New York businessman, George Wells, donated a $1 million art collection to Morehouse College

Wharton Esherick Museum Receives a Surprise Gift of $10 Million

China Is the Way, and I Am the Way: David Chau

Sir Leonard Blavatnik’s art of giving away a fortune to the Arts

How Wojtek Fibak, This Former Polish Tennis Player Buys the Best Works of the Artists He Likes

Cheech Marin Has a Collection of Chicano Art Because You Don’t; Neww Museum Opening in ’21

Artillery: Glen Wilson at Various Small Fires

MUSEUM BLUES

“A Fire Sale”; Museum of Latin American Art is selling dozens of works from its collection

Museum of Latin American Art defends auctioning dozens of works from its collection

Union League Club of Chicago considers selling a prized Monet to stay afloat

Struggling Museums Are Increasingly Relying on the Generosity of Artists to Convince Private Donors to Bail Them Out

ARCHITECTURE

'Toxic dispute' over Zaha Hadid's £100m estate finally settled

Pop Singer Akon says he'll build a futuristic city in rural Senegal with architect Hussein Bakri. Villagers don't know what to think

Could CIRCULAR runways take off?

Leading architects "clearly contravening" climate pledges says Architects Declare

Major British Firms Withdraw from 'Architects Declare' Movement—a group dedicated to fighting the climate crisis among designers and clients. Read why.

Foster + Partners withdraws from Architects Declare climate change group

How David Adjaye Became the World’s Most Beguiling Public Architect—and Its Most Subversive

2021 AD100 Debut: Casiraghi Architecture d’Intérieur

New Architectural Views from Japan

3 questions to ask before adopting microservice architecture

2021 AD100 Debut: Höweler + Yoon Architecture

Inspiration of iconic Detroit midcentury modern design themes

Best of the Best; Announcing the winners of the 2020 Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Awards

Hauser & Wirth Gallery by Selldorf Architects, NYC

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REVERSE TIPPING

An Uncommon Bond: The Influential L.A. Gallery Commonwealth and Council Favors Camaraderie Over Business as Usual

Gallery asks collectors to give their discounts back to the artists; Los Angeles-based Commonwealth & Council has launched the Council Fund to help support artists' financial needs with the help of its clients

The Leicester 'Banksy' Is a Fraud! Banksy Fan Just Practicing

ART BUSINESS

Tech-savvy Sotheby's $5bn global sales beat Christie's $4.4bn in 2020

Going Once! 11 World-Class Auctioneers Tell Us the Stories and Strange Rituals Behind Their Luckiest Gavels; Auctioneers are a superstitious bunch

How 2020 Changed the Auction Market for the Better; To say that this year was unexpected would be an understatement. But to argue it was all bad would be very wrong

Phillips Has the Right to Cancel a $5 Million Agreement With Art Dealer Joseph Nahmad Amid Pandemic Upheaval, Judge Rules

Perrotin Is Launching a Secondary-Market Business in Paris to Offer Collectors a Bespoke ‘Alternative to Auction Houses’; The venture will be housed in a townhouse near the Grand Palais and Sotheby's and Christie's salesrooms

Jesus Suppers Alone; The top five Instagram posts that capture the art world in 2020

James Turrell’s Cherry on view at Museo Picasso Malaga; An inmaterial and sensory work

Chris Kraus: Reynaldo Rivera’s Photographs of a Los Angeles That No Longer Exists

Andy Moses, New Works, at William Turner

Inside the Shark Tank That Is the 2019 Gallery Weekend Berlin; Millions of Photos

These Three Tech Companies Are Locked in a Bitter Battle to Capture Your Attention With the World’s Best Immersive Van Gogh Experience; In New York, San Francisco, and Indianapolis, companies are warring with Van Gogh-inspired light installations

Commercial Art Galleries in Germany Must Close Again as the Government Mandates Stricter Lockdown Measures

Fallen Fruit has some way cool scarves

Thomas Hart Benton masterpiece 'Butterfly Chaser' being shown for first time ever at Kiechel Fine Art

Why Bob Dylan’s $300 Million Windfall Debunks the Myth of the Sellout Artist (and Other Insights)

Say You Want to Build a Monolith… It’s Fun and easy!

