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Yayoi Kusama, who died last month , was among the world’s most famous artists, her reach extending far beyond the realm of museums and galleries, both because of the work she made and the way she saw the universe all around her. She was most beloved for her “Infinity Mirror Rooms,” jewel-box installations that dazzle the eye, extending one’s perception and immersing the viewer in an unending abyss of pure beauty and total wonderment. She made the first one, Infinity Mirror Room—Phalli’s Field , in 1965, but these installations didn’t bring her global renown until decades later, during the 2010s. Her 2012 Tate Modern retrospective was perfectly timed, since Instagram was first becoming popular when the show opened and seemingly everyone wanted to post the mind-bending photos that are possible in an “Infinity Mirror Room.” Almost overnight, Kusama became not just an art world star but a worldwide icon. People lined up then—and continue to do so now—jus...

By Kevin McCarthy 32-26. Not a score prediction for the fourth and final test of the thriller Boks v All Blacks. Though New Zealand would happily take a win of that margin. No, 32 is the average age of the Springbok starting XV, and 26 the same for the All Blacks during the series before...

Los Angeles’s Getty Center closed early on Wednesday after a fire broke out along the 405 Freeway. Per the Los Angeles Times, the fire was reported to the city’s Fire Department at 4:30 p.m.; it has already burned five acres. The Fire Department has issued an evacuation warning for an area that includes the Getty Center, a complex that includes museum buildings host to Renaissance and Old Master paintings, the Getty Research Institute, and a Robert Irwin–designed garden. According to CBS News , the Getty Center asked visitors to exit through the parking garage and closed the museum at 4:45 p.m. “The Getty Center is closed due to a nearby fire,” reads a notice on the museum’s website. It was not immediately clear whether there was any damage to the Getty Center. ARTnews has reached out to the Getty for comment. Of the zone impacted by the blaze, which is already being called the Getty Fire, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said, “Anyone in the ...

The D. Daskalopoulos Collection announced a donation of 51 artworks to four museums across Greece and Scotland. The majority of the works will be spread across the Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOMUS), and the National Gallery of Greece, all in Greece, with three pieces heading to the National Galleries of Scotland. The donation continues the collection’s “commitment to making contemporary art accessible to wider audiences,” the announcement stated. It added, “This initiative seeks to ensure the long-term preservation of the works while sustaining an ongoing dialogue with the art of the future.” The National Gallery of Greece will receive 29 modern artworks by leading Greek artists, including Io Angeli, Konstantinos Andreou, Spyros Vikatos, George Vorres, Kostis Georgiou, Apostolos Yayannos, Giorgos Golfinos, Christos Karas, Costa Coulentianos, Yiannis Maltezos, Christos Sarakatsianos, Aristotelis Solounias, ...

A mold used to create a clay figurine during the First Temple Period was discovered earlier this summer on the grounds of the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum. The excavation, at Kishle, a former prison and military base that is now part of the museum, was overseen by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). “Although many figurines from this period have been uncovered in Jerusalem, this is the first time that a mold used to manufacture them has ever been found in the city,” said IAA researchers in a statement. Archaeologists have long wondered if these ubiquitous figures, dating from the 8th to the 6th centuries BCE, were manufactured locally or imported; they now know that at least some were created within Jerusalem. The mold in question depicts a woman’s face with defined features and an elaborate hairstyle. Sviatoslav Klindukhov, a conservation and restoration specialist working with the IAA, was able to cast a new figurine from the ancient mold. ...

The US art world has in recent years worked hard to bring a focus to cities outside the market capitals, mounting recurring exhibitions like Counterpublic in St. Louis, the Medina Triennial in upstate New York, and the lamentably discontinued Front Triennial in Cleveland (adding to long-running shows like the Carnegie International in Pittsburgh). One that has remained a little under the radar is Converge 45, established in 2016 by Portland dealer Elizabeth Leach in hopes of getting the art world to converge on the 45th parallel, halfway between the Equator and the North Pole. Courtesy of the organizers, I traveled recently to the City of Roses for the opening festivities of the latest edition, “Here, To you, Now,” overseen by New York–based independent curator Lumi Tan (shows at multiple venues remain open to various dates, some into 2027). The title draws on the 1985 novel Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin, a daughter of the city, in which a narrat...