J. Cabelle Ahn

4 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Elena Goukassian |J. Cabelle Ahn |Brian Allen

Almost a century after it first opened its doors on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, the Frick Collection unveils its first-ever education centre. Part of the museum’s renovation—repurposing 60,000 sq. ft of existing space, and adding 27,000 sq. ft of new space—the Ian Wardropper Education Room is an 846-sq.-ft multipurpose space named after the museum’s outgoing director.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Anna Brady |George Nelson |J. Cabelle Ahn

In June 1985, a group of 16 print dealers hung their wares on the walls of the old Diploma Galleries in the Royal Academy of Art for the very first London Original Print Fair (LOPF), now the city’s longest running art fair. “I remember standing at the door and wondering if anyone would come,” says Gordon Cooke, the fair’s chairman and founder, in a video to mark its 40th anniversary this year.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | J. Cabelle Ahn

For the first time, four fairs dedicated to prints and multiples will take place across three countries later this month. On view 20-23 March, the London Original Print Fair (LOPF) will celebrate its 40th anniversary only days before the Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair (27-30 March) holds its inaugural edition in the borough’s Powerhouse Arts complex. Unfolding concurrent with the Brooklyn fair will be the tried and tested Paris Print Fair (27-30 March) and New York’s IFPDA Print Fair (27-30 March).

2 months ago | theartnewspaper.com | J. Cabelle Ahn |Julia Halperin |Kabir Jhala |Anna Brady

Although institutions often pave the way for influential curatorial approaches, it tends to be through the back-and-forth interplay with the art trade that these approaches proliferate into wider trends. Such has been the case in recent years with the growing phenomenon of transhistorical exhibitions, particularly those pairing the Old Masters with contemporary artists.