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The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Unionized staff at the Whitney Museum of American Art rallied outside the museum’s annual fundraising gala on 19 May in New York as contract negotiations continued with Whitney Union UAW Local 2110....
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic’s “Mom, I’m Gonna Be an Artist!” is a Mother’s Day–themed roundup that links recent art-world coverage—especially protests and labor actions around the Venice Biennale—with a feature in...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Artist Cooper Jacoby is highlighted as a standout of New York’s Whitney Biennial for sculptures examining how AI companies and other corporations convert personal data into financial assets. In a...
Artnet News
Artnet News reports that Berry Campbell in New York is presenting “Louisa Chase: The Eighties,” the largest and most comprehensive Louisa Chase (1951–2016) solo show in New York in more than two...
ARTnews.com
ARTnews profiles the legacy of artist and writer Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, emphasizing her cross-disciplinary practice and the lasting impact of her 1982 book Dictée, published in fall 1982 just weeks...
Hyperallergic
Painter Celeste Dupuy-Spencer died at age 46 on Friday, April 10, at her home in Los Angeles, days before a planned solo exhibition at Jeffrey Deitch’s West Hollywood gallery; no cause of death was...
ARTnews.com
Painter Celeste Dupuy-Spencer died at her home in Los Angeles on Friday at age 46, with Jeffrey Deitch gallery announcing the death on Saturday and not providing a cause, according to ARTnews. Known...
ARTnews.com
Artist Josh Kline’s essay “New York Real Estate and the Ruin of American Art,” published by October and made available online for free, has become a widely discussed critique of New York’s art...
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Frieze New York’s 2026 edition will run May 13–17 at the Shed with more than 65 exhibitors and will include institutional collaborations plus a new acquisition fund. In partnership with the Whitney...
Hyperallergic
Sculptor Melvin Edwards died on Monday, March 30, at age 88, according to confirmation from his gallery, Alexander Gray Associates. Born in 1937 and raised in Houston, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio,...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic profiled Iranian-born, Columbia MFA–trained artist Kamrooz Aram, noting his prominent early-2026 visibility through shows at Nature Morte in Mumbai during Mumbai Art Week, Alexander...
ARTnews.com
Gladstone Gallery announced it now represents the estate of Pope.L, the influential American performance and conceptual artist who died in December 2023, and plans to mount its first solo show for...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic frames its coverage around art and activism, including Steven Weinberg’s comic offering tips for making protest signs for the “No Kings” marches and a discussion of how socially engaged...
ARTnews.com
Precious Okoyomon’s room-filling installation Everything wants to kill you and you should be afraid (2026) went on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 2026 Whitney Biennial after a delay,...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic’s roundup “The Biggest Week of the Spring?” surveys a cluster of New York art-world events, including the reopening of the New Museum and the recent Affordable Art Fair and Outsider Art...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic’s editor-in-chief Hakim Bishara argues that the current Whitney Biennial is “muted” and “somber,” and that, with a few exceptions, it seems to be “hiding from the world today instead of...
ARTnews.com
Artist and activist Agosto Machado, a figure in Downtown New York’s queer art scene whose shrine-like altar sculptures are currently included in the Whitney Biennial, died on Saturday after a brief...
Hyperallergic
A Hyperallergic review argues that the 2026 Whitney Biennial feels subdued and evasive rather than directly engaging with contemporary US political crises. The critic contends that, despite an...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
David A. Ross resigned as chair of the Master of Fine Arts in art practice department at New York’s School of Visual Arts (SVA), effective 3 February, after newly released “Epstein Files” documents...
ARTnews.com
ARTnews reports that David A. Ross resigned as chair of the School of Visual Arts (SVA) after newly released “Epstein Files” documents revealed ties between Ross and Jeffrey Epstein. The article says...
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ARTnews published a profile titled “Pat Oleszko on Making a Fool of Herself for 60 Years and Counting,” focusing on performance artist Pat Oleszko and her six-decade career. The provided text is...