This month, Sotheby’s will auction two early 20th-century sculptures by Egyptian artist Mahmoud Mokhtar that have been in the same family collection for eight decades. They will be sold during an online sale of 20th […]

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines THE FOUNDER OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS in Washington, D.C., Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, has died at the age of 98, the Washington […]

The digital artist Beeple’s first major collector was Tim Kang, founder of Cue Music and an investor in cryptocurrency. Well before Beeple’s $6.6 million sale at Christie’s, Kang had broken all previous records by buying […]

Alice Sheppard and Jerron Herman of Kinetic Light rehearse Wired, October 2019. In February 1967, while recovering from surgery related to an illness, Yvonne Rainer, a pioneer of “deskilled” dance, presented a new version of […]

Two days after her longtime representative Metro Pictures announced plans to close toward the end of 2021, photographer Cindy Sherman, the highest-profile artist in that esteemed New York gallery’s stable, has signed with Hauser & […]

If you’re a serious artisan who’s looking to raise the quality of your products to the next level, it may be time to invest in a laser cutter, a software-controlled machine whose slim but powerful […]

Get painting like a busy bee and try your hand at the encaustic technique. Encaustic painting, which some call hot wax painting, is the art of applying melted pigmented beeswax to a variety of surfaces. […]

Monday, March 8 David Kordansky Gallery Now Represents Lucy BullDavid Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles has added painter Lucy Bull to its roster. The artist, who has previously exhibited work at Human Resources in Los Angeles, Almine Rech […]

Are you procrastinating on your work by reorganizing your workspace? Or are you, in fact, procrastinating on reorganizing? Get over the hurdle with the help of a label maker. These devices make it easy to […]

The years 1981 to 1984 were a brief period of intense artistic output that cemented Jean-Michel Basquiat’s place within the canon of art history. Initially working under the moniker SAMO, Basquiat, a friend of artist […]