Top 20 Art International News
2025-06-14 11:04:45
Here's a summary of the top 20 international art news items from today's search results, with links for further details:
- VOLTA Basel to mark its 20th edition with expanded programming during Art Basel 2025: Art fair VOLTA Basel will return for its 20th edition with a larger venue, expanded programming, and a roster of more than 70 galleries.
Source: www.artsy.net - $2 million portrait of Oasis’s Liam and Noel Gallagher to go on sale at Sotheby’s: A portrait capturing the Oasis frontmen at the apex of their fame, will be auctioned at Sotheby’s on June 24th
Source: www.artsy.net - The Armory Show announces over 230 galleries for 2025 edition: The 2025 fair will be the first edition under the full leadership of director Kyla McMillan and the second under the ownership of Frieze.
Source: www.artsy.net - São Paulo Bienal announces artist list, including Frank Bowling and Precious Okoyomon: The 36th São Paulo Bienal, which opens September 6th and runs through January 11, 2026, will feature 120 participants.
Source: www.artsy.net - $81 million collection of Pauline Karpidas, “Europe’s Peggy Guggenheim,” to be sold: Sotheby’s London will auction the personal collection of Pauline Karpidas on September 17th and 18th
Source: www.artsy.net - Annie Leibovitz to reissue “Women” with more than 100 new portraits: A new edition of Women , the portrait collection by legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz, will be released by Phaidon this November as a two-volume set.
Source: www.artsy.net - Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme” features Renoir and Magritte masterpieces: In The Phoenician Scheme , which premiered in the U.S. on May 30th, the Oscar-winning director filled a fictional palazzo with genuine masterworks of European art.
Source: www.artsy.net - Tennis legend John McEnroe to appear in Turner Prize winner Martin Creed’s new film: Tennis legend John McEnroe will appear in the first feature film by Turner Prize–winning artist Martin Creed.
Source: www.artsy.net - Early Turner painting, rediscovered after 150 years, to go on sale at Sotheby’s: Titled The Rising Squall, Hot Wells, from St Vincent’s Rock, Bristol(1792), the work carries an estimate of £200,000–£300,000 ($270,000–$405,000).
Source: www.artsy.net - Antony Gormley and Anish Kapoor back $5 million bid to keep Barbara Hepworth work in U.K.: A £3.8 million ($5 million) appeal has been launched to prevent a rare Barbara Hepworth sculpture from leaving the United Kingdom
Source: www.artsy.net - Frieze London and Frieze Masters name 282 galleries for 2025 fairs: The two fairs will together host more than 280 galleries from 45 countries, with Frieze London welcoming 166 galleries, and Frieze Masters welcoming 123 galleries.
Source: www.artsy.net - Alma Thomas’s longtime street renamed in her honor: The pioneering abstract painter’s former block, between Church Street and Q Street, has officially been renamed “Alma Thomas Way.”
Source: www.artsy.net - Sean Kelly Gallery and PATRON announce co-representation of abstract painter Lindsay Adams: The Washington, D.C.–born artist draws on her background in international studies and cultural anthropology in alchemical canvases that explore identity, history, and collective memory.
Source: www.artsy.net - Van Gogh Museum opens its first exhibition by an African artist: The Nigerian painter John Madu has become the first African artist to exhibit at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
Source: www.artsy.net - Japanese sculptor Kunimasa Aoki wins 2025 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize: Aoki was awarded the €50,000 ($54,000) prize for Realm of Living Things 19 (2024), a blue-gray terracotta sculpture made from a series of compressed layers
Source: www.artsy.net - Mateo Blanco Builds Cross-Cultural Legacy Through Art and Collecting: Known for transforming everyday materials into powerful flag artworks now housed in major American museums, Blanco is also building a remarkable private collection of Latin American art that honors his heritage.
Source: worldart.news - Art Shopping Paris: Between Skin and Structure – Reframing the Contemporary Gaze: From heart-shaped imprints to purple pools of desire, a new generation of artists is transforming the Carrousel du Louvre into a sensory battleground—where memory, identity, and illusion collide.
Source: worldart.news - Bruton + Co’s opening exhibition line-up to include major works of Abstract Expressionism alongside significant Asian artists: Bruton + Co, the brainchild of art entrepreneur Olyvia Kwok, will open its doors this June with a striking retrospective of post-war abstract art.
Source: worldart.news - Olyvia Kwok to Launch New Strategic Advisory Art Business: Olyvia Kwok, a seasoned art entrepreneur with a knack for anticipating market shifts, is launching Bruton + Co: a venture that blends investment savvy with curatorial excellence.
Source: worldart.news - This painting survived the Beirut explosion. Here’s how conservators restored it: CNN reports on how conservators restored a painting that survived the Beirut explosion.
Source: edition.cnn.com