Ghanaian painter Amoako Boafo is one of the biggest art sensations of the last few years. Now, fresh from having his art literally flown into space last year by Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket, he has his first museum exhibition, which is currently on view at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, “Amoako Boafo: Soul of … Read more
Every week, Artnet News brings you Wet Paint, a gossip column of original scoops. If you have a tip, email Annie Armstrong at [email protected]. PARISIAN GALLERY CUT TIES WITH CURATOR Last week, someone at the Parisian gallery Lily Robert took to the business’s Instagram to post a picture of some graffiti that had been spraypainted … Read more
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 Thursday, August 11. NEED-TO-READ Tehran Museum Puts Western Art on Display – The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art has taken 19th- and 20th-century American and European … Read more
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 Tuesday, August 9. NEED-TO-READ Canadian Politicians Mull a Change to Copyright Laws – Canada’s innovation minister, François-Philippe Champagne, is working with heritage minister Pablo Rodriguez to … Read more
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, August 5. NEED TO READ Catherine Opie and Jack Pierson to Curate a Show of John Waters’s Collection – Artists Catherine Opie and Jack Pierson … Read more
Artist Rob Ober is an unlikely emerging star. He’s 54. He hasn’t graduated from a prestigious art school. Instead, for three decades, Ober has taught US and Soviet history in a prep school in rural Connecticut. And for the past 15 years, he’s also run a gallery down the street from the school, showing nonconformist … Read more
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 Wednesday, August 3. NEED-TO-READ Documentary Exposes Shocking Gender Price Gap in Art World – BBC Radio 4 will air a new radio documentary by author Helen … Read more
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 Tuesday, August 2. NEED TO READ Oxford and Cambridge Will Return Hundreds of Benin Bronzes – A total of 213 Benin bronzes housed in Oxford’s Pitt … Read more
The artworks of William Blake are known for their highly charged, spiritual energy. Now, they are getting a high-tech new incarnation with “United Visions,” an augmented reality (AR) experience by creative technologists Tin&Ed (Tin Nguyen and Edward Cutting) made for the Getty Museum in partnership with Apple. The tech giant’s purpose-built Blake app is being … Read more
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 Thursday, July 28. NEED-TO-READ How the Influx of New York Galleries Is Affecting the LA Scene – Eleven New York galleries have opened in LA or … Read more