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Steven Shearer wins Audain Prize, one of Canada’s top art awards
The Vancouver-based painter and photoconceptualist will receive $71,000
Lucia Laguna, Brazilian painter of verdant and fragmented cityscapes, has died, aged 85
Laguna, who only started painting after retiring from her teaching career, started to achieve success when…
Giant Diego Rivera sculpture on Mexico City’s Olympic stadium to be restored
The restoration of Rivera’s work launches a multi-year initiative to preserve public art on the Universidad…
After a $105 M. Memorabilia Blockbuster, Christie’s Launches a Pop Culture Division
“I sat in the Jim Irsay sale room, and that was an experience like I’ve never seen,” Christie's Bonnie…
The Met to Present First Major Felix Gonzalez-Torres Show in NYC in Decades
Scattered across the museum's permanent collection galleries, "The Spaces Between" brings together more than…
Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich Returns Painting to Great-Grandson of Jewish Collector Who Fled Germany in 1938
The artwork, by the German painter Albert Lang, was returned to Sofie Heilbronner’s heirs in a ceremony on…
An Unequal Artist Legacy Field Defines Who Gets to Be Remembered
A new report from the Joan Mitchell Foundation highlights deep structural issues affecting legacy work across…
Frieze Owner Ari Emanuel Criticizes Macklemore Over Pro-Palestinian Comments
The Hollywood billionaire also objected to using the term "genocide" to describe Israel's actions in…