California Artist Robert Irwin Dies at Age 95
In April of 2012, Observer’s then senior arts editor Andrew Russeth met with Robert Irwin at Pace Gallery’s East 57th Street space in midtown, where the artist’s “dotting the i’s …
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Review: Roll The Bones’ ‘No. 9’ Experience in Williamsburg
Director Taylor Myers and visual and sound designer Michale Ryterband felt despondent watching the world becoming increasingly digitized and decreasingly connected. Their new immersive theatrical experience No. 9, now playing …
Open Society Foundations Pledges $1.8M to 18 International Artists
Open Society Foundations is making its largest contribution to art thus far with its 2023 Soros Arts Fellowship. This year, eighteen mid-career artists will receive $100,000 each in grants for …
A Rare Jean-Michel Basquiat Self-Portrait Could Fetch $60M at Auction
Despite the prevalence of self-referential and autobiographical elements in his art, Jean-Michel Basquiat rarely identified his paintings as explicit representations of himself. Now, one of the artist’s few clearly labeled …
Inside American Ballet Theatre’s Star Studded Fall Gala
When American Ballet Theatre (ABT) returned to Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater for its fall gala on October 24, the company chose to spotlight the importance of the arts …
Cindy Rachofsky’s TWO x TWO Gala Raises $7.6 Million for amfAR
This past weekend, Cindy and Howard Rachofsky, with Lisa and John Runyon, hosted the 24th annual TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art gala at the beautiful Rachofsky House in …
An SFMOMA Acquisition Brings Artists with Disabilities to the Forefront
In the 1970s, artist Florence Katz and her psychologist husband Elias founded what would become a pioneering nonprofit in the garage of their home in Berkeley, California, as a response …
What Phoebe Philo’s New Brand Says About the Power of the Art Market
“By all means, move at a glacial pace,” Miranda Priestly tells her hardworking assistant in the often-referenced-among-fashion-people film, The Devil Wears Prada. It’s a sentiment undoubtedly shared among the throngs …
‘Offensive’ statues of colonial figures to be reviewed
Statues of colonial figures throughout Sydney will be reviewed to address offensive descriptions of their deeds. Wiradjuri woman Yvonne Weldon, the first Aboriginal councillor in the City of Sydney’s 180-year …
A Sweeping Mark Rothko Retrospective Opens in Paris at the Fondation Louis Vuitton
In the late summer of 2021, Christopher Rothko—son of Mark Rothko, the celebrated New York School painter—found himself driving up and down the coast of California. The psychologist turned guardian …