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Along with a label homecoming for legendary drummer-composer Joe Chambers.

Salman Toor, a Painter at Home in Two Worlds A brilliant debut at the Whitney Museum by the artist — born in Pakistan and based in New York — refreshes figurative painting by using it as a means to explore identity. Salman Toor’s “Bar Boy” (2019) is one of three mostly green paintings in the artist’s Whitney Museum debut.Credit...Salman Toor and Luhring Augustine, via Whitney Museum of American Art Dec. 23, 2020 Salman Toor’s evocative, tenderly executed paintings begin to pluck a...

The Breakout Stars of 2020 Here are the 12 stars and trends that managed to thrive and shine in an impossible year. Clockwise from bottom left: Sarah Cooper, Maria Bakalova, the hand of the artist Salman Toor, Jonathan Majors and Radha Blank.Credit...Clockwise from bottom left: Lacey Terrell/Netflix; Elizabeth Weinberg for The New York Times; Peter Fisher for The New York Times; Adria Malcolm for The New York Times; Douglas Segars for The New York Times Published Dec. 23, 2020Updated Dec. 24, ...

Auction: Christie’s New York, December 3 Estimate: $100,000 to $150,000 Sold For: $822,000 Salman Toor had a better 2020 than most of us. After a few-month delay, his first-ever museum show opened at the Whitney last month (on view through April). In June, it was announced that the 30-something artist, who was born in Pakistan and lives in New York, would join the roster of Luhring Augustine, the star-making gallery that this year celebrated its 35th anniversary. The year ended on a high note...

The Top Ten Shows in the US of 2020 From a survey of Zarina’s five-decade career to Ficre Ghebreyesus’s display of ethereal paintings, these are the best exhibitions of the year Like many of us, I’d prefer to forget 2020. It’s been an extremely difficult year, to say the least. Yet, folks persevered, and things got done. Despite the COVID-19 health crisis, Black Lives Matter protests ensued globally, monuments fell and the art world was forced to reckon with the syste...

Wet Paint: Vito Schnabel Nabs Chelsea Space, Jared and Ivanka Are Moving to Miami’s Art-Collector Island, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip What art festival became a superspreader event? Who gave Dimes Square a shout out on Seth Meyers? Read on for answers. December 11, 2020 Vito Schnabel attends the Valentino Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2020 show in Paris, France. (Photo by Jacopo Raule/GC Images) Every week, Artnet News brings you Wet Paint, a gossip column of original scoops reported and writ...