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Hudson Yards Sculpture ‘Vessel’ Reopens With Steel Mesh Barriers After Suicides Prompted Closure
Visitors will once again be able to walk up The Vessel, Thomas Heatherwick‘s gleaming sculpture at Hudson Yards in New York City, after several suicides closed public access in 2021.Hudson Yards Sculpture 'Vessel' To Reopen With Nets After Suicides Prompted Closure The structure reopened on Monday after the installation of floor-to-ceiling steel mesh barriers in its upper level sections. The top level will stay off limits to visitors and tickets are required, according to the Associated Press, which first reported the news. “Not a day goes by that we don’t have visitors walking up to our staff asking where they can buy tickets and when it...
Newsmakers: Dealer David Lewis Discusses Mounting a Thornton Dial Exhibition at Hauser & Wirth
Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a new ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world.Newsmakers: Tampa Museum Director on Preparing for Hurricane Milton and Sheltering at the Institution Next month, Hauser & Wirth will mount an exhibition dedicated to Thornton Dial, one of the late 20th-century’s most important artists. Dial created works in a variety of modes, from allegorical paintings to massive assemblages. At its 542 West 22nd Street space in Chelsea, Hauser & Wirth will show eight large-scale works by Dial, spanning the years 1988 to 2011. The exhibition is organized by David...
Guggenheim Outpost in Basque Nature Reserve Faces Opposition from Environmental Groups
Plans to establish a new outpost of Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum in Guernica and the Urdaibai biosphere reserve in Spain have sparked controversy, according to the Guardian. While proponents argue that the Basque country development project could help revitalize the region both economically and culturally, critics, including environmental groups, worry that it will result in unnecessary damage the protected natural area. Archaeologists Uncover Secret Roman Network in Southern Spain The new museum is expected to attract at least 140,000 visitors annually, raising concerns that a steady tide of tourists could disrupt the ecosystem of the reserve, which is home to both local wildlife and migratory...
Alicia Henry, Artist Whose Modest Works Asked Big Questions About Visibility, Dies at 58
Alicia Henry, an artist whose sculptural works elegantly considered what it means to be seen, died on October 16 at 58. She had for the past two years been battling cancer, according to her Dallas-based gallery, Liliana Bloch.Lillian Schwartz, Computer Art Pioneer Who Awed Scientists and Curators Alike, Dies at 97 Henry’s works mainly took the form of spare, muted installation-like pieces that were hung to gallery walls. Many represented faces, bodies, and body parts, and dealt with how identities are often unstable, left open to change and frequently impossible to pin down altogether. She crafted her figures from wood, leather, linen,...
Cyndi Lauper’s Farewell Tour Features Yayoi Kusama, Daniel Wurtzel, Refik Anadol, and Other Artists
Cyndi Lauper’s farewell tour began this past weekend featuring art by Yayoi Kusama. Christie's First 21st Century Day Sale at New Hong Kong HQ Sees Middling Results During the first two nights of the “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour” in Montreal on October 18 and Toronto on October 20, images of the Japanese artist herself were shown on large video screens. Images and videos posted on social media show graphics featuring white sculptures and walls covered in the artist’s signature red polka dots. Lauper and other performers also dressed in matching white clothes with large red polka dots while singing...
Some Art Basel Paris Exhibitors Forced to Protect Their Artworks from Leaks as Grand Palais is Battered by Heavy Rain
On Wednesday morning, the first VIPs queuing up outside the Grand Palais for Art Basel Paris were bathed in sunshine. Inside the historic, glass-covered exhibition hall it was like a greenhouse—hot and sweaty—as the mercury flirted with 80 degrees Fahrenheit. By Thursday afternoon, though, the 124-year-old building was taking on water as heavy rain battered Paris. Several galleries moved fast to prevent the leaks from damaging their paintings.Art Basel said in a statement that it had called in extra art handlers to help the affected exhibitors protect their inventories. “Due to heavy rainfall on the afternoon of Thursday 17 October,...
Paris Art Week Is Packed With Satellite Fairs for Every Taste
The art world is still flush from Paris fever, with international galleries vying for a foothold in the City of Light, particularly since Brexit in 2016 and the arrival of Art Basel Paris three years ago. Now added to this week’s fete are several new satellite fairs and expanded, hybrid selling exhibitions.Oh La La! Interrupts Regular Programming at Art Basel Paris for Playful Provocation From Thursday to Sunday, the US-based New Art Dealer’s Alliance is partnering with local artist-run organization The Community for “Salon by NADA and The Community.” The hybrid, must-see selling exhibition OFFSCREEN has expanded, welcoming Marian Goodman gallery...
Falling Apart: A Conversation Between Artists Miranda July and Cindy Sherman
Editor’s Note: This conversation between Cindy Sherman and Miranda July was originally realized for #37 Miranda July: New Society, part of the Quaderni series published by Fondazione Prada. That publication was published to coincide with the exhibition “Miranda July: New Society,” currently on view at Osservatorio Fondazione Prada in Milan until October 28. With permission, ARTnews is republishing that piece in its entirety here.Pino Pascali, a Little-Seen and Much-Loved Giant of Italian Art History, Gets a Retrospective in Milan Cindy Sherman: Tell me about the new videos. What is behind them? Miranda July: Well, I was writing this book, All Fours (2024), and I...
Dutch Museum Buys Van Gogh Painting for More Than $9 M.
Vincent van Gogh’s Head of a Woman (Gordina de Groot) has been picked up by the Noordbrabants Museum in ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. Artists for Kamala Fundraiser Auction Brings in More Than $1.5 M. According to the Art Newspaper, the museum bought the 1885 painting from London-based art dealer and collector Daniel Katz, who has been revealed as the buyer for the work when it appeared at Christie’s auction last year. The Noordbrabants Museum reportedly paid €8.6 million ($9.34 million) for the portrait of the peasant woman, making it among the most expensive van Gogh pictures ever bought by an institution. Katz bought the...
Texas Art Museum Briefly Shutters Show About Cowboys, Race, and Gender After Visitor ‘Feedback’
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, closed and then reopened an exhibition that unpacked the concept of the cowboy, critiquing it through the lens of race, gender, sexuality, and nationality.Zombies Take Over the Museums! That exhibition, formally titled “Cowboy,” aspired to “disrupt the homogenous ideal of the cowboy as a White, cisgender American male,” per its release. Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, which first mounted it last September, the exhibition features a range of Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and queer artists. Among those artists are Ana Segovia, a current participant in the Venice Biennale whose...
Mellon Foundation Launches $25 M. Fund to Support Arts Organizations Along US-Mexico Border
The Mellon Foundation, the US’s largest philanthropic supporter of arts and humanities, has launched a $25 million fund that will support arts organizations based in the US-Mexico borderlands.New Arts Workers' Group Will Fight Inequities Maintained by Museum Management Called the Frontera Culture Fund, this program will support nonprofits on both sides of the border, marking the first large-scale instance of binational support for the arts along the frontera. The initial cohort of grantees consists of 32 organizations, eight of which are based on the Mexico side of the border. The fund is part of the Mellon’s larger effort to focus on...
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Acquires $22 M. Residential Building
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston has purchased a 62-unit apartment building for $22.8 million, securing the only non-museum property on the block adjacent to its new wing. Located at 14 Palace Road and 11 Tetlow Street in Boston’s Fenway Court, the five-floor residential building now makes the museum, constructed as a 15th-century Venetian palace, a landlord for its tenants.Climate Activists Say Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Was Wrong to Close Ahead of Protest The museum said its acquisition of the building was a move to safeguard the area from potential development that could threaten the current state of the museum’s...
Oh La La! Interrupts Regular Programming at Art Basel Paris for Playful Provocation
For the first time since it landed in Paris two years ago, Art Basel has taken up the freshly renovated Grand Palais. On this occasion, the fair has launched a new initiative dubbed Oh La La! As a French woman lucky enough to travel the world, I wondered, ‘why not call the initiative ‘Ooh La La!’, an expression that, though rarely uttered in France, is treated as a quintessential French exclamation abroad.Paris Art Week Is Packed With Satellite Fairs for Every Taste “As a non-French-speaker, I could not say, but I realized that some people say ‘ouais’ [French for ‘yeah’] but...
