The organization that represents major Hollywood studios issued its first detailed response on Thursday to a series of issues raised by the Writers Guild of America in its three-day-old strike. In a four-page document, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers pushed back on the guild’s claim that the studios are seeking to force…
The title of this new documentary about the artist David Hammons is a mouthful: “The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons.” It’s playing at Film Forum, and I don’t envy whoever has to make it fit the marquee. But they should figure that out because the title feels crucial to…
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. In the upcoming New York sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips later this month, one of the priciest artworks won’t be on the walls, or even in New York. Rather, it will be sitting between…
Since 1874, the American Museum of Natural History has been slowly growing its footprint in Theodore Roosevelt Park on New York’s Upper West Side. This week, the beloved institution opens its latest expansion, the $465 million Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation, which is designed to serve as a unifying force for a…
One thing about La La Anthony? She keeps a job! The actor and TV personality has appeared on several TV shows in the last few years including “Power,” “The Chi” and “Wu-Tang: A Family Saga.” But now she’s back to her hosting roots, and she will be hosting Vogue’s livestream of the Met Gala’s red…