More stories below from this week (click on bolded words for more information):
- Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris opens In Tune with the World this week which includes work from Murakami.
- Blum & Poe announces representation of Solange Pessoa.
- After London show, Pace to exhibit Jean Dubuffet Theaters of Memory paintings in New York.
- Why 2018 could be Picasso’s billion-dollar year.
- $30m Francis Bacon will go on the block at Christie’s New York in May.
- Embattled casino mogul Steve Wynn is selling $100 million worth of art at Christie’s.
- Russell Crowe’s Art of Divorce auction of paintings and more rakes in $2.8 million to pay off his ex.
- Artist’s billboard declaring “There Are Black People in the Future” taken down by landlord.
- Paintings that question the promises of postcolonial democracy.
- What you need to know about investing in fine art.
- The 1973 documentary that delved into the NYC painting scene.
- The Brazilian paintings that made a splash in wartime Britain.
- This new $50k prize is just for emerging female figurative painters.
- Artist Ridley Howard and gallerist Tif Sigfrids to open New Art Space in Athens.
- Postmasters Gallery starts online-fundraising campaign.
- Can crowdfunding save struggling galleries? Postmasters looks to patreon amid the mid-market squeeze.
- The Smithsonian is opening its first overseas location, with London’s V&A Museum.
- Florida’s Norton Museum nabs a ‘transformative’ gift of more than 100 works.
- After three years of work, the Getty Villa prepares to reopen with a new look.
- The Alabama women who made their quilts a part of modern art.
- Adrian Piper’s massive MoMA survey will force you to face your prejudices.
- The University of Notre Dame presents 2018 student exhibition.
- Steven Holl Architects’ game-changing new arts building for Virginia Commonwealth University.
- Matsumoto hosts world’s biggest Yayoi Kusama exhibition ever.
- Traditional paintings by Lino Lago mysteriously revealed beneath fields of color.
- Kehinde Wiley—the artist behind Obama’s presidential portrait—signs with Hollywood talent agency.
- France to help build a ‘new Petra’ in Saudi Arabia with estimated $20bn development deal.
- Sotheby’s will begin holding auctions in India to capitalize on the country’s growing art market.
- ICA Boston closes Nicholas Nixon show, who has been accused of sexual harassment, at his request.
- Tracey Emin was sexually assaulted by a well-known female artist.
- George Lucas’ museum has bought Norman Rockwell’s beloved painting from the Berkshire Museum.
- Why it took nearly 3 years to curate the (short) artist list for the 2018 Carnegie International.
- 7 Tips for applying to art school, according to top admissions officers.
- The collector who helped build Dallas’s Texas-sized art scene.
- These five automotive companies are putting contemporary art in the driver’s seat.
- Wes Anderson’s set design for the Isle of Dogs goes on show in London.
- Why do people still think that classical sculptures were meant to be white?
- Artists who unlocked the modernist grid.
- How robots can help painters.
- New 360-degree immersive drawing created with 120 marker pens by Oscar Oiwa.
- The scientist who became contemporary artist: Carsten Höller.
- Adorable artist-themed socks let you walk with Dalí, Warhol, Picasso & more.
Photo credit: @jasminetartine.
