In the spring, in response to pandemic-related restrictions and closures of public spaces, a group of Los Angeles galleries banded together to form Gallery Platform L.A., an online home for virtual viewing rooms and curated projects presented by local art enterprises on a weekly basis. Now, a set of Bay Area galleries is joining forces …
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commerce Department said Friday it will ban Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat from U.S. app stores on Sunday and will bar the apps from accessing essential internet services in the U.S. — a move that could effectively wreck the operation of both Chinese services for U.S. users.TikTok won’t face the most drastic …
The Trump administration is claiming “resounding vindication” from an independent commission’s report on the coronavirus crisis in nursing homesBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated PressSeptember 18, 2020, 12:26 AM• 5 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleWASHINGTON — The Trump administration is claiming “resounding vindication” from an independent commission’s report on the coronavirus crisis in nursing …
The art market is one of the attention-getting elements of the art world, but a new book focuses on a part of the market that is often invisible. Latinx Art: Artists/Markets/Politics by Arlene Dávila—an anthropology professor at New York University and the founder of the school’s Latinx Project—considers why Latinx art continues to be undervalued …
Japan’s trade surplus widened in August as the pandemic pummeled a wide array of industries and sapped consumer demandBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business WriterSeptember 16, 2020, 4:35 AM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleMITO, Japan — Japan’s trade surplus widened in August as the pandemic pummeled a wide array of industries and …
Global stock markets are mostly up on improved economic data from China and GermanyBy JOE McDONALD AP Business WriterSeptember 15, 2020, 11:51 AM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleBEIJING — Global stock markets mostly rose on Tuesday as economic data in China and Germany improved and investors looked ahead to a policy …
One of the last remaining major art fairs still on the 2020 calendar has officially been canceled as its host country sees a rise in coronavirus cases. The organizers of the Foire internationale d’art contemporain, more commonly known by its acronym FIAC, said today that they would call off the art event, which was scheduled …
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jeff Lello has never been rich, but the 42-year-old could pocket $100 cash most weekend nights at the steakhouse chain where he waited tables. He always had enough money for groceries, his car and the modest Orlando apartment he rented with roommates.But when he reported for work on a Friday night …
Peeps holiday treats are going on hiatus — another consequence of the coronavirusSeptember 12, 2020, 8:16 PM• 1 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleBETHLEHEM, Pa. — Peeps treats are going on hiatus for several months — another consequence of the coronavirus pandemic.Just Born Quality Confections said it won’t be producing the popular marshmallow …
Erich Marx, a well-known art collector and patron whose decision in the 1990s to donate the bulk of his esteemed collection of contemporary art to the German state transformed the public display of contemporary art in the country, died on Wednesday, September 9, at age 99. The news was announced by the Prussian Cultural Heritage …