Glasstire: The Utah Monolith & John McCracken

Meet Artist Erin Yoshi

'Art is not a spectator sport': the confounding photographic work of British artist Victor Burgin

Victoria Fu: Camera Obscured

PIONEER ANIMATOR LOTTE REINIGER

The Art of (Pioneer Silhouette Animator) Lotte Reiniger

The Adventures of Prince Achmed [1926] Trailer - Lotte Reiniger

THE EXPERIENCE

In a Blow to Experience-Art Emporium Meow Wolf, a Judge Allows an Artist’s Copyright Lawsuit to Proceed

Drive-through exhibition attracts a new audience for art, and its theme – humankind’s relationship with nature – is timely amid the pandemic

Mike Hadreas, AKA Perfume Genius, Picks Year’s Best Songs

In 2020, AP photographers captured a world in distress

MIAMI

Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and for How Much—Through Art Basel Miami Beach’s Online Viewing Room

A Dutch Architecture Firm Is Building an Underwater Museum Around a 271-Year-Old Shipwreck—See the Incredible Plans Here

Effacing Indigenous History One Obelisk at a Time; Fascination taps into larger, fundamental behavioral problems that are holdovers from colonizing the frontier

Architects Ask MoMA to Remove Philip Johnson’s Name, Citing Racist Nazi Legacy

After Six Years, Marketing Genius Red Bull Arts Is Shutting Down Its New York Venue Known for Hip, Multidisciplinary Shows

Artist and composer Mark Kostabi turns 60 and gushes about unexpected birthday gift from Roseanne Cash

Pantone Names Its 2021 Colors of the Year, Signaling Hope in Dark Times

Japan picks the kanji character for 'dense' to define coronavirus year

Edvard Munch's photography on display at National Nordic Museum in Seattle

DIGITAL WORLD

Serpentine Galleries’ “Future Art Ecosystems” Has Ideas For Navigating the Digital Shift (Some More Useful Than Others)

Art Buyers Expect Online Shift to Last, Survey Finds

Talking art with actor and art podcaster Russell Tovey, champion of emerging fine art talent

Who Remembers the “Studio 54” of Texas? The Starck Club

Scot Heywood at Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach

Chuck Ramirez, the Heartfelt Photographer of Trash and Banal Throwaways; "Metaphorical Portraits" at Ruiz-Healy Art commemorates the artist a decade after his death

BOOKS

Rachel Rabbit White Finds Perspective in Cemetery Nudes and False Lashes

What was the best art book you read in 2020? The art world’s biggest names give us their top tips

William Shakespeare’s influence on English literature is enormous; Top 10 Shakespearean books

Vanity Fair: The 15 Best Books of 2020

Sittin’ In: Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950s

NYT: Best art books of 2020: Roberta Smith, Holland Carter, Jason Farago, Siddhartha Mitter

The Riveting Stories Behind 5 Art Historical Masterpieces, From ‘American Gothic’ to Leonardo da Vinci’s Vision of Cecilia Gallerani

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Warner Bros. Under Siege: "No One Is Angry at the Streamers — It’s These Guys"

George Clooney on Why the Movie Industry Will Continue to Survive

The Best Unsold Screenplays, The Black List 2020: Scripts About Cannibals, Billionaires, and Tabloid Faves Make the Cut

Vanity Fair: On a Small Screen, Wonder Woman 1984 Is a Little Less Wonderful; Patty Jenkins’s follow-up to her 2017 smash hit is fun, but flawed

Bob Odenkirk Action Movie “NOBODY”, Trailer, (2021)

Guide to ‘Mank’: 25 People and Places in David Fincher’s Historical Epic Explained; David Fincher's movie is filled with complex reference points — some real, others imagined

Ben Mankiewicz Shares What Happened After the Events of ‘Mank’ — and His Role in the Film

Buried on Netflix, Taiwanese Crime Epic ‘A Sun’ Demands Serious Oscar Consideration

The 50 Best Movies of 2020, According to Over 230 Film Critics

2020 Critics Poll: The Best Films and Performances According to Over 200 Critics From Around the World

How Indie Theaters Could Outlast Big Chains

Oscar Hopeful; People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, “Nomadland”

Video: Watch the Stars of ‘Tenet’ Leap Tall Buildings; The writer-director Christopher Nolan discusses a scene that follows John David Washington and Robert Pattinson’s characters as they’re launched up the side of a tower

Christopher Nolan doubles down on slamming Warner Bros. release plan: ‘It’s a question of ethics’

“French Exit” Official Trailer (2021) They say Michelle Pfeiffer will win awards!

