Tracey Emin / Edvard Munch The Loneliness of the Soul

7 December 2020 - 28 February 2021 Royal Academy of Arts, London Tracey Emin has long had a fascination with the Norwegian expressionist and painter of The Scream, Edvard Munch: in her words, “I’ve been in love with this man since I was eighteen”. In 1998 she even created a…

‘OVR: Miami Beach’ Highlights

2-6 December 2020 Online event The December edition of Art Basel's Online Viewing Rooms will feature an international lineup of 255 leading galleries from 30 countries and territories across North and South America, as well as Europe, Asia, and Africa. The presentations will be accompanied by a program of online…

YICCA 2020 Winners have been announced

In a democratic context like YICCA, where artworks arrive from all over the world, covering numerous cultural backgrounds, challenges and questions and there is not a theme to guide the jury to chose the artworks in the competition, it is not always easy to navigate. We were extremely lucky to…

An Art of Changes: Jasper Johns Prints, 1960–2018

16 February - 20 September 2020 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. When Jasper Johns’s paintings of flags and targets debuted in 1958, they brought him instant acclaim and established him as a critical link between Abstract Expressionism and Pop art. In the ensuing 60 years, Johns (US, b. 1930) has continued…

John Baldessari dies aged 88

John Baldessari, the Californian artist and teacher known as the godfather of conceptual art, has died aged 88. His death on Thursday at his Los Angeles home was confirmed last night by his long-time dealer Marian Goodman who described him as “intelligent, loving and incomparable”. At 6 ft 7 inches…

Maurizio Cattelan’s $120,000 Banana Was Ejected From Art Basel

Maurizio Cattelan’s banana sculpture at Art Basel Miami Beach has taken on a life of its own. On Saturday, amid a crush of fairgoers, a performance artist successfully managed to nab, peel, and eat the conceptual fruit duct-taped to the wall of the booth of Perrotin Gallery. The New York-based…

Turner Prize 2019 Winners Announced

It has been announced that the Turner Prize 2019 has been awarded, for the first time in its history, to a collective bringing together the four nominated artists: Oscar Murillo, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, and Tai Shani. The decision was made after the four artists contacted the jury to…

In Focus: Teresita Fernández

7 November 2019 – 4 January 2020 Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York. Lehmann Maupin is pleased to announce In Focus: Teresita Fernández. This special installation debuts the artist’s most recent series, Dark Earth, begun in 2019. The presentation will feature four panels made of solid charcoal on chromed metal that…

FIAC 2019

17 - 20 October 2019 Grand Palais, Paris. For its 46th edition which will take place in the Grand Palais in Paris from October 17th through October 20th 2019, FIAC will host a carefully curated selection of galleries specializing in modern and contemporary art, together with a tightly focused group…