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Toh" Commaret on parallel realities, psychic ties, and Andean mythology
23+ hour, 22+ min ago (1244+ words) Artforum Toh" Commaret on parallel realities, psychic ties, and Andean mythology The films of French Chilean artist Toh" Commaret draw their strength from the combination of disparate elements: On camera, the brutal reality of labor exploitation coexists with the mysterious…...
Dozens of Ancient Artifacts Seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
19+ hour, 24+ min ago (253+ words) Matthew Bogdanos, the leader of the district attorney's office's Antiquities Trafficking Unit, said that the repeated seizures from the Met "spoke for themselves." The Met has a 12-person team of artifact provenance experts helmed by Lucian Simmons, who said in…...
Sharjah Architecture Triennial Announces Participants for Third Edition
21+ hour, 22+ min ago (423+ words) Artforum Sharjah Architecture Triennial Announces Participants for Third Edition The Sharjah Architecture Triennial, a major arts platform dedicated to advancing architecture and urbanism in the Middle East, North and East Africa and Asia, has announced the opening dates and full…...
Renowned Zabludowicz Collection Disappoints in Online Auction
21+ hour, 43+ min ago (445+ words) Artforum Renowned Zabludowicz Collection Disappoints in Online Auction An online auction of art belonging to noted collectors Anita and Chaim "Poju" Zabludowicz conducted by Christie's ended with less than half of the works sold, Artnet News reports. The June 1830 sale…...
Artist Jean-Marc Bustamante to Open Foundation In Arles
23+ hour, 8+ min ago (212+ words) Artforum Artist Jean-Marc Bustamante to Open Foundation In Arles Fonds Bustamante, a new cultural institution founded by French artist Jean-Marc Bustamante, will formally open in Arles, France, on July 9. The foundation will operate out of the 12th-century "glise Sainte-Croix church…...
Ownership of a Van Gogh in the Orsay's Collection Is In Dispute
2+ day, 13+ min ago (311+ words) In May of this year, the Commission for the Compensation of Victims of Spoliation (CIVS), which determines if artworks were Nazi-looted, failed to reach a definitive conclusion. The difficulty in tracking the painting's movements stems from a gap in the…...
June Doom: Bryan Barcena tours Los Angeles Galleries
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (753+ words) Artforum June Doom: Bryan Barcena tours Los Angeles Galleries On Western Avenue, Ch'teau Shatto (not a gallery one typically associates with efforts to revive historical movements) was showing "Dynaton: Convocation of Radiant Beings." Laura Whitcomb, a curator and writer who…...
Skulptur Projekte M'nster Announces First Artists, Locations for 2027 Edition
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (450+ words) Artforum Skulptur Projekte M'nster Announces First Artists, Locations for 2027 Edition The organizers of Skulptur Projekte M'nster have revealed an inaugural list of artists and locations for the German sculpture decennial's sixth iteration, to take place June 13 October 3, 2027. R'za El-Hassan, Hew…...
Strike Looms at Guggenheim as Tourist Season Peaks
2+ day, 59+ min ago (489+ words) Artforum Strike Looms at Guggenheim as Tourist Season Peaks Unionized workers at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York voted to strike last week, Artnews reports. According to UAW Local 2110, which represents the institution's staff, 93 percent of members agreed to…...
DAVID ALTMEJD ON SURREAL TELEVISION, REAL REALITY, AND AURAL SEDUCTION
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (207+ words) Artforum DAVID ALTMEJD ON SURREAL TELEVISION, REAL REALITY, AND AURAL SEDUCTION In Read/Watch/Listen, Artforum asks artists, writers, and other tastemakers to share three pieces of media'text, video, and audio'worth knowing about. Here, Los Angeles'based sculptor David Altmejd'whose current…...