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Art World Confronts Gender Gaps at Making Their Mark Forum
The Making Their Mark forum gathered 350 art professionals to tackle persistent gender inequities in museums and the market. Data revealed women made up only 11% of museum acquisitions from 2008‑2022 and their works sold at 19‑42% discounts versus male peers. Panels featuring Chelsea Clinton, Ava DuVernay and museum directors debated how to rewire valuation and visibility.
News•Mar 11, 2026
Over Objections Of Musicians And Staff, Beatrice Venezi Confirmed As Music Director Of La Fenice In Venice
La Fenice approved Beatrice Venezi as its new music director despite vocal protests from the orchestra and staff. The appointment is controversial because Venezi is perceived to have close ties to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her right‑wing Brothers of Italy party. At 35, Venezi has never led a major opera‑house orchestra, raising questions about her artistic credentials. Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli defended the decision, framing it as a historic step for female leadership in Venice’s premier opera venue.
By ArtsJournal
News•Mar 11, 2026
Independent Names 76 Exhibitors for Its Upcoming May Fair
Independent announced 76 exhibitors for its 17th May Fair, now slated for May 14‑17 at Pier 36 in New York’s Lower East Side. More than 70% of the booths will be single‑artist presentations, featuring over 100 artists and a slate...
By Art in America
News•Mar 11, 2026
Luxembourg’s Culture Minister Defends Country’s Venice Biennale Budget After Critics Say It’s Too High
Luxembourg is spending €540,000 on its Venice Biennale pavilion, featuring Aline Bouvy’s provocative "La Merde" installation. The budget sparked criticism from the right‑wing ADR, which called the cost excessive amid fiscal pressures. Culture Minister Éric Thill defended the expenditure, citing...
By Art in America
News•Mar 11, 2026
Works by Auerbach, Chadwick, and Hepworth to Spearhead Christie’s Modern British and Irish Art Sale in London
Christie’s London is set for its modern British and Irish art auction on March 18, featuring 26 works anchored by Frank Auerbach, Lynn Chadwick and Barbara Hepworth. Auerbach’s 2004‑05 ‘Christmas Tree at Mornington Crescent’ carries a £2 million high estimate, while Chadwick’s...
By Art in America
News•Mar 11, 2026
Sisters, Saints and Sibyls: Nan Goldin’s Ode to ‘Rebellious Sisters’
Nan Goldin’s new photobook *Sisters, Saints and Sibyls* revisits her early life through a collage of hospital reports, family snapshots and her own images. The work serves as an origin story, honoring her elder sister Barbara, who was institutionalised at...
By Dazed – Art & Photography
Social•Mar 10, 2026
Everyday Life Electrified: Fragmented, Flickering Visuals
The fragmented look and flickering electrified feel of everyday life in the work of rj16848519 ▫️▫️▫️ From @fuckmyeyes
By Jerry Saltz
Video•Mar 10, 2026
My Sketchbook | Lubaina Himid
In the video, contemporary artist Lubaina Himid explains how she uses a constant flow of sketches to build confidence and generate ideas for larger works. Rather than keeping a conventional sketchbook, she piles sheets of paper in her studio, allowing...
By Royal Academy of Arts (London)
Video•Mar 10, 2026
Inside Mexico’s Casa Valhalla: Art, Architecture, and Luxury on the Pacific Coast
The video tours Casa Valhalla, a sprawling Pacific‑coast estate in Puntamita, Mexico, conceived by architect Tatiana Bilbao and curated by visual artist Renata Petersen. The property combines high‑end residential design with an immersive art program, positioning it as a showcase...
By Art Basel
Video•Mar 10, 2026
Gary Simmons, Lorna Simpson, Kellie Jones & Ingrid Schaffner on ‘Destiny Is a Rose’
The event marked the launch of “Destiny Is a Rose,” a catalog and exhibition that brings together 83 artists and more than 100 works from the five‑decade‑long Eileen Harris Norton collection, coinciding with Freeze Week at Hower and North Los...
By Hauser & Wirth
Video•Mar 10, 2026
Painter Michael Craig-Martin: "A Picture of a Shoe Has Nothing to Do with a Shoe."
Painter Michael Craig‑Martin uses a simple shoe illustration to argue that two‑dimensional images are fundamentally separate from the objects they depict. He emphasizes that a picture of a shoe “has nothing to do with a shoe,” framing visual representation as...
By Louisiana Channel (Louisiana Museum of Modern Art)
Video•Mar 10, 2026
Why M.F. Husain’s Second Act Changed Indian Modern Art | Sotheby’s
The video examines M.F. Husain’s 1958 masterpiece “Second Act,” arguing it marked a turning point in South Asian modernism by moving beyond narrative illustration to reshape the story of modern art itself. The canvas, monumental in size yet restrained in composition,...
