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Derrick Adams to Install Monumental Portrait of Koyo Kouoh in Venice During the Biennale
51+ min ago (293+ words) The untimely passing of curator Koyo Kouoh, the artistic director of the 2026 Venice Biennale, has been deeply felt throughout the art world for the past year. Now, artist Derrick Adams will pay tribute to Kouoh via a monumental installation in…...
What It Takes to Build the Venice Biennale
35+ min ago (1132+ words) And yet the work goes on. While I was in Venice, three weeks before the opening, across the Giardini, in churches, former naval buildings, and improvised studios, artists, curators, and technicians were quietly assembling an exhibition that, when it opens,…...
A $35 M. Warhol, a $45 M. Basquiat, and More: Who's Selling The Top Works in the May Sales?
8+ hour, 8+ min ago (249+ words) See who consigned precious artworks by'Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, and more to the May 2026 Christie's and Sotheby's sales. It's springtime in the art world, and that can mean only one thing. Not the Venice Biennale, though that is no doubt…...
L'vy Gorvy Dayan Bets on Urgency With New LGD Hammer Sales Platform
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (431+ words) L'vy Gorvy Dayan is rolling out a new way to sell high-value art, though gallery cofounder Brett Gorvy is quick to lower the temperature on the idea. The gallery's new platform, LGD Hammer, isn't meant to remake the market. "We…...
Conductor Launches in Brooklyn With Venice Biennale-Bound Artists and Immersive Projects
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (196+ words) There were multiple points of overlap with the Venice Biennale crowd. Several artists showing here are headed there next week, including Ebony G. Patterson, Annalee Davis, and Tammy Nguyen in the main exhibition, Conductor, a new art fair hosted by Powerhouse…...
Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces $23 M. Gift from Top 200 Collectors Jennifer Rubio and Stewart Butterfield
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (304+ words) Jennifer Rubio and Stewart Butterfield have pledged $23 million to support the Metropolitan Museum of Art's internship program. Just two months after becoming a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jennifer Rubio, along with her husband, Stewart Butterfield, have pledged…...
London Dealer Stephen Friedman Owes $10. 6 M. to Dozens of Creditors, Including Artists Deborah Roberts and Kehinde Wiley
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (336+ words) London-based gallery Stephen Friedman is in debt to the tune of some $10. 6 million, according to official documents. Its creditors include a real estate owner, a bank, and an art logistics company as well as several well-known artists. The debts are…...
Botticelli Painting Banned from Export Will Stay in the UK
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (341+ words) A Botticelli painting from the 1470s that had been placed under an export ban was acquired by the Klesch Collection and will stay in the UK. A Botticelli painting placed under an export ban in an effort to keep it in…...
Artist Foundations" Net Worth Has Nearly Tripled to $9 B. , Led by Cy Twombly Foundation"s $1. 5 B. in Art and Assets
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (221+ words) Since the 1990s, a small network of artist-endowed foundations has expanded dramatically, now controlling roughly $9 billion in assets, according to new research collected by the Aspen Institute's Artist-Endowed Foundation Initiative (AEFI), a center that studies philanthropy in the U. S. "What we were…...
In Venice to Install Work for the Biennale, Artist Guadalupe Maravilla Alleges Racial Profiling by Police
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (625+ words) Artist Guadalupe Maravilla alleges that he was racially profiled by the police while in Venice to install his work at the Venice Biennale. New York'based artist Guadalupe Maravilla had traveled to Venice last weekend to finalize the installation of his…...