Feb 20th, 2026 - If you hang around the art world long enough, the odds are good that you're going to encounter at least the aura of Kasseem Dean , a.k.a. Swizz Beatz, and his wife Alicia Keys . The two are often on the gala circuit, and at art fairs, it's not uncommon to hear that they were just in the booth; in fact, you just missed them. I believe my closest encounter was the time I was enjoying Agnes Denes 's excellent retrospective at The Shed in 2020, when I heard someone in the nearby auditorium looping ...
Feb 20th, 2026 - "Sunflowers" is the star of an Amsterdam exhibition exploring the use of the colour yellow by Van Gogh and a range of artists Yellow: Beyond Van Gogh's Colour opened this week in Amsterdam (until 17 May). The Van Gogh Museum's new exhibition focuses on paintings by a range of artists in which yellow is the predominant colour. In Arles, when Vincent was at the height of his powers, he wrote in great excitement to his brother Theo: "Sunshine, a light which, for want of a better word I can only ...
Feb 19th, 2026 - A faint red stencil in an Indonesian cave shatters our timeline of creativity and migration in Wallacea. Sixty-eight thousand years ago, in the humid dark of a limestone cave on the Indonesian island of Muna, a human being pressed their hand against the cold wall. They took a mouthful of red pigment and sprayed it over their fingers, leaving a crimson silhouette that would outlast the ice ages. For generations, we have told ourselves a specific story about the origins of art: that the creative ...
Feb 19th, 2026 - Why Michelangelo's 'Last Judgment' endures Michelangelo's fresco of "The Last Judgment," covering the wall behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, is being restored . The work, which started on Feb. 1, 2026, is expected to continue for three months. The Sistine Chapel is one of the great masterpieces of Renaissance art. As the setting where the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church meets to elect a new pope , it was decorated by the most prestigious painters of the ...
Feb 18th, 2026 - Art Basel Qatar triggered a widespread moment of reflection in the art world, with articles still being published a week after the fair's inaugural edition, analyzing what it meant for the broader industry. One thing that visiting Doha proved is that within the MENA region, there is an entire art scene— emerging but historically grounded —composed of names poised for broader international recognition. While the focus on the fair may have caused Sotheby's second auction in Saudi ...
Feb 17th, 2026 - In the years she served as New York director of Crown Point Press, Kim Schmidt worked with numerous artists— John Cage , Francesco Clemente , Richard Diebenkorn , Al Held , Pat Steir and Wayne Thiebaud , among others—on their print editions, and each produced images according to their own processes, which could vary widely. However, Schmidt had one iron rule for every artist and every edition they created: "We wouldn't let works go out that weren't signed and numbered." Like a ...
Feb 16th, 2026 - The commission, depicting a sunrise in Normandy, is part of the Margate museum's 15th anniversary celebrations Artist David Hockney will unveil a major new work this spring at Turner Contemporary in Margate, UK, as part of the gallery's 15th anniversary celebrations. "Measuring seven by ten metres, Hockney's work will transform the gallery's iconic floor-to-ceiling window in the Sunley Gallery overlooking Margate's beaches and the North Sea," a statement says. The new window work (1 ...
Feb 12th, 2026 - From Yoko Ono to Frida Kahlo, from Louise Bourgeois to Artemisia Gentileschi, women have long been capturing the unvarnished truth about their own bodies – and that's why my novel Female, Nude weaves them into the plot f you want to paint, put your clothes back on!" That was how Carolee Schneemann summarised the critical response to her 1975 performance piece Interior Scroll, which she had performed nude standing on a gallery table. After making a series of life model poses, she removed a ...
Nov 20th, 2025 - A self-portrait by legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million in New York on Thursday, setting a new record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby's said. The sale of Kahlo's 1940 artwork, titled "El sueno (la cama)" — which translates to "The dream (The bed)" — breaks the previous record in this category, set by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe, whose 1932 painting "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1," sold for $44.4 million in 2014. Kahlo's ...
Nov 13th, 2025 - From the Mona Lisa to the American Gothic, these famous paintings don't just grace museum walls; they offer a glimpse into the past and define entire generations. Although most of these masterpieces are centuries old, they continue to fascinate art buffs and collectors alike, with each piece telling a captivating story. Whether they're on display for the whole world to see or hidden behind closed doors, these paintings prove that art has the power to create and sometimes, even change history. ...
Oct 18th, 2025 - Morgan Library & Museum, New York Famed impressionist painter's lesser-seen drawings are the focus of a major new exhibition that invites us into the stages of his artistic process is luminous colours and sensual brushwork adorn countless mugs, posters and tote bags as well as blockbuster exhibitions . But the commodification of Pierre-Auguste Renoir and his fellow impressionist painters has been missing something. Renoir was an accomplished draftsman who produced a distinguished but largely ...
