‘My Work’ by Olga Ravn Since reading it two years ago, there’s no book I recommend more frequently than Ravn’s deeply introspective “novel” My Work. I use the…
Read more Artsy Reads Guaranteed to Jump-Start Your CreativityCamille Pissarro, Apple Harvest, 1888. Oil on canvas, overall: 24 x 29 1/8 in. (60.96 x 73.98 cm.), dimensions: 33 1/2 x 38 3/4 x 4 in. (85.09…
Read more From Rejection to Revolution: Santa Barbara Museum of Art Charts the Rise of the ImpressionistsWhen it comes to gifts for art lovers, wrapping original art is the ultimate power move. But here’s the catch: collectors pour their hearts—and usually their bank accounts—into…
Read more The Best Holiday Gifts for the Art Lovers and Artists On Your ListOn November 20, Sotheby’s generated a combined total of $304.6 million between the Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection, Exquisite Corps and Modern Evening sales. Julian Cassady Photography /…
Read more In Its Best Week Since 2021, Sotheby’s Hit $1.173B With a $54.7M Kahlo FinaleThe collection of Robert F. Weis and Patricia G. Ross Weis has an estimate in excess of $180 million. Christie’s The November marquee sales in New York are…
Read more The Top Collections (and Their Top Lots) Headlining the $1.6 Billion November SalesAnish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, better known as the Bean. Photo: Christa Terry for Observer I was going to kick this off with a fun anecdote about my daughter…
Read more 48 Hours of Art in Chicago: CXW, Museums and Monuments to ComeEdward Brezinski in 1979. ©Marcus Leatherdale “Everyone kind of started out on the street, and then certain people became very successful and very hierarchical, and Edward just wasn’t…
Read more ‘Make Me Famous’ Reminds Us That Ed Brezinski, and All Artists, Deserve BetterLONDON (AP) — A group of activists attacked a pair of paintings by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh at London’s National Gallery by throwing what appeared to be…
Read more Van Gogh Paintings Vandalized At A London Gallery After Two Activists Were Sentenced In Similar Attack – KXLVisitors at Frieze London in 2023. Photo courtesy of Linda Nylind/Frieze As the art world copes with what feels like an abbreviated summer break and a crowded fall…
Read more Frieze London and Frieze Masters Announce 2024’s Participating Galleries and ProgrammingSummertime is in full swing which means it’s that time of year again to press play on Lorde’s discography. From Pure Heroine to Solar Power, Lorde seems to…
Read more Paring 11 Iconic Paintings To Lorde’s MelodramaPokémon’s profit margins probably don’t reflect it, but the franchise had a rough year in 2023. Without a new mainline role-playing game to dominate the series’ headlines, Pikachu…
Read more Pokémon’s 2023 Showed The Darker Side Of The Pikachu Machine
