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Art Basel Has Again Postponed Its Flagship Swiss Fair, Rolling Out Three Online Viewing Rooms Instead to Keep Business Afloat

'A win for internationalism': what a Biden presidency will mean for the Chinese art world



Pakistani Artist Salman Toor’s Success Was a Surprise Even to Him; “Being non-white, inhabiting and owning a sense of self—and sexuality and fashion—is so important”


Slow Down the Mega-Galleries, Empower Black Collectors, and 13 Other Changes Art-World Insiders Hope to See in 2021

Art Critic Robert Storr Has Never Been Afraid to Make Enemies. Now, as He Releases a New Book of Essays, He’s Calling Them Out by Name



Artist Lorna Simpson Photographed Rihanna for the Ravishing New Cover of ‘Essence’ Magazine



Anyone for Tennis? In His Debut Show, Rising-Star Painter Honor Titus Conjures the Simple, Exuberant Joys of Life Pre-Lockdown


Seesaw installation at US-Mexico border wins Design of the Year award



Free! See the documentary by Kevin Duffy on LA's performance artist "John Fleck Is Who You Want Him To Be"



Matthew’s Mystery Clock: Four Years Ago, Barney Installed a Giant Clock Counting Down Trump’s Days in Office; Now, It’s Finally Going Dark; Little known


ARTIST ON FIRE!

Riz Ahmed’s Productive Year: The “Tremendous Gift” of ‘Sound Of Metal’, ‘Mogul Mowgli’ & New Album ‘The Long Goodbye’

 



World Without End: Julie Mehretu at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta



Did an Artist Rebrand the CIA? With the US spy agency’s web redesign, Ian Bourland looks at the revolving door between the arts, entertainment and US policy

EXPERIENCIAL

Can immersive art remain afloat when money is the object?


I Spent Two Hours Inside the Met’s New Augmented-Reality Challenge. Here’s a Minute-by-Minute Chronicle of My Edutainment Odyssey

Entrepreneurs Bet Big on Immersive Art Despite Covid-19; For-profit experiential art centers are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in a business where audiences have evaporated because of the pandemic


The New Exhibition Space Superblue Will Open With Installations by Es Devlin, James Turrell and More



A lost Van Gogh self-portrait had the most extraordinary frame that included his much-loved sunflowers—here it is reconstructed



Cate Blanchett is building her own art gallery at her English country home


PHOTOGRAPHY


Weaponizing Photography: How European Fascists Manipulated the Masses


How We Can Hold Art Galleries Accountable; Galleries are feudal systems for hoarding wealth, property, and people that cannot be reformed with momentary or incremental adjustments



Can Gee’s Bend—the Tiny Alabama Community Behind America’s Most Dazzling Quilts—Become an Art Destination to Rival Marfa?



Ed Ruscha, the most famous Catholic artist few Catholics know

Smee: Ed Ruscha’s stunning Sunset Strip art project lets you tour its full length, east to west — and back in time



Sarah Bahbah, the Artist Making Lazy Look Glamorous



So Bad It’s Good: Do All Great Artists Need A Vice?



Patti Smith: 'As a writer, you can be a pacifist or a murderer’; ‘I feel like I’m part-wolf’



How Santu Mofokeng Shaped South African Photography


DISCOVERY


A Bitter Archaeological Feud Over an Ancient Vision of the Cosmos; The Nebra sky disk, which has been called the oldest known depiction of astronomical phenomena, is a “very emotional object”

Archaeologists Are Caught Up in an Intense Fight Over Just How Important the Mysterious Nebra Sky Disk Really Is

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Reaches Space With Unconventional Rocket-Launch System

This Futuristic New Photography Website Lets You Snap Photos From Space

Archaeologists Have Discovered a Temple to an Ancient Queen and 50 Stunning Sarcophagi in an Egyptian Necropolis—See Images Here

Huge ‘super puff’ exoplanet could change how we explore the universe





Nailya Alexander Gallery opens an exhibition inspired by the photography book 'A Pageant of Youth; designed by Aleksandr Rodchenko;
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Smee: This 20th-century Francis Bacon painting foretold our 21st-century moment


LOSING AND CHOOSING MY RELIGION

Leap of faith – how Mark Rothko reimagined religious art for the modern age

“Sing Your Life” Morrissey


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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


ARCHITECTURE


Pioneer of the L.A. look: Paul R. Williams wasn’t just ‘architect to the stars,’ he shaped the city

Remembering Phil Freelon, Architect of National Museum of African American History and Culture

Temple Church: Plans to revive building bombed in Bristol Blitz


Heatherwick’s Vessel closed to the public after third suicide in less than a year



Harry Seidler, the 'great disruptor' of modern Australian architecture


These 1960s megastructures pictured a utopian future


Carol Johnson, leading landscape architect, dies at 91


AMAZING MOTHER NATURE

 


Scientists looking for aliens investigate radio beam 'from nearby star’; Tantalising ‘signal’ appears to have come from Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun

