Milton Esterow, an award-winning journalist who owned and edited ARTnews for 42 years, died on Friday at 97. His death was confirmed by his daughter Judith Esterow, who previously served as this magazine’s associate publisher. She did not state a cause. In a social media post, Robin Cembalest, who served as executive editor of ARTnews...
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., will close as a result of the government shutdown, the museum said on Saturday. “Beginning tomorrow, October 5, the National Gallery will be temporarily closed and all programs will be canceled until further notice,” a brief statement from the museum read. It is the first major museum...
Almine Rech will close its gallery in London’s Mayfair district, Melanie Gerlis reported in the Art Newspaper on Friday. The space had been open for more than a decade, mounting shows for artists such as Javier Calleja, Chloe Wise, Jeff Koons, Esther Mahlangu, and many more. Dealer Almine Rech, who founded her gallery in 1997...
Luke Agada could have moved anywhere after finishing his MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2023, showing his work in national and international exhibitions, and receiving several awards and fellowships along the way. But the Nigerian painter and his wife decided to make Chicago their home—instead of New York or...
Sean Combs, a rapper and record executive who made headlines when he bought a $21.1 million Kerry James Marshall painting in 2018, was sentenced in federal court on Friday to 50 months, or 4 years and 2 months. He was also fined $500,000, the maximum amount allowable by law. The rapper, who also went by...
Pace Gallery will close its exhibition space in Hong Kong later this month, choosing not to renew its lease at H Queen’s. The gallery’s final exhibition there will be its current one for Alejandro Piñeiro Bello, which closes October 18. A Pace spokesperson told ARTnews that the location was “no longer servicing us and since...
Taylor Swift‘s newly released album The Life of a Showgirl features a song that draws on a familiar yet tragic narrative taken up by artists and writers alike across time. The first track on the record, titled “The Fate of Ophelia,” refers the character who meets a tragic end in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. In...