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One Fine Show: ‘Bonnard’s Worlds’ at the Phillips Collection

Much has been said about the 2024 Whitney Biennial, but even its detractors have to admit that it presents a good cross-section of the ideas and vibes...

26.04.2024 10

Observer

Dan Duray

AIPAD President Martijn van Pieterson On Imagemakers and the Future of The Photography Show

Photography! Sure, it’s fun to tap upon it as it streams past our hypnotized eyes for hours on end, but also fun to collect as art. This week marks...

25.04.2024 10

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: Alexey Brodovitch at the Barnes Foundation

The other day a colleague and I attended a screening of Classe Tous Risques at Film Forum, and at one point in the 1960 French noir, a character...

19.04.2024 4

Observer

Dan Duray

Curator Meg Onli On How This Year’s Whitney Biennial Came Together

This year’s Whitney Biennial is controversial but, frankly, I’m getting a little tired of typing those words every two years. The 2024 Whitney...

18.04.2024 6

Observer

Dan Duray

Five Pieces Not to Miss at EXPO CHICAGO 2024

When I pitched my editor on sending me to EXPO CHICAGO I tried to hype it up for her by calling it “the fifth most important art fair in America.”...

12.04.2024 10

Observer

Dan Duray

EXPO CHICAGO’s Tony Karman On the City’s Scene and Joining the Frieze Family

Yesterday marked the opening of the eleventh iteration of EXPO CHICAGO, one of America’s leading art fairs and perhaps the biggest event on the...

12.04.2024 7

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: Delcy Morelos’ ‘Interwoven’ at Pulitzer Art Foundation

This column is explicitly not about New York, but if you happen to be in New York please run, don’t walk, to see Delcy Morelos’s incredible...

05.04.2024 4

Observer

Dan Duray

Field Recruitment’s Founders On Thriving in a Complex Art Market

Working in the art world has many perks. The parties are great, and the people all understand your jokes about Cy Twombly. But it’s not so easy to...

03.04.2024 30

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: ‘Truth Told Slant’ at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art

A 2013 essay by Hilary Mantel in the London Review of Books averred that it is every Briton’s right to speculate about the mysteries surrounding the...

27.03.2024 5

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: Janet Sobel’s Accessible Abstraction at The Menil Collection

In a time when the popularity of Taylor Swift is suspected by some to be a “psy-op,” it’s important to remember that Abstract Expressionism...

22.03.2024 9

Observer

Dan Duray

Dr. Namhee Park On Video Conservation, Mass Media and Finding the Next Nam June Paik

Dr. Namhee Park was recently named the new director of the Nam June Paik Art Center, the Yongin, South Korea institution tasked with protecting the...

20.03.2024 5

Observer

Dan Duray

‘The Anxious Eye’ Showcases the Legacy and Modern-Day Relevance of German Expressionism

William T. Vollmann’s World War II epic Europe Central centers around several real-life historical figures, each of whom speaks to the unique nature...

15.03.2024 3

Observer

Dan Duray

Curator Kevin Tervala Reflects On His Time at the Baltimore Museum of Art

A few months ago the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) named Kevin Tervala as the institution’s new Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Chief Curator, a role...

14.03.2024 10

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: ‘Drip Splatter Wash’ at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

The term “water-colours” appears in Shakespeare, but the medium came into its own with their wide manufacture in the 1800s, when they were perfect...

08.03.2024 4

Observer

Dan Duray

TEFAF Head of Fairs Will Korner On the Fair’s Evolution and What’s Not Changing

This week marks the opening of TEFAF Maastricht, the flagship high-end spring art fair that caters to collectors of both art and historical objects of...

07.03.2024 9

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: “Eluding Capture” at MASS MoCA

It’s that time of year when everyone in the art world is buying their plane tickets for Venice for the Biennale Arte, where each participating...

28.02.2024 10

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: ‘Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971’ at the Detroit Institute of the Arts

Recently I attended a talk given by an artist and a film professor about the history and influence of Black cinema, a nebulous term that was among the...

23.02.2024 6

Observer

Dan Duray

Magnus Resch On His Latest Book and What New Art Collectors Need to Understand

Earlier this month, art economist Magnus Resch debuted his latest book: “How to Collect Art,” from Phaidon Press. Too much in the art world is...

22.02.2024 3

Observer

Dan Duray

Curator Aimee Ng Opens Up About What She Learned from the Frick Madison

This month marks the last full one for the Frick Madison, the can’t-miss experiment from the 88-year-old institution that brought fantastic works...

17.02.2024 9

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: ‘Drawing on Blue’ at the Getty Center in Los Angeles

Paper is an amazing piece of technology, the impact of its popularization can be felt on a trip to the Morgan Library—or any library. Without paper,...

16.02.2024 3

Observer

Dan Duray

Reflection and Joy: Theaster Gates On His Practice, Preservation and Being a Convener

A few weeks ago, Theaster Gates opened “Hold Me, Hold Me, Hold Me,” his first show with White Cube’s newly opened New York City outpost. Though...

14.02.2024 4

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: Anida Yoeu Ali’s Performance Pieces at the Seattle Asian Art Museum

Some thirteen years ago, for this very publication, I had the pleasure of watching the recently deceased William Pope.L direct a performance piece at...

