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WEEK IN REVIEW: From Gioni to Kitaj, Our Top Visual Arts Stories, March 16-22

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WEEK IN REVIEW: From Gioni to Kitaj, Our Top Visual Arts Stories, March 16-22

Sara Roffino spoke to curators, critics, and the artist Charles Krafft about the ways in which the recent revelation that he is a White Nationalist and Holocaust skeptic will impact the reception and interpretation of his work.

— Curator Massimiliano Gioni discussed “The Encyclopaedic Palace,” his ambitious, 154-artist exhibition at this year's Venice Biennale.

— Kristen Boatright toured the European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) at a breakneck pace, zooming in on 60 artworks in this 60-second video.

— Shane Ferro analyzed art economist Clare McAndrew's annual report on the art world's financial health, which was released at TEFAF.

— Artist Aida Ruilova discussed her appropriation of vintage posters for pornographic films in her solo show opening this week at Kayne Griffin Corcoran in Los Angeles.

— Marco Livingstone surveyed the Jewish Museum Berlin's new retrospective devoted to R.B. Kitaj, which aims to canonize the late painter.

— Eric Bryant visited the sophomore outing of Design Days Dubai, noting a pervasive mood of optimism at the self-described largest contemporary design fair in the world.

Jonathon Keats's new book “Forged: Why Fakes Are the Great Art of Our Day” made the case that forgers are this era's greatest artists.

Geoffrey Marsh, who co-curated the Victoria & Albert Museum's new David Bowie exhibition, discussed raiding the aesthetically unpredictable performer's archives.

 


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