We’re Not Done Yet; Here’s How Humans Are Still Evolving

NASA Is Tracking a Vast, Growing Anomaly in Earth's Magnetic Field



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How a New Religion Could Rise From the Ashes of QAnon


Social media replaces fairs as the third most successful sales channel for galleries in 2020, study reveals



Anna Wintour giving in to the Twitter mob means we’re in for a long four years


Wet Paint: Colby Mugrabi Turns on President Trump, Beastie Boy Mom Sells $150 Geodes at Sotheby’s, & More Art-World Gossip



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Cult Icon John Lurie Is Back to Soothe Your Soul in ‘Painting With John’; Everyday a little bit of fun



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Why a New Raid on Activists Means Hong Kong’s Days as an International Art Market Are Numbered (and Other Insights)

Pokémon Box Set Sells For $408K; 1999 First Edition

To Stop Young Artists From Fleeing London, an Upstart Group Is Offering Them Cut-Rate Studio Space in London’s Ritziest Neighborhood


A Nigerian Art Gallery Opens a Los Angeles Outpost With a Show on Women Artists


Arts Non-Profit Director Alan Goffinski helped people weather 2020 with art and quite a few cleaver ideas

Could Covid-19 Kill Off The Market For The Art World’s Star Names? Market Forces? Some big artists may be toppled from their pre-pandemic pedestals and new ones promoted to the art-as-investment pantheon


'My Rembrandt' documentary lets you look into the privileged club of Old Master owners

‘My Rembrandt’ Trailer; New Doc about Rembrandt owners


MONOLITH 2021


Minnesotans flock to Minneapolis park to see 'caveman in ice' sculpture


A National Monument Audit Is Part of Mellon Foundation's Quarter-Billion Dollar Initiative to Reimagine and Rebuild Commemorative Spaces and Transform the Way History is Told in the United States; Details of their Monuments Project, Click Here

For Diversity Leaders in the Arts, Getting Hired Is Just the First Step; Cultural institutions are recruiting people of color to direct their transformation efforts. But bringing in one manager doesn’t mean the work is done.


WSJ: Five Top-Selling Young Artists in 2020 (and Five Who Faltered)


STAGE

A Marvel Universe for musicals? Meet the makers of Averno; App for creation of theater, music and art

Philip J. Smith, a power on Broadway, is dead at 89; Movie usher to master showman

Shakespeare, swing and Louis Armstrong. So what went wrong? Jazz variation of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Broadway Diary: A ‘Frankenstein’ That Never Lived; On Jan. 4, 1981, the effects-heavy production opened and closed on the same night. Forty years later, the creators revisit a very expensive Broadway flop.



C24 Gallery presents ‘Sites Unseen’ New Works by Cheryl Molnar



Brenna Youngblood Now Represented by Roberts Projects


A part of his upcoming show 'Flags and Debris,' Regen Projects presents a short film by Doug Aitken

 


A Texan Artist in Brussels: Part Three



Marcel Duchamp and Gang in Las Vegas



Vivid Posters Chart a “People’s History” of the Struggle for Social Justice



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A Trove of Historic and Handwritten Mexican Cookbooks Are Now Online


The devilish life and art of Lucian Freud, in full detail

Socialite Slim Keith and her marriage to legendary director Howard Hawks

Ishmael Reed Picks Hamilton Apart, Bit by Revisionist Bit; ”The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda" deconstructs the Broadway play’s abolitionist portrayal of the founding father with incisive, impeccably-researched satire


Closure of an iconic Paris bookshop alarms French bibliophiles

Let these artsy books transport you to another place this holiday season


One of the 21st Century’s Greatest Buildings Is a Library in Mexico City


Virginia Woolf’s literary confessions to be sold at auction


Billie Eilish Will Share Intimate Personal Photos and More in Her First Book, Billie Eilish





'We were all a little bit punk': Haring, Basquiat and the art that defined 80s New York


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So What Were UFO Sightings Like in the Really Old Days?


Hannah Höch on How to Be an Artist

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Your Movie Is About to Be… Delayed, Again


‘Saint Maud’ Is the First Must-See Horror Movie of 2021

Nicole Kidman Talks Playing Queen to Ethan Hawke’s King in Director Robert Eggers’ ‘The Northman’; “Eggers is really fascinating. He’s part of the new guard”


Napoleon: Netflix Funds Restoration of Abel Gance's 1927 Epic

Sex, Communism, Race, and Creative Freedom in Hollywood; Like the Hays Code and Waldorf Statement before it, new diversity requirements are Tinseltown's way of asserting cultural dominance through self-policing


Steve McQueen’s Ethos of Generosity; “I’m a massive fan of cinema, but sometimes you have to go where the people are


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Guardian: Hear me out: why Only God Forgives isn't a bad movie


The Movie Title Stills Collection is an Online Treasure Trove for Designers, Artists and Filmmakers


The Stories He Could Tell: Ben Halpern Dies: Former United Artists & Universal Publicist Was 99

‘Atlantis’ Trailer; A best film winner at Horizon’s section at the Venice Film Festival


A Sad Love Story; ’Malcolm & Marie’ Trailer Tests Potential of Small Stories Told in Quarantine; Stars Zendaya and John David Washington

Director Michael Apted Has Passed Away at 79; Coal Miner’s Daughter, Gorky Park, Continental Divide and Gorillas in the Mist

Possibly a Masterpiece, Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘Margaret’ (2011) has a troubled history. Extended Cut Now Streaming on HBO Max


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The Magic Kingdom
: The coronavirus event, whatever the actual dangers associated with this virus, has served to reveal in stark relief both the authoritarian plans of world economic leaders and the ruling class they represent, and the final stage of a new irrationality (under cover of hyper rationality) in contemporary society.


