A monumental art installation in Naples by the late Italian artist and designer Gaetano Pesce is at the centre of a controversy in the city over its "phallic" appearance.
As Opal Lee, a leading activist considered the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” celebrates her 98th birthday this week, the National Juneteenth Museum, a project she is helping to shepherd, revealed new renderings of its exhibition spaces.
A nude by Lucian Freud that took 16 months to paint sold for 13.9 million pounds ($18.2 million) at a London auction on Wednesday, the first time the work, hailed as a "masterpiece," has come to market.
Panayiotis Vassilakis Takis, Signal (1974), $164,100 to $218,800 estimate, is due to be sold at Piasa Modern and Contemporary Art Auction in Paris on October 30, 2024. Painted Cast Iron, 400.0 x 200.0 x 60.0cm.
This October, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns to Somerset House, London, for the 12th consecutive year.
If the murmurs around the openings and parties across London this week are to be believed, this year’s Frieze London and Frieze Masters arrive at a crucial moment for the city’s art market.
The black body is at the heart of the new series by French artist Mame-Diarra Niang.