The Brillo-Box Scandal
The discovery that a respected curator produced a set of Andy Warhol Brillo boxes after the artist’s death, passing them off as originals, has created a quandary for dealers, collectors, and...
View ArticleThe Trouble With Warhol
A high-profile lawsuit and a scandal over "posthumous" Brillo boxes have brought scrutiny to the methods used by the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board—and its responsibility to the owners of Warhol...
View Article‘Rodin: Genius with Giblets’
Why the great sculptor is so exasperating, and other excerpts from our coverage 100, 75, 50, and 25 years ago Read More
View ArticleLars Nittve Steps Down as Executive Director of M+
Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District Authority announced today that, in January, Lars Nittve will step down from his position as executive director at M+, the hotly anticipated museum slated to...
View ArticleWinter Preview: Museum Shows and Biennials Around the World
A concise guide for notable exhibitions through February Read More
View ArticleAnnika Eriksson at Moderna Museet, Malmö, Sweden
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday. Read More
View ArticleFall Preview: Museum Shows and Biennials Around the World
A look ahead. Read More The post Fall Preview: Museum Shows and Biennials Around the World appeared first on ARTnews.
View ArticleDaniel Birnbaum Announces Exit from Moderna Museet to Direct VR Company Acute...
He has previously overseen editions of the Venice Biennale and the Moscow Biennale. Read More The post Daniel Birnbaum Announces Exit from Moderna Museet to Direct VR Company Acute Art appeared first...
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The Brillo-Box Scandal
Six of the boxes made in 1990 were on view at the Moderna Museet. The museum said they would be "struck from the collection." MODERNA MUSEET, STOCKHOLM In black-and-white film footage from a 1964...
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The Trouble With Warhol
Joe Simon-Whelan sued the Warhol authentication board after his portrait of the artist was rejected. COURTESY JOE SIMON-WHELAN Andy Warhol once again dominated the contemporary-art auctions last...
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‘Rodin: Genius with Giblets’
100 YEARS AGO Ralph Albert Blakelock, Moonlight, ca. 1885-1889, oil on canvas. BROOKLYN MUSEUM, DICK S. RAMSAY FUND, 42.171.Is it not about time for the recent exploitation of the sad state of the...
View ArticleHerzog & de Meuron To Design Hong Kong’s M+
Hong Kong’s long-delayed dream of a major museum for modern and contemporary art has come a big step closer to realization. The Swiss architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron, in conjunction with the...
View ArticleRe-Creating Sturtevant
In 1967, New York’s East Village was a rundown neighborhood, strewn with garbage and pockmarked by empty and abandoned storefronts. In late April, an artist who was preparing an art exhibition for one...
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Lars Nittve Steps Down as Executive Director of M+
Lars Nittve. GARY KWOK/©WKCDA Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District Authority announced today that, in January, Lars Nittve will step down from his position as executive director at M+, the hotly...
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Winter Preview: Museum Shows and Biennials Around the World
Jimmie Durham, Various Elements from the Actual World, 2009. COURTESY KURIMANZUTTO, MEXICO CITY/LONTI EBERS COLLECTION, NEW YORK With winter just weeks away, it is time to preview the season’s most...
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Annika Eriksson at Moderna Museet, Malmö, Sweden
Annika Eriksson, I am the dog that was always here (loop), 2013. COURTESY THE ARTIST Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday. Today’s show: “Annika Eriksson: The...
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Fall Preview: Museum Shows and Biennials Around the World
Regina Silveira, Biscoito arte (Art cookie), 1976, C-print (diptych). “Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985,” Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. ©REGINA SILVEIRA/COLLECTION OF FERNANDA FEITOSA AND...
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Daniel Birnbaum Announces Exit from Moderna Museet to Direct VR Company Acute...
Daniel Birnbaum. JOHN SCARISBRICK Daniel Birnbaum will leave his post as the director of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm next year to head up Acute Art, a company launched last year with an interest in...
View ArticleModerna Museet Malmö Names Elisabeth Millqvist as Next Director
Elisabeth Millqvist has been named the new director of the Moderna Museet’s Malmö branch of the preeminent Stockholm modern and contemporary art institution. Millqvist will take the helm on August 1,...
View ArticleSweden’s State-Run Museums to Stop Offering Free Admission Following New...
Some of Sweden’s top art museums will no longer offer free admission to all following a new government budget plan for 2023 that reduces the amount the culture sector will receive. In total, the...
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