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Where Was Surfing Actually Born? A Look at the Origins of Wave Riding

Robin Lanei’s Irreverent Surf Art Offers A Blunt, Fun Perspective on Surf Culture


Women Who Surf: Contemporary big wave rider Priscila Guedes talks surfing and life with Vicky Durand, winner of the Makaha International in 1957 (Video starts at 02:50)

The Physics of Surfing - Nick Pizzo


Producer Brian Grazer permanently scarred Tom Hanks while surfing; 37 stitche
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MUSEUM BLUES

The Rijksmuseum Had Its Lowest Attendance Last Year Since 1964. But Its Digital Audience Has Grown by Leaps and Bounds

What Is the Future of Museums? 7 Predictions From Max Hollein, Koyo Kouoh, Anne Pasternak, and Other Top Curators and Directors

The Met invites you to play a game, and then ‘borrow’ a work of art



The First Blue Pigment Discovered in 200 Years Is Finally Commercially Available. Here’s Why It Already Has a Loyal Following; From rare earth elements; Shockingly expensive


25 Years of Pixar’s Vibrant, Emotional Color Palettes



Who Knew She Drew? Queen of literary suspense – the visual art of Patricia Highsmith


New York Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang Has a Plan to Boost the City’s Art Community: Subsidize TikTok Hype Houses


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Jerry Seinfeld: Transcendental Meditation and weight training will ‘solve just about anyone’s life’

What happens to our consciousness when we fall asleep? Study may solve one of biggest scientific mysteries

Scientists discover the secret to a night of sound sleep: Good vibrations!

No Better Time to Consider Our Lungs


Once Again, Hollywood Takes a Cheap Shot at the Fine Arts; See the Heinous Clip; Boycott “Wonder Woman 1984”!



Karen Carson's first solo show at Gavlak Los Angeles explores her expansive five-decade career



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ART NOIR


Trump Pardons Art Dealer Helly Nahmad, Convicted of Running a Gambling Ring Out of Trump Tower, in One of His Final Presidential Acts


The Mystery of the Painting Thieves Love

What Is It About California and Cults?


An Art Dealer in Milan Has Been Convicted of Trying to Sell a Forged Josef Albers Painting

Police discovers stolen Salvator Mundi in Naples apartment


Lawsuit claims $100m damages in tangled case of hidden Russian art worth $60m; Missing Malevich


Vandals apprehended after covering Richard Serra’s vast desert sculpture in Qatar with graffiti; To encourage locals to respect public works

Lawmakers Are Cracking Down on the ‘Unregulated’ US Art Market. Here’s How a New Anti-Money Laundering Law Will Affect Dealers


How a Historian Got Close, Maybe Too Close, to a Nazi Thief; “Göring’s Man in Paris”


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




COLLECTORS CIRCLE


Moderna vaccine billionaire Timothy Springer explains his love for Chinese scholar rocks

Hester Diamond: The Life of a Fearless and Visionary Collector (and Ma of Beastie Boy Michael Diamond, aka Mike D)


Singer RM from Korean boyband BTS named 'art sponsor of the year'


Why Charles and Leah Justin Turned Their House Into a Museum


St. Louis Collector Susan Barrett on Her Most Gratifying Purchase and Why Amy Sherald Is ‘the Holy Grail’


Step Inside Marketing maverick Everette Taylor's Art-filled Manhattan Loft


With New Museums, Roberto Polo, a Once Disgraced Socialite Looks to Burnish His Legacy


From Winning Emmy Awards to Collecting Art: Dennis Scholl’s Multiple Roles


Tour This Art-Filled New York Family Home


ARTIST PROFILE: GREGORY CREWDSON


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NYT: For Gregory Crewdson, Truth Lurks in the Landscape by Arthur Lubow, 2020


Gregory Crewdson on Artsy; Much to See

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Can art capture what happens when we dream? - Afterthoughts on Gregory Crewdson at SCI-Arc

Interview with Photographer Gregory Crewdson


Photographer Gregory Crewdson and his eerie rooms of gloom; Carefully staged, the American photographer’s film-like scenarios in Cathedral of the Pines depict pensive women in banal yet strangely uncanny scenarios

Paris Review: Submerged and Interior: An Interview with Gregory Crewdson, 2016


Smithsonian Magazine: Gregory Crewdson’s Epic Effects

Bomb Magazine: Gregory Crewdson by Bradford Morrow


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Vanity Fair: The Photography of Gregory Crewdson—And Why Cate Blanchett Is Here for It


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