By Sotheby’s
Video•Mar 10, 2026
Inside This LACMA Exhibition on Forgotten Histories
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new show, The Day Tomorrow Began, by Tavvaris Stron, interrogates the layers of Black history that have been systematically omitted from mainstream narratives. Framed as a series of rooms—a black‑painted barber shop, a...
By ArtDrunk (Gary Yeh)
Video•Mar 10, 2026
Hans Holbein the Younger: From Basel to the Tudor Court (Part 1)
The video opens the two‑part series on Hans Holbein the Younger, tracing his journey from his birth in Augsburg to his pivotal role at Henry VIII’s Tudor court. Hosts Alastair Sooke and James Fox frame Holbein as a Renaissance colossus who...
By HENI Talks
Video•Mar 10, 2026
Marina Abramović on Her Legendary Rhythm Series – 'I Was Ready to Go to the End' | Tate
The interview with Marina Abramović delves into her seminal Rhythm series, a body‑centric body of work from the mid‑1970s that pushed the limits of endurance, danger, and ritual. Abramović recounts how the performances were scarcely recorded at the time, and...
By Tate
Video•Mar 10, 2026
Subverting the Monument | Thomas J Price: Ancient Feelings
Thomas J. Price uses his latest talk, "Subverting the Monument," to argue that traditional statues reinforce social hierarchies by elevating ideals on plinths, forcing viewers to look up and revere. He proposes a radical reversal: situating sculptures directly on the...
By Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA)
Video•Mar 10, 2026
Inspiration for the Work | Thomas J Price: Ancient Feelings
Thomas J Price, a London‑based sculptor, explains that his piece “Ancient Feelings” originates from formative trips to the British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum, where he first sensed how power, majesty and status are encoded in historic sculpture. The work...
By Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA)
News•Mar 10, 2026
At Making Their Mark Forum, Art Figures Debate Gender Inequities in the Market and the Museum
The Making Their Mark forum gathered 350 art professionals to confront persistent gender inequities in museums and the market. Data presented showed women accounted for only 11% of museum acquisitions from 2008‑2022 and sold at 19‑42% discounts compared with male...
By ARTnews
Blog•Mar 10, 2026
Haring Is Caring
Tomorrow, March 11, 2026, the Brant Foundation in New York’s East Village will open “Keith Haring,” an exhibition focusing on the artist’s formative 1980‑84 period. Curated by Vienna‑based husband‑and‑wife team Dieter Buchhart and Anna Karina Hofbauer, the show presents early...
By Puck
News•Mar 10, 2026
Chicago, Meet Your New ‘Neighbors’: Expo Gets a New Satellite Fair, In a Luxe Gold Coast Apartment
Mirka Serrato and London gallerist Jonny Tanna are launching Neighbors, a micro‑art fair that will occupy a 1,200‑square‑foot Gold Coast apartment during Expo Chicago (April 8‑12). The intimate venue, once owned by the Goodman family, will host a curated mix of...
By ARTnews
Blog•Mar 10, 2026
Making Museums More ‘Touchable’
Sanné Mestrom’s interactive installation "The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of Her Parts" ran at the National Gallery of Australia from May to September 2025, inviting visitors to touch, climb and build with art. The tactile elements consistently held...
By FrogHeart
News•Mar 10, 2026
Michael Joo Looks Back On His Career, With Another Venice Biennale Appearance on the Horizon
Michael Joo’s retrospective "Sweat Models 1991–2026" opened at Space ZeroOne, centering on the installation Concatenations built from a century of New York baking trays and archival ephemera. The show revisits his early biology‑infused practice while confronting a recent mishap in...
By ARTnews
News•Mar 10, 2026
Italy Buys Rare Caravaggio Portrait for €30m
The Italian government has acquired a rare Caravaggio portrait for €30 million, one of the highest prices ever paid for artwork by the state. The painting, a 1598 depiction of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini—later Pope Urban VIII—was previously held in a private Florentine...
By BBC – Entertainment & Arts
News•Mar 10, 2026
First Radiocarbon Dating of Ancient Art in France’s Dordogne Caverns
A French research team used non‑invasive spectroscopy to identify charcoal pigments in the Font‑de‑Gaume cave and collected four microscopic samples for accelerator mass spectrometry. Radiocarbon analysis dated three of the samples to between 13,162 and 13,461 years ago, confirming the...
By Chemical & Engineering News (ACS)
News•Mar 10, 2026
Tracey Emin: "I've Lived My Life for Art"
British artist Tracey Emin’s new Tate exhibition, “A Second Life,” juxtaposes her iconic early pieces such as *My Bed* with recent works that reflect her health battles, sobriety and return to Margate. Emin speaks candidly about living with a urostomy,...
By The Face
News•Mar 10, 2026
Could These Insect Manicures Help You Face You Fears?
Glasgow‑based nail artist Yulia Grigorjeva is turning real insect wings, beetle shells and other tiny organic fragments into high‑gloss manicures. Her work, often flagged with a trypophobia warning, embeds porous textures beneath a clear lacquer, creating miniature ecosystems on each...
By Dazed