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BTS, Globe-Trotting K-Pop Stars, Fund Artist Projects in Five International Cities
RM, the 27-year-old leader of BTS, released a new YouTube video and several Instagram posts showcasing his recent art-related travels and apparent growing art collection to fans.
The latest botched restoration job in Spain is in Palencia, where a sculpture of a smiling woman is now nearly unrecognizable
"As one of many art enthusiasts, I just want to visit great exhibitions when I get a chance and share with people so they can enjoy them as well," RM of BTS told ARTnews about the growing role of art in his life.
RM, the leader of the pop group BTS, was recognized by a South Korean agency for his overseas efforts to help preserve and restore Korean cultural artifacts.
RM, the leader of Korean pop group BTS and an avid art collector and patron, released a 12-minute concert film Thursday taped at Dia Beacon, a contemporary art museum in upstate New York.
Most prominent among the works of RM, from BTS, was a $1.2 million sculpture by American multidisciplinary artist Roni Horn.
"Responsibility comes first in public occasions. To purely enjoy the art, I would make a personal visit. I feel happiest when I’m at an art exhibition as an individual," RM of BTS told ARTnews.
John Waters to President Trump: "Give me the rats and roaches of Baltimore any day over the lies and racism of your Washington, Mr Trump."
Having faced a pandemic and ongoing pro-democracy protests, Hong Kong artists are remaining vigilant, using art to make sense of their past and project their future
Melania Trump Launches NFT Platform—With a Painting of Herself
A Pak NFT project generated $91.8 million this past weekend. The big sale took place not in an auction house but on the online platform Nifty Gateway
K-Pop star Eric Nam and Indian American singer-songwriter Raveena will headline a performance at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art on May 13 as part of the institution’s two-week festival marking its centennial.
The K-pop sensation BTS is extending its reach in the art world with CONNECT, BTS, a new contemporary art initiative that will span five international hubs on four continents
Andrei Taraschuk has created more than 500 accounts that he has labeled "art bots," which are intended to bring beautiful works from years past to your timeline. Some now have tens of thousands of followers
Christo, whose sculptures involving the wrapping of sites and structures in hundreds of thousands of square feet of brilliantly colored fabric, has died at 84
John Waters responds to Trump's Baltimore Comments, "See if you have the nerve to say it in person!"
LACMA has acquired 22 NFTs of generative artworks, all donated by the mysterious and prolific NFT collector who goes by the pseudonym Cozomo de’ Medici, the museum announced Monday.
Staffers at the Baltimore Museum of Art voted 89-to-29 Thursday night to unionize amid an industry-wide movement to secure higher wages and better working conditions.
In a nearly unprecedented move, Germany has committed to start sending back Benin Bronzes owned by its state-run institutions starting in 2022
The Guggenheim Museum has said its Hilma af Klint retrospective received more than 600,000 visitors, making it the most popular show in the institution's history
University of Oxford and and University of Cambridge have agreed to return hundreds of Benin Bronzes, opening the possibility of the largest repatriation of looted artifacts from the United Kingdom to date.
John Baldessari, the fearless conceptualist whose witty art placed an emphasis on big ideas, has died at 88
A Jean-Michel Basquiat biopic is in the works, with Kelvin Harrison Jr. set to play the famed artist
Laurence des Cars will become the first woman to lead the Louvre in its 228-year history
UNESCO has added Arabic calligraphy to its Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is calling its Vermeer exhibition “the most successful in its history,” with 650,000 visitors from 113 countries during its 16-week run.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has hired Patricia Marroquin Norby as its first full-time Native American art curator
E. Carmen Ramos will be the first woman and the first person of color to be chief curator at the National Gallery of Art
A seven-foot-tall Medusa sculpture paying homage to the #MeToo movement has generated controversy ahead of its unveiling in New York
After his Surrealist phase, the later work of Salvador Dali, who was born today in 1904, once dismissed by scholars as banal kitsch, is now being celebrated for being so ahead of its time it looks as though it could have been made yesterday. artnews.com/artnews/news/t
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A Pak NFT sold to benefit Julian Assange's legal defense was bought for $52 million by a DAO
Jack Whitten, beloved painter of abstract cosmologies, dies at 78 bit.ly/2mZMWgn
Amid pushback from pro-Beijing politicians and publications, Hong Kong's soon-to-open M+ museum has promised to comply with national security law
BIGBANG member T.O.P. and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the crew members on a week-long mission to the moon on a SpaceX rocket.