Newly Discovered Rooms in Peru Suggest Ancient Society Was Ruled by Women
In September, archaeologists in Peru uncovered an elaborate throne room and hall that they believe could indicate that powerful women ruled more than 1,300 years ago.5,000-Year-Old Jade Artifacts Connect Inner Mongolia and Early Chinese Civilizations The throne room and hall were found at Pañamarca, an archaeological site that was once a religious and political center of the ancient Moche culture. The hall is decorated with elaborate snake murals, and is even complete with a worn throne. The paintings within the newly discovered chamber show a woman seated on the throne while receiving visitors. There are also depictions of a crown, the crescent...
Art Adviser Lisa Schiff Pleads Guilty to One Count of Wire Fraud
Lisa Schiff, a prominent art adviser who was accused of swindling her clients out of millions of dollars, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in a New York court on Thursday.Following Bankruptcy Filing, Beleaguered Advisor Lisa Schiff to Sell Collection at Phillips Schiff was the subject of two lawsuits last year in which collectors accused her of defrauding them. She filed for bankruptcy in January, with nearly $7 million allegedly owed to galleries, storage facilities, and more, according to documents processed at the time. “For years, Lisa Schiff breached the trust of her art advisory clients by lying to them...
Climate Activists Invite UK Museum Leaders to Meet: ‘We’ll Leave the Soup at Home’
Just Stop Oil, the eco-activist group known for targeting famous artworks in their demonstrations, has invited the National Museum Directors’ Council to a meeting at London’s National Gallery—the site of a recent action by members of its student branch, Youth Demands—with a promise to “leave the soup at home.” UK Museum Directors Say Climate Protests in Galleries 'Have to Stop' The invitation was included in an open letter from Just Stop Oil published today by the Art Newspaper, and is a direct response to a critical missive shared publicly by the consortium of UK museum leaders. “These are the actions of a...
Hermitage Artist Retreat in Florida Heavily Damaged by Hurricanes Helene and Milton
The Hermitage Artist Retreat in Englewood, Florida, experienced huge storm surges due to Hurricane Milton, with repairs and damage estimated at “upwards of $1 million” as well as the cancelation of residencies and other programs for several weeks.Newsmakers: Tampa Museum Director on Preparing for Hurricane Milton and Sheltering at the Institution On October 9, storm surges of eight to ten feet pushed large amounts of sand into Manasota Key, a thin barrier island off Florida’s west coast, where the retreat is located. “We had already been hit pretty hard by Helene and spent 10 days digging out from that,” artistic director and...
Without A New Approach, Art Fairs Are at Risk of Strangling Galleries
As the major art fairs Frieze in London and Art Basel in Paris take center stage this month, the pressing question is: How many galleries will continue to struggle in this challenging market climate? Recent months have seen a troubling trend, with more closures in New York City. And on my travels through Europe this summer, I met gallerists who hadn’t sold a single piece all year. Many confided—off the record—about revenue drops exceeding 50% from the previous year. Even industry giants like Sotheby’s and Christie’s reported a 30% decline in revenues. The art market is clearly in crisis.ArtRio Fair...
At Art Basel Paris, Galleries Report Strong Sales on VIP Day
The talk of Art Basel Paris’s third edition has no doubt been the Grand Palais, the architectural gem custom-built 124 years ago for the Universal Exposition of 1900. After a three-year renovation ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, the venue has never looked better. Its iconic mint paint gleamed in the sunlight, especially during Wednesday’s unseasonably warm VIP Day. (That the Grand Palais, with its vaulted glass-and-iron ceilings, is in essence a greenhouse, means that the fair is a bit warm, and the sunlight can be blinding as you walk the aisles.)Some Art Basel Paris Exhibitors Forced to Protect Their Artworks...
Art Basel Paris Hopes to Catch Frieze London’s Spendthrift
Between Frieze London ending last Sunday and Art Basel Paris starting on Wednesday, the two-hour ride on the Eurostar is the only time anyone involved in both mega-fairs can catch their breath. The turnaround is rapid for the 31 galleries who have decided to set up shop on both sides of the Channel. Those dealers are hoping Frieze’s decent results will carry over to Art Basel Paris’s new regal turf, the Grand Palais.Oh La La! Interrupts Regular Programming at Art Basel Paris for Playful Provocation Before Frieze, talk of the apparent demise of London’s art scene—and of the ascent of Paris’s market—threatened to...
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