Voices
“In many ways, I’m profoundly uninterested in architecture,” says Katrin Sigurdardottir — a surprising statement from an artist whose work would seem to be intimately linked to architectural traditions. For instance, "Boiseries," Sigurdardottir’s project at...
Inspired by the debate around Anne-Marie Slaughter's recent Atlantic article "Why Women Still Can't Have It All," ARTINFO reached out to women in the art world for their thoughts of balancing career and family, from successful gallerists to international...
Will this year’s Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, the premier venue for Western art, surpass last year’s sales total of $16,915,681? Hoping to broaden the market, the founders of the auction — Bob Drummond, Stuart Johnson, and Peter Stremmel — have added something...
Say what you will about Jeffrey Deitch’s L.A. MOCA: The guy knows how to put on a show. For the last few weeks, the MOCA Meltdown has been the best story in the land.Ed Ruscha resigned on Monday from L.A. MOCA's board. That makes him the last of the artists...
Anne-Marie Slaughter’s recent article in The Atlantic, “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” has kicked off a typhoon of debate across the country. Slaughter, the former director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department and longtime Princeton academic...
The biggest honoree at this weekend's ArtHamptons art fair — the first of this summer's big art events on Long Island — will be Cheech Marin, one half of the seminal stoner comedy duo Cheech and Chong, and the world's foremost collector of Chicano art. In...
Walking by 210 11th Avenue in Chelsea, you might see some new names on the list of tenants posted outside the front door: Thom Browne, Stella McCartney, Simon Spurr. Though galleries long dominated this building, they are increasingly being replaced by...
How far would you go for a pair of Christian Louboutin heels? In the United Kingdom, women who can’t afford to pay $595 or more for the coveted luxury shoes are taking matters into their own hands by painting the bottoms of cheaper footwear red —...
It’s been two weeks since Artnet Magazine came to an unceremonious end, shuttered by the ailing art services company of which it was a division. The publication, one of the first serious attempts to create an online art magazine, had been around for...
It has been a tumultuous spring in the auction world, with sales of truly spectacular artwork punctuating much mediocrity. As many have pointed out, there is something of a split in the art market, with the freshest, most sought-after blockbuster work going...
