Katherine Keener

Katherine Keener is an art historian and art writer. Currently based in London by way of the USA, she finds inspiration in the ever-changing landscape of the art world.

‘Vessel’ and Snark Park kick off at Hudson Yards

New York’s shiny new Hudson Yards kicked off over the weekend welcoming New Yorkers to experience the six skyscrapers, seven-story mall, and arts centre. Six years in the making, the […]

Sotheby’s will offer two Rothkos in May sale

Sotheby’s recently announced that they will be selling a set of paintings by Mark Rothko from the collection of Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg in May. The set of Rothkos […]

Changing the narrative: Mikael Owunna’s ‘Infinite Essence’

‘If the majority of images that you see of yourself are negative,’ artist Mikael Owunna tells NPR, ‘if people who look like you are dead or dying or captured in […]

Researchers may have determined that the Monna Vanna was drawn by Leonardo da Vinci

In 2017, the Condé Museum, just north of Paris in the palace of Chantilly, sent the Monna Vanna to the Louvre to begin testing. Their hopes were to discover if […]

Artwork by Eric N. Mack has disappeared from Desert X and no one really knows where it went

Desert X this year hasn’t gone off without a hitch, but it is a biennale featuring artworks mostly outside in a desert. There is plenty of potential for issues at […]

A statue once housed in a mouldy box now believed to have been made by Michelangelo

Two decades after a small sculpture of the Virgin cradling Christ after his crucifixion was bought for next to nothing by a collector and now, it is believed the statuette […]

Deconstructed devices become art through the lens of one man’s camera

There’s a perverse pleasure that comes from taking something apart or seeing exactly how things tick. However, most people are brave enough to disassemble their favourite devices or day-to-day items […]