Art World Sandro Botticelli’s ‘Primavera’ Is a Mysterious Celebration of Spring. Here Are 4 Things You May Not Know About This Enigmatic Marvel For starters, the famed art historian Giorgio Vasari gave the painting its name. By Katie White, 1 day ago
Art World Wet Paint: Colby Mugrabi Turns on the President, Beastie Boy Mom Sells $150 Geodes at Sotheby's, & More Art-World Gossip What big American art fair is getting pushed from April to September? What shuttered art boîte is about to reopen? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, 2 days ago
Politics New York Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang Has a Plan to Boost the City’s Art Community: Subsidize TikTok Hype Houses He also promises an aggressive plan to put light shows on monuments. By Taylor Dafoe, 1 day ago
Art World From Rihanna’s Photo Shoot With Lorna Simpson to Futura’s Lawsuit Against the North Face: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news, fast. By Artnet News, 1 day ago
Art World Hank Willis Thomas’s Poignant Memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Will Be Unveiled in Boston Next Fall The 22-foot-tall bronze monument depicts the couple mid-embrace. By Taylor Dafoe, 2 days ago
Art and Law Artist Nick Cave’s Controversial Upstate New York Artwork Has Found a New Home at the Brooklyn Museum The public artwork has been attacked by the mayor of a small town where it was installed. By Taylor Dafoe, 2 days ago
Art World Art Industry News: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Offers Aid to Capitol Curators + Other Stories Plus, the Dallas Art Fair moves from April to September and Howardena Pindell looks back at her influential report on museum representation. By Artnet News, 2 days ago
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: 8 Predictions on How the Art World Will Shift in 2021 Only time, and maybe Tim, will tell what the future holds. By Artnet News, 2 days ago
Auctions This Rare Color Tintin Drawing Just Sold for €3.2 Million, Setting a New World Record for an Original Comic Strip The artwork was originally supposed to serve as the cover for the Tintin comic "The Blue Lotus." By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago
People The Guggenheim Taps Museum Veteran Naomi Beckwith as Its First Black Chief Curator Beckwith will replace Nancy Spector, who left the museum last year. By Artnet News, 2 days ago
Art World Archaeologists Have Discovered a Pristine 45,000-Year-Old Cave Painting of a Pig That May Be the Oldest Artwork in the World “I was struck dumb,” one archaeologist said of the find. By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago
On View ‘When My Mom Understands, I Am Happy’: Watch How Iraqi Artist Hiwa K. Makes Art That’s Accessible to All As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, 2 days ago
Art World Artist Lorna Simpson Photographed Rihanna for the Ravishing New Cover of ‘Essence’ Magazine—See Images From the Shoot Here Simpson photographed Rihanna for the cover shot and a 12-page portfolio inside the January/February issue. By Caroline Goldstein, 3 days ago
Art World What's the Best Way to Reopen an Art Museum After Lockdown? A Guide From the National Endowment for the Arts Offers 6 Practical Tips Consult with health professionals, embrace transparency, and document the whole process, the NEA advises. By Artnet News, 3 days ago
Art and Law French Artist Claude Lévêque’s Work Has Been Pulled From a Museum Amid an Ongoing Police Investigation Lévêque denies the allegations. By Naomi Rea, 3 days ago
Art World The First Blue Pigment Discovered in 200 Years Is Finally Commercially Available. Here’s Why It Already Has a Loyal Following Made from rare earth elements, YInMn Blue is shockingly expensive. But that's not stopping everyone. By Sarah Cascone, 3 days ago
Art World Art Industry News: Trump Was Busy Giving Out Two National Medals of the Arts Amid His Historic Second Impeachment + Other Stories Plus, the Orange County Museum of Art names a new director and an art collector is quickly becoming a frontrunner in New York's mayoral race. By Artnet News, 3 days ago
