Tag: Art
Thefts, Fraud and Lawsuits at the World’s Biggest NFT Marketplace
Chris Chapman used to own one of the most valuable commodities in the crypto world: a unique digital…
Trying to Contain William Klein in One Show Isn’t Easy
For 70 years, William Klein, a wildly innovative and influential photographer, has been making pictures, up close and…
Making Art on Top of the World
KINNGAIT, NUNAVUT, Canada — Just 125 miles shy of the Arctic Circle, in a hamlet etched into an…
A Judy Baca Moment: ‘My Work Has Been Good for a Long Time’
LOS ANGELES — It has never been easy to see a Judith Baca mural. They are scattered around…
Things to Do in Paris
The future is looking bright for the award-winning chef Thibault Sombardier.Last year, under financial pressure from successive coronavirus…
Catch a Rising Star at the Auction House
Do this right and you can even make a profit. As the market reporter Katya Kazakina recently explained…
Seeing de Kooning in a New Light, After a Violent Theft
LOS ANGELES — Ulrich Birkmaier’s job as senior paintings conservator at the Getty Museum involves painstakingly repairing aging…
Spring Auction Sales for Two Blockbuster Weeks Top $2.5 Billion
Last year, global auction sales of paintings by artists under 40 soared to $259.5 million, a 177 percent…
At the Shed, Frieze II Takes Off
Among the changes wrought in the art world by the continuing pandemic is the downsizing and relocation of…
Nick Cave Goes Underground
For an artist best known for “Soundsuits” that produce a variety of percussive effects when worn, Nick Cave’s…
What to See Now in France’s Loire Valley
On my last prepandemic trip to the Loire Valley, in 2018, I found myself in a familiar place.Ten…
Sonia Boyce, a Winner at the Venice Biennale, Is Fighting Forgetting
LONDON — Sonia Boyce is used to breaking down walls.Last month, she became the first Black female artist…