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London-based art fair operator Frieze has announced the launch of Frieze Abu Dhabi, staged through a partnership with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, which organizes Abu Dhabi Art, the region’s best-known homegrown art fair. www.artforum.com/news/frieze-...

Frieze to Inaugurate Abu Dhabi Fair in 2026

Art fair operator Frieze on October 10 announced the launch of Frieze Abu Dhabi, in partnership with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi.

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“Jacobs reduces cinema to its essential ingredients, creating ‘film-performances’ that are at once seductive and radically disorienting,” wrote Kristin M. Jones in a 1997 issue of Artforum. www.artforum.com/events/ken-j...

Ken Jacobs reduces cinema to its essential ingredients, creating "film-performances" that are at once seductive and radically disorienting. A veteran Modernist who studied painting with Hans Hofmann b...

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Filmmaker Ken Jacobs, a towering figure in the world of experimental cinema, died of kidney failure on October 5 in New York. He was ninety-two. www.artforum.com/news/ken-jac...

Ken Jacobs (1933–2025)

Filmmaker Ken Jacobs, a towering figure in the world of experimental cinema, died of kidney failure on October 5 in New York. He was ninety-two.

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Artist and filmmaker Garrett Bradley, interdisciplinary artist Gala Porras-Kim, multidisciplinary artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen, and basket artist Jeremy Frey have been named among the 2025 class of MacArthur Fellows. www.artforum.com/news/four-ar...

Four Artists Win 2025 MacArthur Fellowships

Artists Garrett Bradley, Gala Porras-Kim, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, and Jeremy Frey have been named as among the 2025 class of MacArthur Fellows.

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Artnews has announced the nominees of its second annual Artnews Awards. Winners will be announced and lauded on November 11 at an event to take place in New York. www.artforum.com/news/artnews...

Artnews Reveals Nominees for 2025 Artnews Awards

Artnews has announced the nominees of its second annual Artnews Awards—established last year to honor “excellence in achievements at US arts institutions."

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The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, closed its doors to the public on October 5, six days after the federal government ceased operations following the failure of Republicans and Democrats to agree on a spending bill. www.artforum.com/news/nationa...

National Gallery of Art Closes amid Government Shutdown

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, closed its doors to the public on October 5, six days after the federal government ceased operations.

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In an interview with Artforum earlier this year, Ng offered insight into how she approaches her work. “Live and let curate,” she said. “For me, curating is simply taking care of art in the fullest sense, including connecting people with its stories.” www.artforum.com/columns/aime...

Aimee Ng, curator at the Frick Collection, answers questions about her career, her curatorial approach, and her inspirations and influences.

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The Frick Collection in New York has announced Aimee Ng as its next chief curator, effective this November. Ng, who is currently the museum’s John Updike Curator, has been a member of its curatorial department since 2015. www.artforum.com/news/aimee-n...

Aimee Ng Named Chief Curator of the Frick Collection

The Frick Collection in New York has announced Aimee Ng as its next chief curator, effective this November.

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“My practice aims to build solidarity with viewers,” Cohen explains. “‘anyyywayyy whatever’ embeds points of access within the piece for audiences who may not have a background in the art world but who—I hope—might see themselves in it.” www.artforum.com/columns/barn...

In anyyywayyy whatever at New York's Amant, performers speak Cohen's words and execute graceful movements under lighting inspired by queer nightlife.

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In a new interview for Artforum, Shuli Branson speaks with performance artist and political activist Barnett Cohen about their latest work, “anyyywayyy whatever,” and the politics of opacity. www.artforum.com/columns/barn...

In anyyywayyy whatever at New York's Amant, performers speak Cohen's words and execute graceful movements under lighting inspired by queer nightlife.

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Kosovar artist Petrit Halilaj has won the 2027 iteration of the Nasher Prize, considered to be the world’s most prestigious sculpture honor. www.artforum.com/news/petrit-...

Petrit Halilaj Wins $100,000 Nasher Prize for Sculpture

Kosovar artist Petrit Halilaj has won the 2027 Nasher Prize. The award is considered to be the world’s most prestigious sculpture honor.

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The University of California, Irvine, has acquired the Orange County Museum of Art and merged it with the UC Irvine Langson Institute and Museum of California Art to form the UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art. www.artforum.com/news/uc-irvi...

UC Irvine Acquires Orange County Museum of Art

The University of California, Irvine, has acquired the Orange County Museum of Art, which it will merge with its Langson Institute and Museum of California Art

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The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts has named multidisciplinary artist Nilbar Güreş, known for her humorous, poetic, yet critical works commenting on social topics, as Turkey’s representative to the Sixty-First Venice Biennale. www.artforum.com/news/turkey-...

Turkey Announces Artist, Curator for 2026 Venice Biennale

The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts has named multidisciplinary artist Nilbar Güreş as Turkey’s representative to the Sixty-First Venice Biennale.

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On Artforum’s October 2025 cover: Ibrahim Mahama, Beasts of no nation (detail), 2013–22, wood panel wrapped in wax-print cloth and jute thread, 74 × 48".

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Plus: Joanna Warsza on the art of the Ukrainian collective Open Group, Harmon Siegel defines a new artistic mode he calls “ecoformalism,” Anne Reeve provides a close reading of Lucy Raven’s 2025 video “Murderer’s Bar,” and Meredith Monk shares her Top Ten.

The October 2025 issue of Artforum, featuring Ibrahim Mahama, Okwui Enwezor, Ecoformalism, and Culture Wars

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In Artforum’s October 2025 issue: Edna Bonhomme on the art of Ibrahim Mahama; Ron Athey, Karen Finley, Andres Serrano, and Helen Molesworth on the culture wars of the late 1980s and ’90s; Simon Njami on “Okwui Enwezor: Selected Writings”; and more.

The October 2025 issue of Artforum, featuring Ibrahim Mahama, Okwui Enwezor, Ecoformalism, and Culture Wars

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The Musée National Picasso-Paris has unveiled plans for a €50 million renovation that will see it merge its own interior garden with the nearby Square Léonor-Fini to create a 25,000-foot open-air sculpture garden that will be free to the public. www.artforum.com/news/musee-n...

Musée National Picasso-Paris Announces Major Expansion Including Free Sculpture Park

The Musée National Picasso-Paris has announced a $59 million renovation and 25,000-foot sculpture garden that will be free to the public.

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Canadian sculptor Brian Jungen, known for transforming contemporary mass-produced objects into traditional artifacts, has been named the winner of this year’s C$100,000 ($71,700) Audain Prize for the Visual Arts. www.artforum.com/news/brian-j...

Brian Jungen Wins 2025 Audain Prize

Canadian sculptor Brian Jungen, known for transforming mass-produced objects into traditional artifacts, has won this year’s Audain Prize for the Visual Arts.

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Lisa Phillips, who has served as director of New York’s New Museum since 1999, is retiring after twenty-six years in the role. www.artforum.com/news/longtim...

Longtime New Museum Director Lisa Phillips to Depart

Lisa Phillips, who has served as director of New York’s New Museum since 1999, is retiring after twenty-six years in the role.

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In the September episode of Under the Influence, Catherine Opie reflects on pivotal moments in her career, from discovering photography via a social studies book in elementary school to having her works on display at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo.

In this episode of Artforum’s Under the Influence video series, the artist shares pivotal moments in her career.

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“‘Where does reality stop . . . and the game begin?’ goes the tagline for David Cronenberg’s ExistenZ (1999). I think of this film on Friday, after a blur of fairs and openings,” writes Lola Kramer, reporting on the start of the fall exhibition season in New York.

Virtual Dementia Tours

Lola Kramer on the first round of fall openings in New York

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A cadre of participants have withdrawn from the Sixth Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) citing a sponsor’s connection to a munitions maker whose weapons have been used in Israel’s occupation of Gaza. www.artforum.com/news/chicago...

Chicago Architecture Biennial Loses Participants Over Sponsor’s Ties

Nine participants have withdrawn from the Chicago Architecture Biennial citing its connections to a munitions maker whose weapons are used in Israel’s occupation of Gaza.

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The Tilton Gallery, a New York art world fixture since 1983, is set to close on November 15. Its last exhibition will be a show of work by German-born conceptual artist Ruth Vollmer (1903–1982), which opens September 30. www.artforum.com/news/new-yor...

New York’s Tilton Gallery Closes After More Than Four Decades

The Tilton Gallery, a New York art world fixture since 1983, is set to close on November 15. Its last exhibition will be a Ruth Vollmer show, which opens September 30.

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US Park Police early this morning assisted the National Park Service in removing a sculpture depicting President Donald Trump cavorting hand-in-hand with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein from the National Mall in Washington, DC. www.artforum.com/news/statue-...

Statue of Trump and Epstein Holding Hands Removed from DC’s National Mall

US Park Police and the National Park Service this morning removed a sculpture depicting President Donald Trump cavorting hand-in-hand with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein from the National Mall in...

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The exhibition, which closes September 28, “provides another opportunity to consider the artist’s foundational contributions to contemporary art and aesthetic discourse.”

Art historian Elizabeth Mangini examines the symbolism in the paintings of Carol Rama.

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