Kimberly Drew, whose closely watched projects have spanned the worlds of museums, fashion magazines, and activism, has joined Pace Gallery as an associate director
Claude Monet's paintings boldly broke with realism, rendering nature in rich colors. Though he initially struggled as an artist, he was widely praised by the end of his career
A gripping new documentary due to air on HBO focuses on the importance of Black art, with interviews by David C. Driskell, Jordan Casteel, Kerry James Marshall, and more
On this day in 1910, Dorothea Tanning was born. In 2001, the then 91-year-old painter talked with ARTnews about her life, career, and her thoughts on the art world. artnews.com/art-news/retro
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The world of Henri Matisse, who was born today in 1869, is one of pleasures: Ripe fruit, luxurious fabrics, comely women, a window with a view of an ultramarine sea. artnews.com/art-news/artis
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A newly discovered drawing of Jesus is a true Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian art historian claims
"C+ art thieves" enter the MFA Houston, Hong Kong's M+ museum faces questions about artistic expression, and more in today's morning links
BTS's RM visited the National Gallery of Art, Metro Pictures has closed, the National Museum of Afghanistan has reopened, and more in today's Morning Links.
Simone Leigh will represent the United States at the 2022 edition of the Venice Biennale, the world's biggest art festival
Everything you wanted to know about Abstract Expressionism, from Jackson Pollock to Mark Rothko, and more. artnews.com/art-news/artis
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Vincent van Gogh, who died on this day in 1890, left behind a body of work that charted a new course for Post-Impressionism and its descendants
Sam Gilliam, an influential painter whose canvases proposed new possibilities for abstraction, inspiring legions of artists, has died at 88.
Ashley James is the first black curator hired by the Guggenheim Museum in New York
In his collages, Keith Haring, born today in 1958, “set the stage” for him to develop the iconic pictograms—barking dogs, intertwined male bodies, and dancing people—for which he is known today. artnews.com/art-news/news/
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New York City grants $40.3 M. to arts organizations in largest-ever allotment for Cultural Development Fund
A new HBO documentary focuses on the importance of Black art in the U.S., with interviews by Kerry James Marshall, Amy Sherald, and others artnews.com/art-news/news/
A Vincent van Gogh painting from 1887 that has been held in a private collection for over 100 years will be offered at auction in March
Yesterday, Bernie Sanders appeared in various art historical masterpieces, thanks to a new meme
Kymberly Pinder will be the first woman of color to lead the Yale School of Art in its 150-year history
Toshio Saeki, a painter and illustrator who captured shifting social mores in 1970s Japan, has died at 74
In a nearly unprecedented move, Germany has committed to begin sending back Benin Bronzes owned by its state-run institutions in 2022
An intricate 3-D Lego set based on the Dutch master’s painting has just crossed the 10,000-vote threshold on the toy company’s “Ideas” platform, meaning it’s garnered enough support to get approved for production (via )
When Surrealist artist Remedios Varo died, poet André Breton called her "the sorceress who left too soon." Today, her star is ascending
"This ranks among the best collections of illuminated manuscripts in private hands at the moment to be offered at auction in the last 50 years," said one expert
"Black people are never really portrayed realistically," Jean-Michel Basquiat once said. "I mean, not even portrayed in modern art enough."
Curators discuss some of their favorite works by the famed Impressionist Claude Monet
Italian police have recovered a copy of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi' that was taken from a Naples museum
"To me, feeling vulnerable is something that everybody understand," artist Derek Fordjour said. "Maybe I don’t know what it’s like to be you, or you don’t know what it’s like to be me—but we certainly know what it feels like to be vulnerable."
Claes Oldenburg, whose oversized sculptures of everyday objects made him one of the leading artists of the Pop art movement, has died at 93.
