Slides and Prejudice
The controversy around painting from photographs continues as new generations and new image-making technologies keep the debate alive. Read More
View ArticleCommand Performance
William Nicholson’s group portrait of Canadian generals during World War I is an unusual and haunting war tableau Read More
View ArticleCamera Ready: Artists Play With Polaroid
A new book chronicles the ways that artists ranging from Ansel Adams to Warhol, Close, and Wegman harnessed the speed and palette of the instant camera Read More
View Article‘The Myth of the Artist Starving’
Looking back at the '80s market boom and other excerpts from our coverage 100, 75, 50, and 25 years ago Read More
View ArticleThe Man Who Turned a Warehouse into a Vermeer
A new film by Penn & Teller chronicles their friend's multilayered obsession with "The Music Lesson" Read More
View ArticleDavid Hockney Keeps a Stockpile of 2,000 Cigarettes in His Studio
Yes, David Hockney keeps 2,000 cigarettes–Camel Wides–handy in his Hollywood Hills studio because he “hardly ever [leaves].” He told The Guardian, “I go out to the dentist, the doctor, the bookstore...
View ArticleNew Records for Gerhard Richter, Jonas Wood at Buoyant $188.2 M. Sotheby’s...
Multiple records were broken last night at the contemporary art evening auction at Sotheby’s in London, including the total for that annual auction, which made £123,515,250 ($188.2 million) on a...
View ArticleMorning Links: Met Breuer Expectations Edition
Must-read stories from around the art world Read More
View ArticleHabitat: Los Angeles
Visits to the studios of 16 artists over the next 16 weeks Read More
View ArticleL.A. Habitat: David Hockney
A visit with the artist as he paints new portraits. ‘I wasn’t planning on doing this many at first,’ he says, ‘but when I got to about 15 I realized I could probably go on forever.’ Read More
View Article9 Art Events To Attend In New York City This Week
A guide to the next seven days Read More
View ArticleFrom the Archives: David Hockney Paints a Portrait, in 1969
With a David Hockney retrospective having opened this week at Tate Britain in London, we turn back to the May 1969 issue of ARTnews, in which David Shapiro profiled Hockney as part of the magazine’s...
View ArticleDavid Hockney at Centre Pompidou, Paris
See images from one notable show every weekday. Read More The post David Hockney at Centre Pompidou, Paris appeared first on ARTnews.
View Article9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week
A guide to the next seven days. Read More The post 9 Art Events to Attend in New York City This Week appeared first on ARTnews.
View ArticleFrom the Archives: John Russell on Works by David Hockney for a Production of...
"Hockney is, also, a gifted observer of vestimentary indiscretions." Read More The post From the Archives: John Russell on Works by David Hockney for a Production of ‘Ubu Roi,’ in 1966 appeared first...
View Article115 Years: What They Said
Some pointed words from the magazine's subjects. Read More The post 115 Years: What They Said appeared first on ARTnews.
View ArticleDavid Hockney Painting to Go on Block at Sotheby’s in May, With $20 M.–$30 M....
Pacific Coast Highway and Santa Monica could double the artist's previous auction record. Read More The post David Hockney Painting to Go on Block at Sotheby’s in May, With $20 M.–$30 M. Estimate...
View ArticleWish You Were Here: Spring Shows in New York, from Doug Aitken to Quay Quinn...
Plus, Madeline Hollander, Robert Gober, Isa Genzken, Joanne Greenbaum, Jacolby Satterwhite, Jeanette Mundt, and many more Read More The post Wish You Were Here: Spring Shows in New York, from Doug...
View ArticleDavid Hockney Painting, Estimated at $80 M., Could Break Records in November...
The work, titled Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), comes from the collection of billionaire Joe Lewis. Read More The post David Hockney Painting, Estimated at $80 M., Could Break Records...
View ArticleVasari Diary: Barbara Pollack’s ‘Brand New Art from China,’ Tony Oursler’s...
The latest column tackles lesser-known British painters, experimental pastries, and quite a bit more. Read More The post Vasari Diary: Barbara Pollack’s ‘Brand New Art from China,’ Tony Oursler’s...
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