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The Art Angle
The Art Angle Podcast: Nicolas Party on Why Being an Art Star Is Like Being in Love
Swiss artist Nicolas Party opens up the long road to his newfound success as a bona fide market darling.
UNITED STATES – APRIL 05: Gee Bend, Alabama (Photo by Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images)
Art World
Can Gee’s Bend—the Tiny Alabama Community Behind America’s Most Dazzling Quilts—Become an Art Destination to Rival Marfa?
A series of initiatives spearheaded by the Souls Grown Deep foundation aims to transform Gee’s Bend into a tourist hub.
HONG KONG, HONG KONG – MARCH 29: People visit the Art Basel Hong Kong on its first day open to the public at the Art Basel Hong Kong fair on March 29, 2018 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The sixth annual Art Basel in Hong Kong opened to the public from March 29 to 31, 2018. (Photo by Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images)
Art World
Wet Paint: Top Galleries Send a Blistering Letter to Art Basel Over Hong Kong, Inside Dasha Zhukova’s Wedding, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip
Who is flipping Julie Curtiss paintings for huge profits? Which star artist is taking Anton Kern’s apartment? Read on for answers.
Exhibitions
Painter Noah Davis Died at Just 32. But a New Show at David Zwirner Could Secure the Legacy of His ‘Mad Genius’ for Years to Come
Curated by Helen Molesworth, the show brings together Davis’s painting with a room modeled on the Underground Museum he founded in LA.
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 12: Former U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama participate in the unveiling of their official portraits during a ceremony at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, on February 12, 2018 in Washington, DC. The portraits were commissioned by the Gallery, for Kehinde Wiley to create President Obama’s portrait, and Amy Sherald that of Michelle Obama. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Art World
From the Obama Portraits’ Road Trip to Aaron Carter’s Unfair Use: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week
The Obama Portraits Will Travel – The wildly popular official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald are hitting the road for a five-city tour to museums around the US
Art World
Iran Was on the Hunt for a Stolen Persian Book Worth $1.1 Million. But the ‘Indiana Jones’ of the Art World Beat Them to It
Featuring the collected works (or diwan) of the 14th-century Persian lyrical poet Hafez, the handwritten and gold leaf-embellished book was stolen in 2007 and is worth €1 million ($1.1 million), according to German authorities.
