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Jessica Lichtenstein Turns COVID-Induced Anxieties Into Works of Art

For her solo exhibition, Jessica Lichtenstein examines the human psyche with 4,000 quotes she...

ART
Edward Granger Wouldn’t Mind If You Stopped Liking His Selfies

Disillusioned with the Instagram age, the abstract painter and former model asks his following to...

ART
Wait, Did Anyone Actually Look at Beeple’s Work?

Upon closer review of Beeple’s viral crypto artwork, one finds an alarming amount of racism,...

EXHIBITION
An Array of Contemporary Art and Design Is Heading to the Luss House

Object & Thing teams with galleries Blum & Poe and Mendes Wood DM for “At the Luss House,” a...

ART
Hiroki Odo Enters the Gallery Game

The Michelin-starred chef inaugurates his new Flatiron gallery with a showcase of botanical...

ART
After 40 Years, Metro Pictures Will Permanently Close

The legendary New York gallery, which helped champion the provocative Pictures Generation, will...

ART
The Industry’s Most Coveted Plaster Artisans Just Opened an Art Gallery

With locations in both Los Angeles and Brooklyn, Galerie Ground will uplift Kamp Studios founders...

ART
Sondra Perry Illuminates Times Square With Her Own Flesh

Through the end of February, more than 70 of the intersection’s electronic billboards will...

REAL ESTATE
LACMA Is Selling Director Michael Govan’s House

Less than one year after LACMA director Michael Govan moved into a $2.2. million house as a perk,...

Business of Design
New Buyers and Millennials Are Driving Record Online Art Sales

Artsy, Sotheby’s, and Christie's have seen a surge in digital buying since the pandemic thanks to

ART
Nick Cave Is Speaking Truth to Power

The Chicago artist and Jack Shainman Gallery prevail in a censorship dispute with Kinderhook, New...

ART
Frieze Turns 30, Looks to the Future

As Frieze celebrates 30 years, the global art powerhouse launches a digital festival, a paywalled...

ART
A Painting of Amanda Gorman Enters Harvard’s Hutchins Center

The poet’s alma mater has accepted Ghanaian artist Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne’s portrait of...

ART
In “Don’t Judge Me,” FKA Twigs Fights Off Invisible Oppressors

With Kara Walker’s Fons Americanus setting the stage, the lauded British musician poetically...

ART
The Internet Got Really Creative With This Bernie Sanders Meme

After an image of Sanders sitting uncomfortably at the presidential inauguration went viral, the...