1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (596+ words) A Jackson Pollock sold for a record-breaking $181 million at Christie's auction. Should it matter to anyone? I skipped the New York art fairs this season. Went to none, not even the so-called "anti-fair" fairs. It was a choice, a kind…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (477+ words) I feed pistachios to neighborhood crows and jays." Welcome to the 338th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, Kevin Callahan marks three years in his studio after losing his…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (460+ words) Daniel Sikkema was accused of hiring the hitman who stabbed the gallerist in his Brazil townhouse in January 2024. A federal jury has found Daniel Sikkema guilty for his role in the murder-for-hire of his estranged husband, the New York art…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (198+ words) The artist's game-like paintings and tapestries suggest an overactive imagination fueled by generations of crackpot supernatural lore. What to make of such half-familiar signs? Are they richly composed blueprints for mysterious systems connected to extraterrestrial lifeforms " schematics for advanced engines…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (735+ words) The show, New York's only art fair dedicated to contemporary Asian art, featured uniquely tender subversions of this year's topical theme. After a day of Googling why my back hurt (sedentary computer lifestyle, inflamed SI joint), it only made sense…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (379+ words) In Columbia University's MFA show, artist Alejandro Valencia loudly names the elephant in the room: The Manhattan school's institutional failure to come to terms with Israel's genocide of Palestinians." Columbia's 2026 graduating MFA cohort had to weather a storm on the…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (473+ words) The union said the Victoria's Secret billionaire and Epstein associate's name "does a profound disservice" to artists and community members. Unionized staff at the Ohio State University's (OSU) Wexner Center for the Arts have officially called for the renaming of…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (190+ words) Nicholas Fox Weber's new biography draws on their nearly 25-year friendship, allowing her dedication to textile art and her warm humor to shine through in equal measure. Anni Albers: A Life pieces together a web of the places she lived…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (242+ words) Elizabeth Ferrer writes candidly about making "a decision I could live with," Robert Lugo's ode to Puerto Rico, and a new Avedon documentary in Cannes. Catch up on industry news with Art Movements, get smart with Required Reading, and read…...

3+ day, 10+ min ago  (126+ words) The enigmatic art dealer gets the documentary treatment, Pace gets the Brancusi Estate, the Louvre's new architects, and other industry news. Art Movements, published every Thursday afternoon, is a roundup of must-know news, appointments, awards, and other happenings in today's…...