Art
A Mega-Gallery Marks a Quarter Century
I remember David Zwirner Gallery back in the 1990s, before Chelsea, when the New York art world was much smaller and more manageable.
Franz West
News
Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: a Chinese artist was reprimanded for his "sexual calligraphy" videos, a $20-million trove of stolen art was seized in Istanbul, and a relic containing a drop of Pope John Paul II's blood was stolen from Cologne Cathedral.
News
Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: a trucker took down an Antony Gormley statue, vandals hammered a shiny public sculpture, and a Swiss dealer got in trouble for selling stolen Picassos to a Russian billionaire.
Art
Sculpture that Just Wants to Play
Some curious creatures have arrived in City Hall Park, although they look pretty miserable about it. Olaf Breuning's "The Humans," with its loop of anthropomorphic figures showing a story of humans evolving from fish to fisher king, has each whimsical figure sporting a deep frown upon their marble f
Opinion
Franz West Dies at 65 from Liver Cancer
This line says it best: "Austrian artist Franz West, who died yesterday, was a sculptural jester, a provocateur, a maker of benign and threatening objects."
Art
Seeing Through the Crowds at the 2011 Venice Biennale Part II: The Arsenale
The Arsenale and its Corderie (Rope Walk) compose the remainder of the curatorial effort of the Biennale’s director. It is the sprawling nasty sibling of the Padiglione Centrale, and is somewhat of a chore to tackle. The entire layout of the Arsenale this year feels disjointed. On a whole, I felt li
Art
Art Basel Miami in Pictures
There's no point in giving you a "review" of the mothership of art fairs in Miami, Art Basel Miami Beach, so I thought a photo essay with some observations were more appropriate. I admit that I got a little bored after three hours of wandering around. I found myself seeing the same thing and getting