People The Baltimore Museum Walked Back Plans to Sell Art to Fund Equity Initiatives. Now, It’s Raised $1.5 Million the Old-Fashioned Way The museum's divisive director Christopher Bedford explains how its new strategy is not so different from the old one. By Brian Boucher, 10 hours ago
Art World It Turns Out That an Ancient Painting Known as ‘Egypt’s Mona Lisa’ Actually Depicts an Extinct Breed of Goose The Australian researcher says it’s the only known documentation of the species. By Brian Boucher, 19 hours ago
Art World Artist Juergen Teller Took These Weirdo Photos of Celebrities for ‘W’ Magazine and the Internet Thinks They’re Very Lazy It’s not even the first time people are hating on the German photographer’s covers for that very magazine. By Brian Boucher, 20 hours ago
Art World Most People Can’t Tell the Difference Between Art Made by Humans and by AI, a Rather Concerning New Study Says The study was inspired by news of an AI-generated artwork selling at auction for $432,500. By Brian Boucher, 2 days ago
Art World Scientists Just Realized This Incredible Painting of a Kangaroo Is 17,500 Years Old, Making It Australia’s Oldest Known Rock Art Scientists were able to determine the art's age using radiocarbon dating on wasps’ nests that surround the paintings. By Brian Boucher, Feb 23, 2021
People Meet the Performance Artist Who’s Using Data From the Mars Rover to Help NASA Figure Out If There Is Life on the Red Planet Sara Schnadt is a key player in NASA's latest mission. Her journey started in an unlikely place. By Brian Boucher, Feb 23, 2021
Art World A Previously Unknown Salvador Dalí Drawing Reveals the Surprising Methods Behind One of the Artist’s Most Famous Paintings The artist's plans for his 'Last Supper' were more exacting than many realized. By Brian Boucher, Feb 22, 2021
Art World The Whitney Museum in New York Has Axed 15 More Staffers as Museum Layoffs Continue Unabated in the US The Whitney has suffered a budget shortfall of $23 million and projects “significant” future losses. By Brian Boucher, Feb 22, 2021
Art World Dolly Parton Doesn’t Want a Proposed Statue of Her to Go Up at the Tennessee Capitol ‘Given All That Is Going on in the World’ But the singer's not opposed to a monument after she’s gone. By Brian Boucher, Feb 19, 2021
Art World In an Unprecedented Action, Thousands of Cubans Are Publicly Demanding the Resignation of Culture Minister Alpidio Alonso Alonso was captured on video physically confronting demonstrators on January 27. By Brian Boucher, Feb 19, 2021
Art World ‘This Is Something We Can Handle Professionally’: Met Director Max Hollein Defends His Controversial Deaccessioning Proposal Many in the art industry are up in arms over the world’s richest museum possibly using funds from the sale of artworks to shore up revenue losses. By Brian Boucher, Feb 18, 2021
Art World ‘We Have Food, Air Mattresses, and Dog Food’: Texas Museums Are Sheltering Staff and Running on Generators Amid Devastating Storms Museums are relying on generators to keep temperatures at levels needed to conserve artworks. By Brian Boucher, Feb 18, 2021
Art World After a Bitter Battle, the Guggenheim and Its New Union Have Struck a Deal for Improved Pay and Benefits The employees formed the museum's first union last summer. By Brian Boucher, Feb 17, 2021
Exhibitions A Bold New Show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland Calls Out the Institution’s Own ‘Consistent Anti-Black Practices’ The show takes place across three venues, including two led by Black exhibition organizers. By Brian Boucher, Feb 16, 2021
Art World Curator Naomi Beckwith on How the New Museum’s Show on Black Grief as a ‘State of Being’ Honors the Vision of Okwui Enwezor The exhibition spans works as far back as the 1960s and takes over the entire New Museum. By Brian Boucher, Feb 15, 2021
