Opinion
We Must Protect South American Rock Art
Given the region’s abundant petroglyphs, why are there so few legal protections and only one World Heritage inscription?
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Is Betting on the Art Market a Terrible Idea?
The prediction platform Kalshi is launching a dedicated art category amid heightened scrutiny over insider trading in wagers across industries.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I love that I can make a mess and leave it until the morning.”
Art Review
Portrait of a Papal Artist
In Rome, an exhibition explores Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s relationship to his most powerful patron, Pope Urban VIII.
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Divination, Mark Making, Boxing, & Drawing: "Tracey Rose" at Ruby City
Opening June 6 in San Antonio, Texas, “Tracey Rose” offers viewers an intimate look at the artist’s groundbreaking multidisciplinary practice including performance and drawings.
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Art Movements: Meet MoMA's New Photo Chief
Also, the Asian Cultural Council awards $1.6M in grants to artists, and at least one sector of the art market is hot as hell.
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Marjane Satrapi, "Persepolis" Author and Human Rights Fighter, Dies at 56
One of her friends said the artist and filmmaker “died of sadness” after her husband’s death just over a year ago.
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Required Reading
This week: Esperanto on Duolingo, a Black Panther Party stud grandma, Arsenal and Africa, queer fish, the secret leftist history of Renaissance faires, and more.
Art Review
The Black Photographers Who Exposed My Own Brainwashing
An exhibition at The Getty gave me the peculiar feeling of peeking behind a curtain in my own house and discovering new things about a topic I thought I knew well.
News
Pace Cuts 50 Workers and 50 Artists, Citing a “Broken” Gallery Model
The layoffs and reductions come amid ongoing market uncertainty and the disastrous collapse of crypto-backed art ventures, of which Pace was an early adopter.
Film Review
The Best Part of “Moss & Freud” Is When It’s Over
In the film, Kate Moss is looking for the right man to get her sober, and Lucian Freud is a Great Man who magically sees the “truth” in young women.