In incredible news, Bulgarian officials say they discovered a previously unknown painting by Jackson Pollock during an investigation into an international art trafficking operation. According to Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), which first reported the find Tuesday, the painting could be worth up to €50 million ($54 million). Citing sources closeContinue Reading
Earlier this year, dealer Nino Mier opened his first New York gallery space in SoHo. With a sprawling enterprise that includes four locations in Los Angeles and outposts in Brussels and Marfa, Texas, Mier will once again expand his footprint, this time with a location in New York’s Tribeca neighborhoodContinue Reading
The arts and culture sectors represented more than $1 trillion of the US economy in 2021 and accounted for a record portion of country’s overall economic value, per new data from the government. On Wednesday, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) published their latest analysisContinue Reading
Born in 1976 in Saigon, Nguyen emigrated with his family as a refugee to the United States in 1979, and grew up in California. He began regularly visiting Vietnam during college, and after receiving his MFA from California Institute of the Arts in 2004, relocated to Ho Chi Minh City,Continue Reading
Climate change tends to be visualized in Western culture in a few clichéd ways: a montage of graphs (the line goes up indicating rising temperatures), the chemical structure for carbon dioxide, scientists in white coats, a starving polar bear, and more increasingly, news stories accompanied by pictures of houses submergedContinue Reading
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, ARTNews may receive an affiliate commission. From early cave painters to Pablo Picasso to Roberto Longo, artists have long loved the expressive potential of a soft charcoal pencil or crayon. Each sweep of charcoal offersContinue Reading
In a first, the Republic of Benin will be represented in a national pavilion at the forthcoming edition of the Venice Biennale in 2024, the country said in a statement. The move comes as African countries continue to join the contemporary art exhibition. The West African country’s pavilion will beContinue Reading
Frieze New York has named the 69 galleries that will participate in its upcoming 2023 edition, scheduled to take place May 18–21, with a preview on May 17, at The Shed. Among the blue-chip exhibitors lined up to take part are Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, Pace Gallery, David Zwirner, DavidContinue Reading
The estate of Yoo Youngkuk, one of Korea’s most important and influential artists whose work has not been widely exhibited outside of his home country, has new representation. As part of a partnership, mega-gallery Pace and PKM, one of Seoul’s leading galleries will now be in charge of stewarding theContinue Reading
Richard Beale, the owner and managing director of Roma Numismatics, a London-based auction house that dealt in ancient coins, was arrested in New York in January on multiple charges relating to the sale of a multimillion-dollar coin, according to arrest warrants and a report by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations obtainedContinue Reading
