Louise Bourgoise’s iconic sculpture will make its way to Sydney as part of Sydney International Art Series returns for 2023–24. The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) will present a comprehensive exhibition of works by French-American artist Louise Bourgeois from 25
The controversy continues at Documenta as the entire selection committee has resigned. The committee responsible for selecting an artistic director for the upcoming edition of Documenta has hit another setback. After two members left the committee earlier, the remaining four members have
Ai Weiwei’s show at Lisson Galllery, which was expected to take place on Nov 15 has been cancelled after artist’s tweets on Israel’s actions on Gaza. The gallery stated that the show was postponed whereas Ai said it was ‘effectively cancelled’. Lisson
Two climate protestors briefly disrupted a Christie’s auction on Nov 11. Mun Chong and Jim Hicks of the climate emergency group Extinction Rebellion’s (XR) New York branch took to the stage during the Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper sale, interrupting the
A painting of water lilies by French impressionist Claude Monet has sold for $74 million, as part of a lively fall art auction season. “Le bassin aux nympheas” topped the projected sale price of $65 million when it went under the hammer
The Guggenheim Museum closed temporarily closed its entrance on Nov 11 due to protests. Eight anonymous artists and cultural workers aimed to shed light on the Israeli military’s ongoing killing of Palestinian children in Gaza at the spiral entrance of the museum
The photographer Nan Goldin announced that she had called off a project for the New York Times Magazine because of the newspaper’s pro-Israel bias in its reporting on Gaza. Goldin said: “Yesterday, I canceled a big job with the New York Times
In the Realm of Three Inland Seas is the most comprehensive exhibition of Handan Börüteçene, whose practice has firmly focused on archaeology, history, and nature for over forty years. The title points to a geography that has inspired the artist with its
A 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso titled Femme à la montre from the collection of the late New York philanthropist Emily Fisher Landau, sold. at Sotheby’s during a New York evening sale for $139 million with fees. It marks the second-highest price
Four men have been criminally charged by the Crown Prosecution Service, following the announcement made several months ago by British law enforcement regarding a major breakthrough in the 2019 theft of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s golden toilet sculpture, as reported by the
