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This post was originally published on artnews.com Arthur “Art” Green, a key Imagist painter and original member of the Hairy Who?, Chicago’s electrifying answer to Pop Art, died at the age of 83 on April 14. The news was announced by Garth Greenan Gallery in New York, which represented him. Green broke into the art… Continue reading Art Green, Founding Figure of Chicago’s Riotous Harry Who?, Has Died at 83

This post was originally published on artnews.com Jean-Michel Basquiat’s market remains anything but quiet. This May, a rediscovered early painting by the artist will headline Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Auction in New York with a $10 million to $15 million estimate. The untitled 1981 work hasn’t been seen publicly in 36 years. It was acquired in 1989… Continue reading Rare Early Basquiat to Lead Sotheby’s Contemporary Auctions in New York with $10 M. to $15 M. Estimate

This post was originally published on artnews.com Fort Worth police have returned artworks by photographer Sally Mann seized by its forces from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in January. The news was confirmed by the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), and the American Civil Liberties… Continue reading Fort Worth Police Return Photographs Seized from Sally Mann Exhibition

This post was originally published on artnews.com This May, Sotheby’s will offer a curated selection of works from the personal collection of Barbara Gladstone, the influential art dealer who died last year at 89,  Bloomberg reported Friday. The 12 lots, estimated at over $12 million, are set to be sold in a standalone auction just… Continue reading Sotheby’s to Sell $12 M. of Art from Barbara Gladstone’s Personal Collection

This post was originally published on artnews.com Chanel is funding a new Chanel Center for Artists and Technology at the California Institute of the Arts, which is slated to begin work this fall. The Center, at the Santa Clarita, Calif. campus, is aimed at providing CalArts students, faculty, and visiting fellows across the creative disciplines access to leading… Continue reading CalArts, Chanel Launch Center for Artists and Tech With AI Focus

This post was originally published on artnews.com If 2024 was the year of reckoning for the art market, 2025 is shaping up to be a year of mixed messages. In a new report published this week, Art Market Trends 2025, online art marketplace Artsy surveyed over 384 gallery professionals and art dealers across 60 countries.… Continue reading Artsy Survey Shows Art Market in Transition, With Dealers Unsure How to Meet New Collector Needs

This post was originally published on artnews.com In the mid-1980s, Sheree Rose, a photographer and dominatrix, instructed her partner Bob Flanagan to keep a journal of their sex life for one year. When they were finished fucking, she had him reach over, grab a pen, and write down what happened. She was always giving him… Continue reading Bob Flanagan Showed How Sex and Disability Turn the Body Inside Out

This post was originally published on artnews.com The foundation that oversees the Emil G. Bührle collection said Wednesday that it had reached a settlement with the heirs of a Jewish collector over a prized Édouard Manet painting. The work, Manet’s La Sultane (c.1871), is one of 205 works from the Bührle collection that have been… Continue reading Switzerland’s Bührle Foundation Reaches Settlement with Heirs of Jewish Collector Who Owned Prized Manet

This post was originally published on artnews.com A New York judge has ordered the Art Institute of Chicago to return a 1916 Egon Schiele drawing to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum, an Austrian Jewish art collector persecuted during the second world war. In the ruling, Judge Althea Drysdale sided with state authorities who argued the… Continue reading Judge Orders Art Institute of Chicago to Return Schiele Drawing to Heirs

This post was originally published on artnews.com Dutch police recently arrested two more suspects in connection with the theft of Romanian artifacts from the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands earlier this year in January. “These suspects are a 20-year-old man and an 18-year-old man, both from Heerhugowaard. Both men will be questioned about their… Continue reading Two New Arrests in Drents Museum Heist, But Ancient Romanian Gold Artifacts Remain Missing