Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Friday, November 25. NEED-TO-READ Art Museums Grapple With Identifying Climate Activists – Activists wanting to “shock people” into acting on climate change by targeting artworks have put museums into a difficult position as they are ...
On Thursday, September 22, myself, and other profound art lovers attended the launch night of Sophie Tea’s art gallery in Carnaby Street. Carnaby Street is home to the most creative and luxurious fashion and lifestyle boutiques in London, and has plenty of eye-catching, beautifully executed features across the pedestrian streets. Sophie’s latest gallery, Sophie Tea, is located in the heart of Carnaby at 5 ...
A lifelong collector with a master’s in art history from the University of California, Berkeley, Chara Schreyer, the daughter of Holocaust survivors who built a real estate empire in California, has published two books on her collection. Art House (2016) showcases how the collection, which includes works by Marcel Duchamp, Robert Gober, Louise Nevelson, and many others, is installed across her five homes. The ...
Just in time for Halloween, a macabre image of a woman with sunken eyes and bloody cheeks, known only as “Loab“, has been haunting the internet. In an even stranger twist of digital fate, the creepy avatar was made by artificial intelligence (A.I.), prompting speculation that her darkness emanates from some eerie, horror-infused wave of emerging consciousness. The story goes like this: Loab was ...
Bones and All, the new Timothée Chalamet–led Luca Guadagnino cannibal film that is about to debut at the Venice Film Festival, has a new poster, and it came courtesy of the painter Elizabeth Peyton, who’s known widely for her portraits of celebrities and close friends. The Bones and All poster that can now be seen hanging around Venice shows Chalamet and his co-star Taylor ...