The 2021 New Museum triennial—the fifth iteration of its signature exhibition of emerging artists—has been in the works since long before the pandemic. But its overarching theme, of tenacity in the face of hardship, will likely feel more relevant than ever when the show opens this fall, well over a year ...
Read More »A Devastating Fire Broke Out in a Brazilian Storage Unit Housing Thousands of Artworks From the Country’s Top Galleries
A fire erupted at an art storage facility used by Brazilian galleries last week in Taboão da Serra, a city outside of São Paulo. Top dealers including Simões de Assis, Luciana Brito, and Nara Roesler are clients of the facility. The blaze broke out in the late afternoon on Thursday, ...
Read More »Ray Johnson Spent the Final Years of His Life Developing an Enigmatic Photography Project. It’ll Go on View Next Summer
Never-before-seen photographs by Ray Johnson—the famously unfamous artist known for Neo-Dada collages, prankster performances, and inventive mail artworks—made in the final years before his death will go on view in New York next summer. The show, which is tentatively scheduled for June 2022 at the Morgan Library and ...
Read More »The Ghent Altarpiece, Which Has Been Stolen a Dozen Times, Is Now Protected in a $35 Million Bulletproof Display
An eight-year-long, $2.4 million restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece went viral last year as the 12-paneled painting’s central figure, a sweet lamb symbolizing Jesus himself, was made to look like the kid from the ”Trying to hold a fart next to a cute girl in class” meme. People ...
Read More »Magnum Photos Is Threatening Legal Action Against a Streetwear Company That Used Its Images for a New Clothing Line
Magnum Photos is threatening legal action against a streetwear company that released—and quickly withdrew—a new clothing line featuring documentary images from the photography cooperative’s archives, along with its logo. The clothing company Richardson briefly marketed t-shirts, hoodies, and jacket with images by photographers Danny Lyon, Gilles Peress, Antoine ...
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