Art & Licensing News

Few exhibitions at the Architecture Biennale go as far as the Cruising Pavilion, a scrappy show devoted to the culture of casual sex. […]

Deborah Cullen, of the Wallach Gallery at Columbia University, will lead the Bronx Museum following the death of Holly Block last fall. […]

Beyond the Battery and the Great White Way lies Broadway’s less-traveled northern stretch. A walking tour and photo essay reveal its many treasures. […]

The curator of the Whitney’s coming Andy Warhol retrospective offers details of the exhibition — more intimate than usual — for the first time. […]

Eight artists found new ways to see after learning they had macular degeneration. “Nothing to lose is a kind of new freedom,” says one of them. […]

Mark Seliger works in the same West Village building where he lives. The photography of others keeps him company. […]

The Art Newspaper looks at the thriving popularity of the work of Kerry James Marshall, after a record-breaking auction price drove new interest in his work, and a rampant demand for pieces, including those about to go on view at a show at David Zwirner’s London location. “We might not even keep a waiting list for the […]

Theaster Gates made a statement on supporting young artists in remarks last night at a party in Basel, asking collectors to support young artists making and selling their work. “You guys, I know that I’m the byproduct of people saying yes when they didn’t know me, saying yes at my potential and the possibility of the thing,” […]

A piece in Art Newspaper this week asks if arts awards really carry many of the benefits for winners that they claim, looking at a range of examples including a recent protest by a group of artists nominated for Germany’s Berlin Nationalgalerie Prize. “There is an unspoken assumption that the participants are likely to be remunerated by […]

Agnes Denes gets a profile in the New York Times this week, as she gets a critical re-evaluation with a solo show at The Shed. “I’m bursting with ideas because the time is short,” she says. “Creativity and innovation is the answer in a troubled world to swing the pendulum. Be creative. Never stop. Creativity is […]

Pablo Picasso, Buste de femme de profil (Femme écrivant) (1932), via Sotheby’s With the bustling week of sales and exhibitions in Basel now capped, the final major auctions of the spring are set to take place in London, as two weeks of auctions will look to test the waters of a market seemingly on the rebound after a strong […]

The licensing business doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Any experienced executive will acknowledge that there are a host of macro business, social, political and other forces that are shaping today’s licensing landscape and, perhaps more importantly, will mold the future of the business.  While it’s ... […]

Egmont has said that the issue of the 3,000 tonnes of plastic waste generated through toy giveaways via kids’ magazine every year is “top of its agenda.” The response has come to increasing pressure from groups such as Authors4Oceans who has cited magazine’s plastic toy giveaway initiatives as a ... […]

The International Olympic Committee has made its first steps towards a long-term licensing programme in a new deal with Lacoste. Together, the pair will launch the first exclusive Olympic Heritage lifestyle apparel collection, developed by Lacoste and in line with the IOC global licensing strategy. ... […]

Video game and children’s content specialist, Level 5 Abby has debuted its new animated football series, Inazuma Eleven Ares across a number of key markets. With football fever currently spanning the globe amid the first week of the FIFA World Cup 2018, the new series launched on Canal J in France ... […]