Art World A Cherished Diego Rivera Mural Is One Step Closer to Landmark Status, Roadblocking the San Francisco Art Institute’s Option to Sell It Artist Catherine Opie, an alum, is among those fighting the sale, which the beleaguered school's administrators say is an essential option. By Taylor Dafoe & Brian Boucher, Jan 13, 2021
Art World The Cash-Strapped San Francisco Art Institute May Sell a Beloved Diego Rivera Mural to George Lucas to Shore Up Its Finances The possible sale of the work, which was done in 1931, is getting public blowback. By Brian Boucher, Jan 5, 2021
Art World Freed From the Shackles of Copyright, These Dazzling Artworks From 1925 Are Finally in the Public Domain See a selection of images that now belong, in effect, to everyone. By Brian Boucher, Jan 4, 2021
Art World Rome’s Colosseum Is Getting a Retractable Floor to Host Performances, Just Like in Ancient Times (Without the Gladiators) Italian authorities have issued a bid for proposals to build a new version of the retractable floor in place 1,000 years ago. By Brian Boucher, Dec 23, 2020
Art World The Mystery Man Behind the Internet-Famous Cookie Monster Mural Says He Will Auction the Original Drawing for Charity Will Fake Nate become the Midwest Banksy? Has he already? By Brian Boucher, Dec 23, 2020
Art World Even the Pope Seems Iffy on the Vatican’s Astronaut-Themed Nativity. Here’s How the Artwork Became a Lighting Rod The ceramic crèche was made by art students and teachers in the city of Castelli in 1965, but it’s too avant-garde for some. By Brian Boucher, Dec 22, 2020
Art World Archaeologists Have Uncovered an Ancient Church Built on the Site Believed to Have Hosted the Last Supper Nearby, workers also came upon the remains of an ancient Jewish ritual bathhouse. By Brian Boucher, Dec 22, 2020
Art World Decrying the ‘Architectural Elite,’ Trump Signs an Executive Order Declaring That All Federal Buildings Should Be ‘Beautiful’ and ‘Classical’ The order singles out Thom Mayne of Morphosis architects, among others, for crimes against architecture. By Brian Boucher, Dec 21, 2020
Art World Seth Rogen Has a Serious Pot Habit—But Is His Pottery Actually Any Good? We Asked Ceramics Experts to Review It Instructors from two storied New York studios rated the actor-director-potter’s creations. By Brian Boucher, Dec 18, 2020
Art World An Artist Pretended to Be a Billionaire to Infiltrate New York’s Most Elite Apartments and Take ‘Ugly Pictures of Very Fancy Buildings’ Andi Schmied convinced real estate brokers with nothing more than a fake identity and a makeover. By Brian Boucher, Dec 18, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Is Selling Off the Collection of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Including Cookie Jars Once Owned by Andy Warhol The cookie jars used to sit on Christo and Jeanne-Claude's refrigerator. By Brian Boucher, Dec 17, 2020
People Budding Painter Hunter Biden Has Reportedly Signed With a New York Gallery and Will Have His First Solo Show Next Year Georges Bergès Gallery has supposedly inked a deal with the president-elect’s son. By Brian Boucher, Dec 16, 2020
Art World The Surrealist Artist Leonora Carrington Created a Little-Known Suite of Tarot Card Paintings—and Now You Can Own a Facsimile Set A curator stumbled upon the works while visiting a collector in Mexico City. By Brian Boucher, Dec 15, 2020
On View How a Palestinian Artist Duo’s Decade-Long Project About Mourning and Memory Was Transformed by the Pandemic Commissioned by Dia and MoMA, artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme began by looking at Middle Eastern expressions of grief and resistance. By Brian Boucher, Dec 14, 2020
Art World These Three Tech Companies Are Locked in a Bitter Battle to Capture Your Attention With the World’s Best Immersive Van Gogh Experience In New York, San Francisco, and Indianapolis, companies are warring with Van Gogh-inspired light installations. By Brian Boucher, Dec 14, 2020
