After Deliberation by First All-Women Jury, Winner of Bennett Prize Announced
The Bennett Prize, the largest art award offered to women working in the field of figurative painting, announced its winning...
Art & Visual Culture
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Phillips Sees Major Leadership Shakeup After a Shaky Auction Season
On Monday, Phillips announced several major changes to its leadership team, led by the resignation of global chairwoman Cheyenne Westphal,...
Lenders Accuse Smithsonian’s African American History Museum of ‘Unjust’ Removals of Objects
Two lenders to presentations currently on view at the National Museum of African American History and Culture said their objects...
Businessman Handed 21-Month Suspended Sentence for Role in Cattelan’s Golden Toilet Heist
A judge at Oxford crown court in the UK has handed a businessman a 21-month suspended sentence for his role...
Manhattan DA’s Office Repatriates Eight Artifacts to Peru
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office returned eight artifacts to Peru during a ceremony at the Peruvian consulate in New York...
Takashi Murakami Talks Painting, Process, and UFOs as He Opens Two Major Exhibitions
Art megastar Takashi Murakami looks exactly as he does in pictures: somehow animated and meditative at once. When we met,...
World Press Photo Foundation Suspends Attribution of an Iconic Vietnam War Image
On Friday, World Press Photo Foundation suspended authorship attribution to the Associated Press (AP) photographer Nick Út for the iconic...
Phillips Americas President Jean-Paul Engelen Joins Acquavella Galleries
New York–based Acquavella Galleries announced today that Jean-Paul Engelen will join the business as a director, beginning July 1. Engelen...
Julian Ehrlich Joins Gladstone Gallery After Breakout Run at Christie’s
Julian Ehrlich, the auction specialist known for infusing Christie’s mid-season sales with curatorial depth and market heat, has joined Gladstone...