09.02.2024 4

Observer

Dan Duray

Sea, Space and Doubt: Artist Mary Weatherford On Inspiration and Conversation

Not long ago, artist Mary Weatherford opened a show of new paintings at Gagosian 980 Madison, “Sea and Space,” which probes the depths of these...

07.02.2024 5

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: ‘In the Right Place’ at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum outside of New York City—a place we know and love that...

02.02.2024 5

Observer

Dan Duray

The Noguchi Museum’s Amy Hau On Preserving the Artist’s Legacy and Building Her Own

Last month, it was announced that Amy Hau would serve as the next director of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, colloquially known as...

01.02.2024 6

Observer

Dan Duray

The Naguchi Museum’s Amy Hau On Preserving the Artist’s Legacy and Building Her Own

Last month, it was announced that Amy Hau would serve as the next director of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, colloquially known as...

31.01.2024 7

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: James McNeill Whistler at the National Museum of Asian Art

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum outside of New York City—a place we know and love that...

26.01.2024 7

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: ‘Multiple Realities’ at the Walker Art Center

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum outside of New York City—a place we know and love that...

19.01.2024 2

Observer

Dan Duray

Catching Up with Gasworks’ New Director, Robert Leckie

In March, Robert Leckie will become the new director of the influential London institution Gasworks, known for cutting-edge shows and an important...

18.01.2024 2

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: Piet Mondrian at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum outside of New York City—a place we know and love that...

12.01.2024 10

Observer

Dan Duray

Gallerist Anat Ebgi Is Taking On Tribeca

Tomorrow, Los Angeles dealer Anat Ebgi will open her third space—her first outside her own city, right here in New York. Like most new galleries in...

10.01.2024 6

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: Israhel van Meckenem at the Chazen Museum of Art

Personal branding is a major focus in the “Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s 15th-Century Print Workshop,” recently opened exhibition at...

05.01.2024 10

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: ’50 Paintings’ at the Milwaukee Art Museum

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum outside of New York City—a place we know and love that...

28.12.2023 7

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: Paul Pfeiffer at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum outside of New York City—a place we know and love that...

26.12.2023 7

Observer

Dan Duray

ArtReview’s Mark Rappolt On How the Power 100 Comes Together

A few weeks ago, ArtReview dropped its Power 100, the annual ranking closely watched by the denizens of the art world, if only so they can Apple F...

22.12.2023 4

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: ‘The World Made Wondrous’ at LACMA

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum outside of New York City—a place we know and love that...

15.12.2023 4

Observer

Dan Duray

Five Pieces That Stole the Show at Art Basel Miami Beach

This year’s Art Basel Miami Beach offered plenty of parties and “inspiration” but what about the art? Turns out that was pretty good, too. I...

14.12.2023 4

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: ‘Camille Claudel’ at the Art Institute of Chicago

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum outside of New York City—a place we know and love that...

08.12.2023 7

Observer

Dan Duray

Kunsthalle Bern’s iLiana Fokianaki On Her Work, Politics and the Role of Art

A few weeks ago, curator, writer and theorist iLiana Fokianaki was named the new director of Kunsthalle Bern, the famous gallery hall known for...

07.12.2023 5

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: Color Field Paintings at the NSU Art Museum

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum outside New York City—a place we know and love that...

01.12.2023 3

Observer

Dan Duray

Sukanya Rajartnam On Curating for Younger Collectors and More

It’s fair to say that White Cube has landed in New York with a splash. The London-based mega-gallery boasts locations in Paris, Hong Kong, West Palm...

30.11.2023 7

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: ‘Degas and the Laundress’ at Cleveland Museum of Art

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum outside New York City—a place we know and love that...

22.11.2023 8

Observer

Dan Duray

RR Auction’s Bobby Livingston On Provenance and Prince’s Vision

The big fall auctions in New York have been closely watched these past few weeks for what they might tell us about the turbulent art market. No less...

21.11.2023 10

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: ‘Pacita Abad’ at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum outside New York City—a place we know and love that...

17.11.2023 30

Observer

Dan Duray

Ed Tang and Jonathan Cheung On Chinese Collectors and Staging Shows in Unlikely Places

Last week was the year’s biggest in the Shanghai art scene, with the opening of the West Bund and Art021 fairs and all their attendant satellite...

15.11.2023 4

Observer

Dan Duray

Jill Bokor On Art, Design Fairgoers and What Not to Miss at Salon

The Salon Art Design fair opens at the Park Avenue Armory today (Nov. 10), marking the event’s 12th edition, which boasts fifty exhibitors and...

10.11.2023 3

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: Early Italian Renaissance Bronze at Detroit Institute of Arts

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum outside New York City—a place we know and love that...

10.11.2023 10

Observer

Dan Duray

Tim Blum On BLUM’s New Space and What’s Not Changing

A few months ago, the gallery Blum & Poe made waves across art media with the announcement that Jeff Poe would “stepping back” from the gallery....

07.11.2023 8

Observer

Dan Duray

One Fine Show: Robert Frank and Todd Webb at Museum of Fine Arts Houston

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum outside New York City—a place we know and love that...

06.11.2023 5

Observer

Dan Duray

Jovanna Venegas On SculptureCenter, Collaboration and Working in New York City

In January, Jovanna Venegas will join the esteemed team at SculptureCenter as its new curator, replacing Sohrab Mohebbi, who has been with the...

01.11.2023 4

Observer

Dan Duray

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