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Matthew Barney on His Latest Sculpture, Remote on a Colorado Ranch

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Matthew Barney has been an integral part of the first two editions of the Aspen Art Museum’s AIR festival in Colorado: last year, with a performance in a former military drill hall on a cattle ranch; this year, with a related sculptural installation on a nearby tract of open land. The performance , an abstract sort of musical revue titled TACTICAL Parallax , drew elements from Barney’s previous works Redoubt (a 2019 film and related sculptures engaged with pioneering and alchemical spirits associated with the American West) and Secondary (a 2023 film and set of sculptures inspired by the violence and grace of football and a notorious incident in the 1970s that exposed the sport’s darkest side). Related Articles In Five New Shows, Matthew Barney Turns His Abstract Football Film Into Sculptures and Paintings ...
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The Smithsonian May Put its Latino Museum in a Building it Already Owns, Riling Conservatives

The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Latino may make its home in the Arts and Industries Building, which the organization already owns, rather than in a purpose-built one, reports the New York Times , which says the decision may be made at a board meeting to take place August 31. The Smithsonian confirmed the meeting to the newspaper but declined to comment further.  The 1881 building is on the National Mall, sited between the Smithsonian’s Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum. The board previously resolved to erect new buildings for the Latino Museum and the American Women’s History Museum, passing over Arts and Industries. The new buildings would have required congressional approval, since the proposed sites are owned by the National Park Service. The Republican-dominated Congress is generally supportive of President Donald Trump, who has, in his second term, issued numerous searing critiques of the Smithsonian, including in a 20...
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Aisle be Back: Ellis Park

By Kevin McCarthy  If you’re not used to crawling out of bed at 3am, I’ve got a deal for you. Get up at 4am, and watch the Ellis Park first test excitement from around the 50 minutes mark. Of course that’s a crazy idea. Springbok tests have to be consumed in darkness, with a gnawing...
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Fakes Proliferate as South Asian Art Market Booms, Dealers Warn

South Asian modern art is having a very good run. Auction sales topped $100 million last year, records have tumbled, and Christie’s and Sotheby’s have both made a show of the category in London this summer.  There is, however, a problem with all that new money: forgeries. Dealers and specialists say forgeries are proliferating as prices for artists including S.H. Raza, M.F. Husain and Sadequain have climbed, according to the  Financial Times . Dadiba Pundole, whose Mumbai gallery represented several leading Indian modernists during their lifetimes, estimates that as many as one in 10 modern artworks sold privately in India could be fake. “There have always been some fakes, but in the last 15 years values have gone up, so there’s been a spurt,” Pundole told the FT. “It’s become a real menace.”  Charles Moore, of London’s Grosvenor Gallery, said he is offered a likely fake by private sellers “every couple of weeks.” Once, the obviou...
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New York Museums Reportedly Get a Pass on Fines Resulting From Fire Code Violations

Some of New York’s most prominent cultural institutions reportedly are getting off the hook on paying fines for fire code violations. Gothamist reports that the city is not collecting fines from institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Museum of the City of New York. A reporter reviewed dozens of summonses the Fire Department (FDNY) issued to these museums between 2023 and 2025, the vast majority of which are for fire alarms sounding in the absence of any emergency.  These museums operate on city-owned property and receive capital investments from the city. The FDNY issues the violations not to the individual museums, but rather to the Department of Cultural Affairs (DLCA). “When the city fines one of its own agencies, it generally doesn’t collect—because that would be the same as the city paying money to itself,” writes Gothamist , based on an explanation by a spokesperson with the Office of Ad...
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Sam V | 2026 Pacific Music Awards

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Tagata Pasifika | Television Series Sam V performs at the 2026 Pacific Music Awards.
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Anna Weyant Captures Marc Jacobs in Painting on Cover of ‘Vanity Fair’

Star artist Anna Weyant has painted designer Marc Jacobs for the cover of Vanity Fair ‘s 2026 Style issue. The magazine’s cover story , “Marc Jacobs Cannot Tell a Lie,” delves into Jacobs’ four decades in fashion and the sale of his namesake, $850 million label, Marc Jacobs International. In Weyant’s up-close portrait, Jacobs faces the viewer, meeting their gaze, with stone-faced composure against a dark background. Were it not for the artist’s characteristic Dutch Old Master painterly style, and subtle hints at an underlying flamboyance through details like Jacobs’ fashion accessories (teal flower earrings, the ruffled collar of a Chanel tweed top, salon hair clips), the artwork’s framing and composition would recall the sobering directness of a photo ID, as if to say, ‘this is me, take me as I am.’ That is also a running theme within the article. “All I’ve ever been is a fashion victim … I don’t think of that as a bad thing,” Jacobs tel...
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