As far as book launches go, the publication of Prince Harry’s memoir this week was the type of rollout that mere mortals can only dream of. A flurry of headline-making prerelease leaks preceded a press blitz of epic proportions: sit-downs with 60 Minutes and Good Morning America here and with ITV in Great Britain; a […]
Concerning as Joe Biden’s classified document scandal has been, there are some key differences that distinguish it from that of Donald Trump. Biden so far appears to have improperly kept just a handful of materials, where his predecessor absconded with some 300. And where the current president’s team immediately arranged for the materials to be transported to […]
After winning a historically long bid for the gavel by acquiescing to demands of 21 holdouts, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is now reaping what he sowed, with right-wing hard-liners snatching up coveted assignments on committees that are likely to play dominant roles in the GOP’s investigative crusades against Joe Biden. Representatives Lauren Boebert, Scott Perry, and […]
“George Santos Claims He Won Gold at the ’76 Olympics.” “George Santos Says He Discovered the Cure for Polio.” “George Santos Told Voter He Fought in the Revolutionary War.” If you opened up the internet today and saw any of these headlines, at The New York Times, or BuzzFeed, or anywhere else, you probably wouldn‘t […]
January 6, 2021, was undoubtedly one of the worst days in the history of the United States, but the one bright spot that came out of it was that it resulted in Donald Trump’s banning and suspensions from Twitter and Facebook, which he’d previously used to both terrorize the nation on an hourly basis and […]
Read our round-up of the most interesting fairs in the coming year here. SEA Focus, Singapore, 6-15 January Este Arte, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 7-10 January Art SG, Singapore, 12-15 January London Art Fair, UK, 18-22 January Fog Design + Art, San Francisco, US, 19-22 January Original Miami Beach Antique Show, Miami Beach, US, 19-23 […]
See our full list of art fairs around the world in 2023. Art SGSingapore, 12-15 January Tokyo Gendai Tokyo, Japan, 7-9 July This year sees the much-anticipated launch of two major international fairs in East Asia: Tokyo Gendai and Singapore’s Art SG. The former looks set to benefit from Japan having eased some of its […]
Hans Mayer, the German dealer credited with introducing European audiences to post-war US artists, has died aged 82. His gallery confirmed his death via an Instagram post. The US artist Robert Longo, who is represented by Mayer, wrote on social media: “We have lost a… brilliant art dealer and a great friend.” Mayer came from […]
Two major High Court legal rulings in December have raised questions around presale practices and dealers’ duty of care to clients. In a decision that shook some in the sector, a High Court judge ruled that John Eskenazi, a leading London-based specialist in ancient Asian art, had negligently sold the Qatari Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah […]
Yayoi Kusama’s You, Me and the Balloons heads to Manchester’s Factory International this June Pictured: Yayoi Kusama and Dots Obsession (1996-2011) at the Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo © Yayoi Kusama, courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner