More than 150 artists, activists, curators, and collectives have signed a petition demanding that the Museum of Modern Art remove billionaire Leon Black from its board over the philanthropist’s extensive ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.   Prominent artists including Andrea Fraser, Nan Goldin, Michael Rakowitz, and Xaviera Simmons were ...

Improvisational quilter Rosie Lee Tompkins was virtually unknown by the general public during her lifetime—an anonymity she not only welcomed, but carefully cultivated. Now, with two new Bay Area shows at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) and Anthony Meier Fine Arts, the virtuosic talent likely has ...

A sterling 550-year-old portrait by the Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli that was the star lot of Sotheby’s Old Masters sale has sold for $92.2 million, making it the second-most-expensive Old Master artwork to sell at auction, according to the company. The artwork, Young Man Holding a Roundel ...

The Independent art fair has changes in store for its 2021 show in New York, including a new format, venue, and dates, all reflecting changes in the art industry since the onset of the pandemic. “We really looked at this challenge as an opportunity to redefine what fair-making is and ...

It’s not uncommon for storefronts to remain empty during the colder months in Southampton, the quiet eastern Long Island village overrun by beach-bound New Yorkers every summer. But the pandemic has exacerbated the issue, leaving its commercial streets looking like ghost-town versions of their former selves.  Now, the ...