Torey Akers

1 week ago | artnewspaper.fr | Torey Akers

Le sculpteur Joel Shapiro est décédé le 14 juin 2025 à Manhattan, à l’âge de 83 ans. Sa fille, Ivy Shapiro, a indiqué au New York Times qu’il était mort d’une leucémie myéloïde aiguë. Réputé pour ses sculptures vibrantes et isomorphes réalisées à partir de poutres en bois, Shapiro a su tracer une voie singulière entre abstraction et figuration. Ses figures aux allures humaines semblent prêtes à bondir, à marcher ou à s’effondrer d’un instant à l’autre.

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Torey Akers

The pioneering sculptor Joel Shapiro died on 14 June in Manhattan. He was 83 years old. His daughter Ivy Shapiro told The New York Times the cause of death was acute myeloid leukemia. Best known for his vibrant, isomorphic statues constructed from wooden beams, Shapiro straddled the line between abstraction and figuration in his art practice, creating humanoid monuments that feel as if they might jump, stride or topple at any moment.

2 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Torey Akers

A new venue for durational art, Canyon , will open its doors on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 2026. The 40,000 sq. ft hub for video, sound, performance art and more, was founded by the philanthropist Robert Rosenkranz and is being overseen by Joe Thompson, the founding director of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass Moca). The project is an adaptive re-use of unoccupied commercial space and will live at the intersection of a museum and performance venue.

2 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Torey Akers

Approximately 100 employees at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), around two-thirds of the workforce, were laid off on 10 June, when the Trump administration’s “reduction in force” initiative went into effect. The news comes from NEH’s union, the American Federation of Government Employees Local 3403 . Fewer than 60 employees are anticipated to remain at NEH.

2 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Torey Akers

The Peruvian government has reversed a controversial decision to shrink the archaeological park that contains the country’s famed Nazca lines, a group of around 700 ancient geoglyphs drawn in the soil of the Nazca Desert. The park, around the size of 1,400 football fields, was set to be reduced by 42%, or over 1,000 hectares, the Associated Press reported earlier this month.