Berlin is often described as a city in an endless state of becoming. After the wall fell in 1989, artists, entrepreneurs and experimenters of all stripes began colonizing the city's big, underpopulated buildings, where rents were low and there was little to lose. Now, Chelsea-caliber galleries line the old East Berlin thoroughfare Augustrasse and a stream of tech startups like SoundCloud have rebranded the city "Silicon Allee." Along with precision engineering and techno music, Berlin has also become a home for digital and electronic art. ...more
Exit Art EXIT INTERVIEW by Rachel Corbett
The beloved indie-art space says goodbye with a final exhibition, "Every Exit is an Entrance," a retrospective of its own 30-year history.
Brucennial 2012 HIGH AND LOW by Rachel Corbett
Highlights from the Brucennial, the parody version of the Whitney Biennial put on by the agitator-art collective Bruce High Quality Foundation.
WEEGEE FEVER! TABLOID PHOTOG GETS FOUR SHOWS by Rachel Corbett
America's obsession with the police procedural appears to have hit the art world. The International Center of Photography has just opened the largest of four new exhibitions on hard-boiled Depression-era crime photographer Weegee.
IS CORRUPTION BEHIND THE CHINESE ART BOOM? by Rachel Corbett
Art-market analysts have been aflutter since news hit that two Chinese artists, Zhang Daqian and Qi Bashi, took over the top auction-earner spots last year -- beating out Picasso and Warhol. But is corruption behind the results?
Jan. 18, 2012
GERTRUDE STEIN SHOW PROMPTS CENSOR by Rachel Corbett
Penny Starr, the conservative writer and activist who led the (successful) crusade to censor David Wojnarowicz at the National Portrait Gallery in D.C. is back with a new outrage -- Gertrude Stein.
ANTI-IMMIGRANT AUTHOR TARGETED AT BERLIN BIENNALE by Rachel Corbett
Czech artist Martin Zet is waging war against Thilo Sarrazin, author of the anti-immigrant bestseller Germany is Destroying Itself, by collecting as many copies of the book as possible for an upcoming installation at the Berlin Biennale.
Jan. 11, 2012
Damien Hirst HOT SPOTS by Rachel Corbett
With spot paintings at all 11 Gagosian galleries around the globe, Damien Hirst dominates once again, and he's still bored by it all.
Jan. 10, 2012
ISLAMIC HAJJ AT BRITISH MUSEUM by Rachel Corbett
The British Museum in London collaborated with Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz Public Library to organize the new exhibition, "Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam," exploring the Islamic pilgrimage through 200 objects from 13 different countries.
Jan. 10, 2012
HENRY O. TANNER IN PHILADELPHIA by Rachel Corbett
Plans for a new Guggenheim satellite museum in Helsinki took a stride forward today with the release of a year-long impact study from the city.
STUDENT VIDS FROM KALUP LINZY'S NYU CLASS by Rachel Corbett
Proud professor Kalup Linzy, who has made a career out of his soulful, gender-bending, kitsch drag act, has posted student videos on YouTube from his NYU class "Music, Melodrama and Performance Art."
TOUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR ABU DHABI ART by Rachel Corbett
Abu Dhabi Art was slow this year, no doubt thanks to the Arab Spring, stalled plans for the proposed cultural mecca on Saadiyat Island and new competition from growing art hub Qatar.
David Altmejd CREATION THEORY by Rachel Corbett
Peter Brant's newest star, David Altmejd, transforms the rustic Brant Foundation Art Study Center in Greenwich, Conn., into a bizarre cosmos of the beautiful and the grotesque.
Walton Ford MONKEY MAN by Rachel Corbett
Daphne Guinness, Padma Lakshmi and friends celebrate wildlife painter Walton Ford’s new show at Paul Kasmin Gallery.
THE MULTIPLE POPES OF MAURIZIO CATTELAN by Rachel Corbett
Maurizio Cattelan's supposed to be retired, yet a factory in Carrara has been manufacturing marble replicas of his sculptures. Is Cattelan, like Duchamp before him, securing his legacy with an end-of-career archive?
Kalup Linzy LONDON FRIEZE OUT? by Rachel Corbett
After a cool reception to his Frieze week performance, Kalup Linzy talks London vs. New York, the revival of his soul-singer persona Taiwan and what's next for him and James Franco.
SCHWARZENEGGER, SOPHIA LOREN GO BRONZE by Rachel Corbett
Is Arnold Schwarzenegger seeking a new judgment day? The disgraced former governor has commissioned a whole passel of bulging, 580-pound bronze statues of himself.
GRAFFITI ARTIST HONORS SLAIN EGYPTIAN ACTIVIST by Rachel Corbett
A slain Egyptian blogger who became the face of the nation's revolution last spring is being honored with a portrait on the Berlin Wall painted by his sister and German graffiti artist Case.
LAWSUIT OVER SPONGEBOB ART by Rachel Corbett
An Orange County gallery owner is suing Todd White, the artist behind SpongeBob SquarePants, for $5.5 million for allegedly orchestrating a coup of her The Gallery HB at the Hyatt, and stealing her client list and art works.
Aug. 12, 2011
FUTURISM FOR FOODIES by Rachel Corbett
A Futurist installation in D.C. serves visitors chewable pizza capsules, "scent-based" salad and other dishes inspired by F.T. Marinetti's classic 1936 manifesto, The Futurist Cookbook.
Aug. 10, 2011
DIA NEGOTIATES SPIRAL JETTY LEASE by Rachel Corbett
As expected, Dia announces that a new lease with the Utah Division of Forestry is in the works for the land that's home to Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty.
GAGOSIAN PLANNING BOB DYLAN PAINTING SHOW? by Rachel Corbett
Gagosian Gallery has quietly listed Bob Dylan as a represented artist on its website, and word on Facebook has it that the megadealer's already been selling works for a forthcoming exhibition..
THE CASE OF THE 20-YEAR-OLD ART SALE by Rachel Corbett
Manhattan dealer Richard Feigen's been slapped with a lawsuit over the provenance of a 19th-century Rosa Bonheur painting he sold 20 years ago. Do the plaintiffs have a case?
ARTNET NEWS
The mysterious death of Wlodzimierz Ksiazek. Plus, Art HK 11, Steve Martin's forged Campendonck, Peter Brant raises funds, National Academy reopens.