Claude Monet's iconic 'Impression, Sunrise' painting will travel to Shanghai as museums around the world reopen
A colossal statue of Constantine the Great in Rome has regained a finger. Missing for years, the finger was found by a doctoral student in the Louvre's collection, where it was misclassified
After it was found inside a wall, a stolen Gustave Klimt painting will return to view at an Italian museum later this year
After facing censorship on social media like Facebook and TikTok, Vienna's museums have begun posting artworks featuring nudity on OnlyFans
Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald will paint Barack and Michelle Obamas' portraits
Who are ARTnews's Top 200 Collectors? See who made the cut in our 2022 list: bit.ly/3fKtXVt
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Art history's masterpieces got a whole new context thanks to an unexpected presence: Bernie Sanders
New York City gives $2.8 million to 175 arts organizations, thanks to Met admissions fees
If Jean-Michel Basquiat's 'Warrior' sells for within its estimate of $31 million–$41 million, it will become one of the most expensive works by the artist ever auctioned
Carolee Schneemann, one of the most important artists in the history of performance and body art, has died at 79
‘The painting must go’: Hannah Black pens open letter to the Whitney about controversial biennial work bit.ly/2n9ydQG
The Manhattan property where Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat lived and worked will be taken over by actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie.
The work of Vincent van Gogh, who was born today in 1853, continues to draw crowds from around the world. In 2020, we asked eight van Gogh experts what were their favorite paintings by him.
Laurence des Cars will become the first woman to lead the Louvre in its 228-year history artnews.com/art-news/news/
Françoise Gilot, a painter who wrote a famed 1964 memoir detailing her tumultuous decade-long relationship with Pablo Picasso, has died at 101.
With his collecting, New York Knicks forward Maurice Harkless is trying to bridge the gap between art and activism. "Art is such a huge part of advocacy," he said
Peter Schjeldahl, whose exuberant prose and perceptive mind made him one of the most widely read art critics in the U.S., has died at 80.
A Hokusai 'Great Wave' print sold for $1.6 million at Christie's, notching a new auction record for the artist
The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation will give out $5 million in coronavirus relief funds
‘The Andy Warhol Diaries,’ a new Ryan Murphy-produced documentary series exploring the Pop artist's life, premieres today on Netflix
"AI is not photography. Therefore I will not accept the award," the artist said.
Was Salvador Dalí really as irrational as his paintings often made him out to be? Several previously unpublished drawings "reveal Dalí as a meticulous artist," art historian Jean-Pierre Isbouts claims
For many, the transcendent abstractions of fields of intermingling colors in the works of Mark Rothko, who was born on this day in 1903, often conjure semi-religious states and lofty ideas about death and passing on. artnews.com/feature/mark-r
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After being recovered last year, a stolen Gustave Klimt painting will return to the Italian art space that once exhibited it this November
Nigerian singer Mr. Eazi, a global popstar known for hits like Skin Tight,’ ‘Bankulize,’ and ‘Leg Over,’ is collaborating with top African visual artists for his upcoming debut album.
Berthe Morisot, a relentlessly innovative Impressionist, was long underrated by art history. She’s due a starring place in the canon.
Brigid Berlin, who diligently documented the day-to-day ongoings of Andy Warhol's Factory in Polaroids and audio recordings, has died at 80. She once told an interview, “I never wanted to be famous.” Read ARTnews's obituary for Berlin.
It will be the first museum show to explore O’Keeffe’s serial process and—somewhat incredibly—the first exhibition devoted to her at MoMA since 1946.
"I started as an Impressionist, but during the violent mental and vital convulsions of the Bohême period Impressionism gave me insufficient expression—I had to find an expression for what stirred my mind," Edvard Munch once wrote
Tania Bruguera's provocative performances have been sharply critical of power structures, showing how they guide daily life in ways both visible and not
Shrooms With a View: Comedy Central’s ‘Broad City’ airs a psychedelic trip by artist Mike Perry
With her pioneering abstractions made before those of many famed male modernists, the artist Hilma af Klint, born on this day in 1862, has been a constant source of intrigue in recent years. artnews.com/feature/hilma-
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After its earlier removal Confederate symbols, the Washington National Cathedral has selected Kerry James Marshall to design a new set of stained glass windows
Neo-Expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat changed the face of contemporary art. Here's how he did it.