2023 Underground Art Market Report
Why Flying Is Miserable: And How to Fix It, by Ganesh Sitaraman ’04, J.D. ’08 (Columbia, $17 paper). High fares, reduced service to small cities, and rotten consumer experiences are a choice, not an inevitability, writes the Vanderbilt law professor. He declares the deregulation adopted …
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The new Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, opening in early 2024 in Montgomery, Ala., arrives at a time when Black history is being debated in many states. When the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park opens in Montgomery, Ala., in early 2024, on a bluff flanked by railroad …
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Tokyo, Japan CNN — In an ink illustration, two siblings clutch their worldly possessions — a few bags and suitcases bearing the label “13660.” The same digits are pinned to their clothing, denoting the number their family was assigned at the detention camp they are …
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Tokyo, Japan CNN — In an ink illustration, two siblings clutch their worldly possessions — a few bags and suitcases bearing the label “13660.” The same digits are pinned to their clothing, denoting the number their family was assigned at the detention camp they are …
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The Somerville City Council met on Sept. 28 to discuss a variety of issues including plans for the Armory building as well as a prison moratorium and elder parole policies. The Center for Arts at the Armory is housed in a historic building in Somerville that …
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It’s alive, and growing. Beneath its spooky exterior, underneath the cosplay, the fishnets, the horror memorabilia and art that ponders mortality, “Frankenfest“ is a festival that celebrates being(s) slightly outside the mainstream. It’s a half-art festival, half-costumed-Halloweenish extravaganza that’s been appearing at historical venues in …
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The organizers of Documenta have released a statement condemning members of ruangrupa, the Indonesian art collective that organized last year’s edition of the quinquennial show, for supporting pro-Palestinian social media posts after Hamas’s attack on Israel this weekend. The statement, attributed to Documenta managing director Andreas Hoffmann, said that …
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The leadership of the National Museum of Qatar and the Museum of Islamic Art, both in Qatar, Doha, projected images of the Palestinian flag onto the exterior of both museums within 36 hours of the terrorist group Hamas launching an attack against Israel. The attack killed …
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The American mega-investor Warren Buffett has said of business that only when the tide goes out do you find out who has been swimming naked. Buffett’s maxim about the unseemly revelations of a down market has proven true in the art market multiple times since …
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On Sept. 9, excited party-goers mingled inside the CIC Providence Building at a private event hosted by Providence Mayor Brett Smiley, ringing in the start of the City’s annual art festival. Then the coffins arrived. Over 60 individuals marched to the building, carrying seven wooden …
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