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Revered German artist Anne Imhof will present her largest performance work to date this March at New York’s Park Avenue Armory. The show, titled “DOOM: HOUSE OF HOPE,” is curated by Klaus Biesenbach and is scheduled to take place March 3-12 at the Armory’s Wade Thompson Training Hall. DOOM: HOUSE OF HOPE is expected to take advantage of “the scale of the drill hall to create a An immersive parallel universe.” Each three-hour show will feature nearly 60 New York dancers, artists, musicians and performers. Among the performers were members of the Flexn and Line Dance communities.This show promises to…

Doug Chrismas, a prominent dealer in the Los Angeles art scene since the 1970s and 1980s, has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison. According to reports, Christmas was convicted last May of three counts of embezzling bankrupt gallery property and will be jailed on February 17. New York Times. Federal prosecutors argued for harsher sentences, citing financial misconduct that resulted in millions of dollars in losses. Christmas, now 80, played a key role in shaping contemporary art in Los Angeles, showing work by artists such as Robert Irwin and Donald Judd. However, his legacy has been tarnished by…

Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Gallery in New York has been renamed Sikkema Malloy Jenkins. The gallery said in a press release that the change comes as part of the partnership between partner Meg Malloy and founders Brent Sikkema and Michael Jenkins. in recognition of its contribution to its development over two decades. The name change was approved in 2023, followed by Sikkema’s murder in January 2024. Originally founded in 1991 as Wooster Gardens in Soho, the gallery has grown to represent more than 30 artists, including Kara Walker, Vic Mooney Established artists such as Vik Muniz and Arturo Herrera, as…

Artist Lolo Dederer is selling prints on her Instagram to raise funds for families affected by fires in the Altadena area. (Photo courtesy of Lolo Dedler) As Angelenos suffer catastrophic losses as ongoing fires destroy entire works, materials, studios, family heirlooms, and homes, arts workers are stepping up to help meet the growing need for recovery assistance. Last week, artists, studios and galleries launched art sales and raffles to benefit firefighting efforts. Proceeds from these efforts benefit affected individuals, mutual aid networks, and national organizations such as the American Red Cross. Some of these sales and sweepstakes are summarized in…

Few people can agree on whether Brutalist architecture is good to look at, but it seems like everyone wants to have an opinion on the subject. In 2020, for example, U.S. President Donald Trump targeted Brutalist architecture in an executive order requiring all future federal buildings to adopt “classical architectural styles.” The order said Brutalist and deconstructive styles were “unsatisfactory” for this aesthetic. The following year, when Joe Biden became president, he rescinded the executive order, much to the relief of many architects. Related articles Even before that, however, people couldn’t stop talking about barbarism. In 2016, an article was…

Pepe It’s hard to put into words. This mysterious film exemplifies excellent filmmaking but feels ham-fisted in its esoteric content. From the broadest perspective, Pepe The film follows a real-life Colombian hippopotamus’ final thoughts as he gained the ability to tell the story of his life. It also touches on language, colonialism, gender politics, folk mysticism, existentialism, and sometimes hippopotamus biology.Pablo Escobar is said to have introduced various exotic animals to his Naples estate (Hacienda Nápoles) in the 1980s. When he was killed, the four remaining hippos began migrating and breeding along the Magdalena River. By 2023, the number of…

As the year 2025 begins, it’s a moment to reflect on the artists who created interesting works in 2024. Among these artists is Karla Wave, whose artistic journey is deeply connected to nature, light, and the essence of the unknown. From her early days building sandcastles as a child, with her father photographing her creations, Wave has remained on a dedicated and uninterrupted path of creation. Her ongoing series, Light Defines, reflects this lifelong devotion, drawing inspiration from both childhood memories and the harbor landscapes that now live vividly in her imagination. For Wave, the natural world is a constant source…

Looking back at 2024, it’s clear this year has seen artists creating interesting works. Among them is Cynthia Karalla, who weaves the personal and political into her practice. With roots in architecture and photography, Karalla’s journey has been one of constant reinvention. Her work transcends categories, dismantling traditional barriers and reimagining art as a lens through which we examine ourselves and the systems around us. Karalla’s pieces invite audiences to question entrenched assumptions and explore themes often left unspoken, such as power, identity, and taboo. One of her most daring projects, The Baby Grand Piano, exemplifies her approach, forcing a confrontation with…

Years without Venice Biennales tend to be quieter affairs, but that’s not the case for 2025, which is shaping up to be a particularly busy period for the art world, with long-anticipated museum openings across the globe and experimental biennials staged on nearly every continent. With 2025 finally here, it’s time to start planning. Below, we’ve created a list of 20 art happenings to look forward to next year. Three New York Museums Return, Bigger and Better Image Credit: Albert Vecerka/Esto The New York museum landscape has looked a bit sad lately, no doubt in part because three notable institutions—the…

There are several ironies at play in Hauser & Wirth’s presentation of Gary Simmons’ paintings. thin ice. The focus of the exhibition is the artist’s drawing of the character Bosko, a blatantly racial film created in 1928 by animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. racist comics by saying “Hmm! That’s good!” (Respect to H&W for using the word “racist” when describing black comics, rather than the more analgesic “racialized.”) The six black-and-white oil paintings featuring Bosco’s skates look almost like studies for later works, given Simons’s signature blurring and partial erasure of figures. But in this series, the daubing of…