Art Basel Hong Kong has announced the 171 exhibitors from 32 countries and territories that will take part in its 2023 edition, slated to take place March 23–March 25, 2023, with two VIP preview days beginning March 21, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The 171 exhibitors represents a 32 percent increase from the 130 galleries that showed at the 2022 edition, ...
The box art for the newly-named Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been revealed along with several versions of the key art that will be used for the upcoming game — and we have to say it's a real looker! Apparently, a picture paints a thousand words, so we'll pipe down and just get to it, shall we? Behold the box art for BOTW2 ...
At long last, Frieze Seoul launched its first edition this week, and on the fair’s first day, some participating galleries said they’d sold a few works for more than $1 million. By that measure, the fair has been a success for at least a few of the world’s biggest galleries. Most of the other sales that galleries reported were much lower than $1 million, ...
In a popular district of Kinshasa, the energetic capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a person encased in brown paper bags surrounded by a large crowd and policemen forcefully breaks through the wrapping, tearing it apart until its tattered pieces lie scattered on the unpaved dirt road. The female Congolese artist Sarah Ndele emerges; on the wrapping, words like “freedom” are written ...
The activist organizations Just Stop Oil and Ultima Generazione respectively, have been attaching themselves to famous works of art across cultural institutions in the U.K. and Italy as a way of bringing attention to the climate crisis. Both groups have a simple message: their countries should not be approving any new gas and oil leases. The actions began when Just Stop Oil activists glued ...
Every other week, LPM brings you the newsletter Arts, Culture, Et Cetera. It’s full of arts and culture news from the region, a rundown of things to do and see, and an introduction to an artist in the community. Here’s a snippet from this week’s newsletter: Events, exhibitions, etc… There are a number of ways to celebrate Pride Month in the area. In Louisville, ...
Welcome to the Art Angle, a podcast from Artnet News that delves into the places where the art world meets the real world, bringing each week’s biggest story down to earth. Join us every week for an in-depth look at what matters most in museums, the art market, and much more, with input from our own writers and editors, as well as artists, curators, ...
They spend more time looking at the museum’s walls than anybody else—and now, for the first time, they’re deciding what art will hang there. For the Baltimore Museum of Art’s (BMA) newest exhibition, the security guards have taken on curatorial duties. The show, “Guarding the Art,” features 25 pieces from the BMA’s collection—including works by Louise Bourgeois, Grace Hartigan, and Mickalene Thomas—selected by 17 ...
Frieze New York will bring together 66 galleries to the Shed for its upcoming edition, which is scheduled to run May 19–22, with an invitation-only preview day on May 18. The fair will once again host an online viewing room in conjunction with the physical fair, this time in partnership with AR platform Vortic. This year’s fair will have the same number of galleries ...
Have you ever wondered just what daunting concerns and bright ideas are on the minds of the world’s leading art professionals? This April, for the first time, the esteemed Barcelona-based nonprofit Talking Galleries will be hosting an edition of its renowned art-business symposium in New York, gathering nearly 50 industry insiders for two days of conversations about the most pressing issues facing the field. Talking Galleries New ...
