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Newly Unearthed Letter Reveals Edvard Munch’s Influence on Paula Rego
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (276+ words) In 1951, a 16-year-old Paula Rego wrote to her mother after visiting an Edvard Munch exhibition, the Guardian reported Sunday, in a newly uncovered letter. "It's so impressive that you can't imagine," Rego wrote, years before she would emerge as the…...
Senga Nengudi and David Thomson Among Winners of Rauschenberg Centennial Awards
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (212+ words) The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has announced the winners of its Rauschenberg Centennial Awards, which come with unrestricted grants of $100,000 each. The awards were established to celebrate the influential postwar artist's centennial birthday, in October 2025. Winners were selected from a pool…...
Zanele Muholi, South African ‘Visual Activist,’ Wins the World’s Top Photography Prize
1+ week, 3+ day ago (81+ words) Zanele Muholi, an acclaimed South African photographer, has won the 2026 Hasselblad Award. Speaking to ARTnews in 2018, Muholi described their desire to illuminate the diverse histories that underpin South Africa. "They are history makers," Muholi said, referring to their collaborators'activists, drag…...
Pedro Friedeberg, Surrealist Artist Who Designed the Iconic Hand-Chair, Dies at 90
1+ week, 3+ day ago (346+ words) Pedro Friedeberg, an artist affiliated with the Mexican offshoot of the Surrealist movement and who is now best known for his absurdist designs, including the iconic Hand-Chair, died on Thursday in San Miguel de Allende. He was 90, according to his…...
Director of Museo National de Colombia Liliana Angulo Cortés Dies at 51, Art Centers in Beirut Pause Programming Amid War: Morning Links for March 5, 2026
1+ week, 4+ day ago (243+ words) Art Centers in Beirut Pause Programming Amid War Emmi Whitehorse of the Navajo Nation has joined White Cube. [ARTnews] Could this "Cristo Dalvator" bust in a Roman church be by Renaissance master Michelangelo? Art historian Valentina Salerno thinks so and…...
Pace Prints Heads West With a Hollywood Hub, a Chuck Close Deep Dive, and a Case for Why Prints Matter Now
2+ week, 4+ day ago (396+ words) Pace Prints is heading to Hollywood. The New York'based print publisher and workshop has taken a space in Los Angeles and plans to open a production facility this fall with a small accompanying gallery, expanding its footprint at a moment…...
Nan Goldin’s Photobook The Ballad of Sexual Dependency Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary at Gagosian
3+ week, 5+ day ago (168+ words) Originally conceived as a 45-minute slide show of 750 images, "Ballad" helped generate greater recognition of the personal snapshot as art The earliest iteration of the Ballad, true to its operatic title, was a slideshow with an eclectic soundtrack. Goldin conceived…...
Labubus, Vintage YouTube, Pimple Patches, and More On View in the V&A’s Reopened ‘1900-Now’ Galleries
3+ week, 5+ day ago (179+ words) New acquisitions include a YouTube watch page from 2005, star-shaped pimple patches, and a portable prayer rug. On Wednesday, the V&A in London reopened several galleries dedicated to design from the past 126 years. The newly installed Design 1900-Now spaces, which…...
Adrian Searle to Step Down as the Guardian’s Chief Art Critic After Three Decades
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (233+ words) After 30 years at the Guardian, chief art critic Adrian Searle is stepping down from the role he has held since 1996. The Guardian announced today that Searle will leave his full-time role at the end of March. His final article, a…...
Florentina Holzinger Steps Into the Gallery World With Thaddaeus Ropac Ahead of Venice Spotlight
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (324+ words) That changes just as she prepares to represent Austria at the 61st Venice Biennale later this year. For Holzinger, who trained in choreography and moved quickly into large-scale theatrical productions, the shift into a commercial gallery context marks a new chapter....