The Best and the Absolute Worst of the TIME 100 List
Amy Sherald shines on the magazine’s uneven list, Artadia names a new director, Johnny Depp's awfulness, and more in Art Movements.
The TIME 100 list of influential people in the arts includes Amy Sherald, who canceled her Smithsonian show due to concerns over censorship, and artists Dayanita Singh and Tuan Andrew Nguyen. The list also features some questionable individuals, such as Christian speed painter Vanessa Horabuena and hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, who criticized Palestine protests.
Bhutanese artist Pem Lham won the 2026 Rubin Museum Himalayan Art Prize, a $30,000 award. She expressed gratitude for the recognition, noting that it reaffirms the importance of their voices in the art world.
Painter Marina Adams has joined the Peter Blum Gallery, and Allison Derusha became the executive director of Artadia, an organization supporting contemporary artists in the US. The Rubin Museum celebrated the acquisition of Hendrick Avercamp's "Colf Players on the Ice" from a private collection, marking its return to the Netherlands.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art added 38 works by Chinese ink painter Chang Dai-chien (Zhang Daqian) to its collection, a significant acquisition following their recent loan to the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Additionally, Johnny Depp's first sculpture, "The Bunnyman," will be featured at Contemporary Istanbul.
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