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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Frida_-The-Making-of-an-Icon-mural.-Thames-Path-Blackfriars-Station-SE1-8NJ-15-June 2026-–-2028.-Made-possible-by-Better-Bankside-and-Network-Rail-produced-by-JACK-ARTS-part-of-BUILDHOLLYWOOD.-2.jpg?w=1024″] Madonna collects her. Her work sets auction records for women artists. Netflix is developing a series about her. She’s the subject of an opera. Now, Mexican painter Frida Kahlo has another claim to fame. “Frida: The Making of an Icon,” opening this month at London’s Tate Modern, has pre-sold 41,000 tickets, a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2282237275-e1782141132857.jpg?w=1024″] Good Morning! Multi-hyphenate artist Daniel “Danny” Simmons has died at age 72.  Only two people attended David Hockney’s funeral last week, per his last wishes. At the Obama Presidential Center opening on June 19, the former president warned against those who “see government as nothing more than a way to divvy up…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/danny-simmons.jpg?w=1024″] Artist, activist, philanthropist and community leader Daniel “Danny” Simmons has died at 72. His family recently announced his death but did not indicate a location, date or cause, reports the New York Times. Born in Hollis, Queens in 1953, Simmons was older brother to hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons and rapper Joseph Simmons,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_0352_213da7.jpeg?w=1024″] Henry, artist Nancy Shaver’s collectibles store in Hudson, New York, is closing after 30 years. Its demise marks the end not only of a beloved retail enterprise, but of a singular, long-running art project. As a shop, Henry is an ever-changing compendium of objects, generally showing the effects of time and use,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/yoon.jpg?w=960″] The Whitney Museum in New York has named Soyoung Yoon as the next director of its Independent Study Program (ISP). She will start in her role on June 16. Yoon will be only the third director in ISP’s history and the first women and person of color to lead the program. Her…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260315MT_Ausstellung_AngelicaMesiti_Reverb_Presseaufnahmen_PatiGrabowicz-3.jpg?w=1024″] One winter night a few years ago, I joined a motley group of about 35 people gathered in the walled courtyard of a former cosmetics factory in Aubervilliers, a commune just north of Paris. The derelict space had been taken over by artists, and low-income housing projects lit the skyline. The Sydney-born,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Print_approx_21_x_14_cm_ABB26__Unlimited__Public_Interactions__Ya_HiRes.jpg?w=1024″] This year’s edition of Art Basel in Basel, Switzerland, marks a new chapter for Unlimited, the fair’s signature platform for large-scale artistic projects that transcend the traditional booth format. Taking over the vast halls of Messe Basel, the sector is organized this year by Ruba Katrib, chief curator and director of curatorial…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/phillips-new-york-watch-auction-xiv.webp?w=1000″] Phillips has done it again. The auction house shattered another record over the weekend, holding the highest-grossing watch auction in U.S. history. The two-day New York Watch Auction: XIV, held in association with Bacs & Russo, achieved a total of $75.8 million, shattering a record Phillips itself set only last December with a $43.5 million sale.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Philippe-Stern-Patek.webp?w=1000″] The man who gave us the Nautilus has died. Philippe Stern, president of the Swiss watchmaker from 1993 to 2009 and father to current Patek president Thierry Stern, passed away on June 14 at age 88. He is considered one of the most influential figures in watchmaking, shining a light on haute horologie…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2252763808.jpg?w=1024″] The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., has voted to establish a new endowment in President Donald Trump’s name, apparently creating an additional source of private funding to complement its existing endowments and the approximately $257 million in federal funding appropriated for its building renovations.  The Center’s board of trustees, which is chaired…