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The Surprising Lives of the Women Who Loved Picasso

2 days ago | news.artnet.com | Jo Lawson-Tancred

It’s no secret that Picasso was a bit of a womanizer. His private life has long incited fascination and left art lovers debating how best to interpret his litany of flings, affairs, and marriages. Was he a callous misogynist, using then discarding women in his relentless pursuit of the next, much younger thing? Or were these women potent and empowered muses who helped Picasso to embark on new phases of his prolific art-making?
This Artist Is Famous For His 'Bad Taste' | Artnet News

2 days ago | news.artnet.com | Cathy Xiaoyuan Fan

Before meeting Chen Fei, I’ll admit I felt a flicker of anxiety—something writers may experience before an interview. His paintings are filled with provocative details that challenge aesthetic norms. They possess a strange allure: unsettling, yet hard to look away from. Judging by the work alone, one might expect an artist known for irreverence, satire, and a deliberate embrace of “bad taste.”But all preconceptions quickly dissolved upon meeting him.
Who Was the Black Figure in This 17th-Century Portrait? A Rare Letter Holds Answers

3 days ago | news.artnet.com | Jo Lawson-Tancred

A 17th-century British portrait featuring an identified Black subject is shedding new light on the lives of enslaved attendants in aristocratic households thanks to the rediscovery of a letter written by the sitter himself. Countless British portraits of the 17th and 18th centuries feature Black figures as an anonymous attendants to one or more white sitters.
A Life-size Labubu Doll Sets Record at Auction—and a Rundown of the Latest in Asia’s Art World | Artnet News

4 days ago | news.artnet.com | Cathy Xiaoyuan Fan

– Supper Club, the Art Basel Hong Kong satellite fair founded by dealers Willem Molesworth, Ysabelle Cheung, and Alex Chan, is calling it quits after two editions. Its organizers hinted at the possibility of future projects with a similar experimental spirit. (Instagram)– Frieze will open a year-round exhibition and project space in Seoul’s Yaksu neighborhood called Frieze House Seoul (like its No.9 Cork Street venture in London) during Frieze Seoul in September.
Uffizi Gallery Visitor Damages Painting in Botched Selfie

4 days ago | news.artnet.com | Jo Lawson-Tancred

The director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence has vowed to take action against visitors taking selfies in the museum after one tourist damaged an 18th-century portrait. On the morning of June 21, the man was posing for a photograph in front of the painting when he accidentally tripped backwards and made a small tear on the canvas.
9 Must-See Museum Shows Across the U.S.

1 week ago | news.artnet.com | Eileen Kinsella

Although the less-than-stellar weather has meant summer getting off to a slow start, triple-digit temperatures and heavy humidity are surely in our future. Want to escape the heat? Step into the cool air-conditioned galleries of an art museum, where you can take a mental vacation. Feeling FOMO about the European excursions you’re not able to attend? Gustav Caillebotte’s 19th-century views of Parisian life are a good consolation.
Fashion Queen Marie Antoinette’s Iconic Style Lives on a Major New Show

1 week ago | news.artnet.com | Min Chen

During her two-decade reign, Marie Antoinette didn’t just preside over France, she reshaped the worlds of 18th-century fashion and design in her image. From her sumptuous pastel gowns and towering wigs to her dazzling jewels and gilded furnishings, the queen embraced a personal style of lavish elegance that bled into her quarters at the Château de Versailles, where striking color, lush tapestries, and rococo touches newly defined royal grandeur.
Hew Locke Speaks Out After Belgian City Cancels Sculpture Commission

1 week ago | news.artnet.com | Eileen Kinsella

London-based British-Guyanese artist Hew Locke took to Instagram to share his disappointment upon learning that the city of Ostend in Belgium has apparently canceled a site-specific artwork they first commissioned late last year. Locke wrote that the decision was made by the Ostend’s newly-elected city council, which said that there was not enough public consultation before his proposal was accepted.
Archaeologists Identify France’s Deepest Shipwreck

1 week ago | news.artnet.com | Richard Whiddington

French archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 16th-century merchant vessel 1.6 miles below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, the deepest such find ever made in French waters. Back in March, the French Navy was carrying out a routine mission off the southeastern coast to explore and monitor the country’s resources, ranging from deep-sea minerals to subsea cables, when an unusually large shape appeared on sonar.
Why Does Culture Feel Stuck?

1 week ago | news.artnet.com | Sonia Manalili |Kate Brown

The Los Angeles–based trend forecaster and writer Sean Monahan is known for his sharp takes on the zeitgeist. Over the past decade, his cultural insights have routinely gone viral—most famously when he coined the term “vibe shift,” a phrase that quickly spread from niche corners of the internet to mainstream outlets like The New York Times and The Guardian.