The Swedish clothing retailer faced a barrage of criticism for the picture. Hennes & Mauritz AB apologised for an image in which a black child modelled a hoodie with the text “coolest monkey in the jungle” after the Swedish clothing retailer faced a barrage of criticism for the picture. The company said it agreed with…
Category: Art
This Artist Builds High-Tech Robots—Then Has Them Attack Each Other
“I love wasting technology,” Mark Pauline tells me. “I love it when you take something that’s really practical and do something ridiculous with it.” We’re standing in the middle of Marlborough Contemporary, a white cube gallery in New York’s Chelsea district that has suddenly been converted into what appears to be a near-future auto repair shop….
A Mega-Dealer Expands: David Zwirner Plans a New Art Gallery
David Zwirner, who is planning a five-story, $50 million gallery designed by Renzo Piano that is to open in 2020. Credit Vincent Tullo for The New York Times On a cold weekday afternoon on an upper floor of one of his Chelsea galleries, the art dealer David Zwirner pointed out the window at a corner lot on…
Kanye West gave Kim Kardashian 995 Adidas shares for Christmas — here’s why
Kanye West gave his wife, Kim Kardashian West, over $100,000 worth of Adidas stock this year Kanye West gave his wife, Kim Kardashian West, hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stocks for Christmas this year, including 995 shares of Adidas, which makes Kanye’s Yeezy shoe line. So while the inclusion of Adidas stock may have been a bit of self…
My Life As a Failed Artist
Decades after giving up the dream for good, an art critic returns to the work he’d devoted his life to, then abandoned — but never really forgot. By Jerry Saltz It pains me to say it, but I am a failed artist. “Pains me” because nothing in my life has given me the boundless psychic bliss…
Chuck Close Is A Giant Of The Art World. He’s Allegedly Also A ‘F**king Pervert.’
Artist Julia Fox was honored to model for Close. Then, she says, he told her, “Your p***y looks delicious.” Every day, thousands of commuters pass by a series of 12 mosaics by famed artist Chuck Close, recently installed in the 86th Street station of New York’s Second Avenue subway line. The murals, each 9 feet tall,…
Hayward Director Ralph Rugoff Chosen as Artistic Director of the 2019 Venice Biennale
The American-born, London-based curator Ralph Rugoff, the director of London’s Hayward Gallery, has been appointed artistic director of the 2019 Venice Biennale. He is the first UK-based curator to land the prestigious role and the first American to fill the post since Robert Storr in 2007. “I am absolutely thrilled with this appointment,” Rugoff said…
5 amazing books I read this year
Reading is my favorite way to indulge my curiosity. Although I’m lucky that I get to meet with a lot of interesting people and visit fascinating places through my work, I still think books are the best way to explore new topics that interest you. This year I picked up books on a bunch of…
Stephen King on Childhood
STEPHEN KING On Childhood “We think in a different way as children. We tend to think around corners instead of in straight lines.“
