The Paradox of Plenty
View of the exhibition “To Dig a Hole That Collapses Again,” 2018, showing Carved to Flow, 2017–18, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. In March of 2020, when I first began to write about […]
Best Practices: Virginia Jaramillo’s Abstractions Are Finally Coming into Focus
Virginia Jaramillo’s abstract paintings are energized by a simple premise: “How can I draw in the viewer? How can the artwork hold their attention?” For her most recent body of work, Jaramillo is delving into […]
$4.5 M. Romanian Public Art Fraud, English Ikea Could Turn Art Space, and More: Morning Links from February 16, 2021
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ROMANIAN SCULPTOR IOAN BOLBOREA HAS BEEN ACCUSED of defrauding the city of Bucharest by selling it 11 statues, including one of a naked Roman Emperor […]
The Best Artistic Stickers for Top Notch Decorating
UPDATED (ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JULY 13, 2020 8:59 PM) If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. Stickers are having a big moment. […]
The Best Papermaking Kits for Taking Up a New Craft
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. Want to mail your friends something a little more personalized than the usual Hallmark […]
Parts of Stonehenge May Have Come from Older Monument in Wales, Researchers Find
Archaeologists may have come one step closer to unraveling the great mystery of the prehistoric Stonehenge monument in England. According to a report by the Independent, researchers have reason to believe that small bluestones at […]
Adam Piron on Storytelling and the Importance of Cultural Diversity
Portrait of Adam Piron, 2020. Last fall, Adam Piron started his new position as director of the Indigenous program at the Sundance Institute, which aims to support emerging Indigenous American filmmakers through fellowships and labs. […]
Vast Sonoma Private Collection Filled with Large-Scale Commissions Becomes Major Attraction
Set in the grassy fields of California’s Sonoma Valley are a group of 25 figures who appear to be hysterically laughing, their hands clutching their ears. From a distance, they look like a group of […]
Give Peace a Chance
In the 2000 comedy Miss Congeniality, Sandra Bullock’s Grace, an undercover FBI agent posing as a pageant contestant, is asked to define the “most important thing our society needs.” Her initial response—harsher punishment for parole […]
Teresa Burga, Pioneering Conceptual Artist Focused on Women and Labor, Has Died at 85
Teresa Burga, an artist whose indefinable output made her one of the most important conceptual artists in Latin America, has died at 85. The Peruvian Ministry of Culture announced her death on Twitter on Thursday. […]