Art Report Today recommends the greatest music video ever made! Now on Amazon Prime. "Cotton Club Encore" Coppola's valentine to jazz has been restored and enhanced!

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A crisis hits the art market once a decade. What is different this time? Christie's president Dirk Boll assesses the impact of the pandemic

ART REPORT TODAY GALLERIES: Now Exhibiting

Revealed: the secrets behind Antonia, Modigliani’s ‘most complex work’

Iconic artist and builder Jay Nelson's Guide to Building a DIY Pop Top Camper

Northern lights photographer of the year – in pictures

BRAVING OPPRESSION

A New Warning That International Pandemic Responses Are Eroding Freedom

Armenian monuments are at risk in Azerbaijan. L.A. artists make their own to keep memory alive

Bret Easton Ellis: ‘Being cancelled has endeared me to part of the population’

Artist Tania Bruguera under house arrest in Cuba as anti-government protests escalate; Anti-free speech statute known as Decree 349

Sasha Stone: How to Stand Up to Cancel Culture Without Getting Canceled; And Why You Should

Matthew McConaughey Addresses Cancel Culture, Freedom Of Speech & “Illiberalism” In ‘Good Morning Britain’ Interview

Cancel Culture Brickbat: Fun with anonymous accusations! #CancelArt Galleries and #Change The Museum; Posting anonymous accusations of toxic behaviour, and sometimes bringing about real-life justice

East, West 'Ohana Berlin and a Sense of Place with Janetta Napp

See Janetta Napp's New Drawing Show 'Ohana Berlin at the virtual Paddock Gallery

ART NOIR

Tome Raiders: Solving The Great Book Heist

German Police Have Nabbed One of Two Fugitive Twins Suspected of Taking Part in a Massive Museum Heist in Dresden; The suspect's twin brother is still on the lam

A $1 Million Marsden Hartley That Was Stolen 30 Years Ago and Replaced With a Forgery Is Finally Returning to Its Original Owner

British Artist Jamie McCartney Says That Very Bawdy Sculpture in the Finale of ‘Fleabag’ Is Based on His Own Work—and He Wants an Apology

Can mediation save a sharing settlement over Nazi-looted Pissarro?

A Remorseful Young American Has Returned an Ancient Artifact She Stole on Vacation in Italy to Give Her Boyfriend

Impersonating a Property Owner, a Mystery Man Paid an Artist to Paint a Soviet-Style Cookie Monster Mural in Peoria. The Town—and the Internet—Have Questions

The Famous Cookie Monster Mural Mystery; Who was the impersonator? Landlord gets warm and fuzzy with the Arts; Artist gets recognized

How art world leaders can embrace new money laundering regulations and create a 'think risk' culture; Punishment for the new rules now falls on the art market's top dogs

Artillery: Stephen Berkman; 19th-Century Renaissance Man; “Predicting the Past, Zohar Studios: The Lost Years” with Essay by Lawrence Weschler

BEST OF THE WEEK with JERRY GOGOSIAN, THE INSTAGRAM LAUGH SENSATION!

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ARTIST PROFILE: JENNY SAVILLE

Gagosian Sells Big: Jenny Saville

Podcast: A Brush with Jenny Saville; Influences

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Saville at Gagosian

Jenny Saville in conversation at the San Francisco Art Institute, 2019

In Conversation: Jenny Saville And Nicholas Cullinan, Director Of The National Portrait Gallery, London

Saville Biography

Saville 1996-2010 at the Saatchi Gallery

Brooklyn Rail Review, Jenny Saville, Ancestors

Jenny Saville, "Ancestors"

My 10 Favorite Books: Jenny Saville

Jenny Saville: ‘I Used To Be Anti-Beauty’

Jenny Saville Painting Sells for $12.4 M. at Sotheby’s London, Record for Living Female Artist, 2018

Review: Jenny Saville “Continuum” Gagosian Gallery, "Toe to toe with Willem de Kooning

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