Art World Wet Paint: Artists Say Team Gallery’s Owner Stiffed Them, Kendall Jenner Goes Shopping at Art Basel, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip Which mega-artist is defecting to Hauser & Wirth? Who was supposed to show with Inigo Philbrick before the art-market grifter disappeared? By Nate Freeman, 11 hours ago
Art World Facing Pushback From the Left and Right, the Baltimore Museum’s Director Defends His Decision to Buy Only Women’s Art in 2020 Christopher Bedford says that the museum’s commitment to women draws on a long history of the institution’s female leadership. By Brian Boucher, 1 day ago
Art and Law Art Dealer Yves Bouvier Has Won a Partial Legal Battle in His Longstanding Dispute With Russian Oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev Rybolovlev is still pursuing legal action against Bouvier in several other jurisdictions. By Eileen Kinsella, 11 hours ago
On View ‘I Felt This Is the Essence of Life’: Watch Wolfgang Laib Explain How He Makes His Meticulous Art Out of Pollen and Beeswax As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, 14 hours ago
Art World ‘A Banana Is Worth More Than Us’: Maurizio Cattelan’s $120k Fruit Art Has Sparked an Uprising Among Miami’s Underpaid Janitors The “platanito protest” saw unionized janitorial workers marching with the fruit taped to their shirts. By Caroline Elbaor, 15 hours ago
On View An Intimate Show of Raphael’s Madonnas in Berlin Kicks Off a Year of Blockbusters Commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Artist’s Death Raphael's quincentenary comes just a year after Leonardo's. By Kate Brown, 15 hours ago
Art and Law This Artist Is Trolling Copyright-Infringing Bots in the Most Delightfully Devious Way In order to bust T-shirt makers that copy artists’ designs, one artist baited them into deep legal waters. By Brian Boucher, 16 hours ago
Exhibitions A New Exhibition Brings Together Family Photos Taken at Stonehenge Throughout History—See Them Here See visitors to the prehistoric site in 1875, the oldest known snapshot taken there. By Sarah Cascone, 17 hours ago
Auctions As Shakeups Continue at Sotheby’s, Auction Veteran Amy Cappellazzo Has Been Named Head of an Expanded Global Fine Arts Division The move comes as Sotheby's new CEO Charles Stewart reorganizes the company. By Eileen Kinsella, 17 hours ago
Art World Boris Johnson Goes Back on His Word to Fund a Memorial to the Victims of Britain's Shameful Past The prime minister had formerly applauded the project back in 2008, when he was the mayor of London. By Caroline Elbaor, 18 hours ago
Art World Those Puzzling, Cone-Shaped Caps Depicted Atop the Heads of Ancient Egyptians in Art Were Real Hats, Researchers Find Still, Egyptologists basically have no clue what the actual purpose of this enigmatic headgear was. By Karen Chernick, 19 hours ago
Politics See the Creative Ways Artists Are Urging Britons to Vote Against Boris Johnson in the UK’s General Election There's dark humor, heartfelt pleas, and hilarity in how artists are urging people to vote in the UK's Brexit election. By Javier Pes, 19 hours ago
Art World Archaeologists Have Discovered the Oldest Figurative Cave Painting in the World—by Far—in a Totally Unexpected Place The imagery shifts our understanding of when and where humans started depicting imaginary figures. By Karen Chernick, 20 hours ago
Art World Art Industry News: Leonardo DiCaprio Sold Off His Warhol Drawing of a Cat for $140,000 to Aid the Bahamas + Other Stories Plus, police release a photo of the getaway car from the Dresden jewel heist and the art forgery industry is on the rise. By Artnet News, 20 hours ago
Art Fairs One Year After an Eleventh-Hour Relocation, the Armory Show Is Reshuffling—on Purpose—for 2020 The fair welcomes 30 new exhibitors after a number of high-profile departures. By Eileen Kinsella, 22 hours ago
Galleries Painter Avery Singer, the 32-Year-Old Sought-After Phenom, Is Now the Youngest Artist Represented by Hauser & Wirth One of the hottest young art stars joins the blue-chip gallery. By Eileen Kinsella, 1 day ago
Art World It’s Not All in Your Head—the Art World Really Is Unfair. Here Are 9 Reasons Why The wealthy and powerful run the show. Colonialism casts a long shadow. The art market is supremely opaque. Shall we go on? By Brian Boucher, 1 day ago
