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
Archaeology & History 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
Art World After Destroying Peoria’s Internet-Famous Cookie Monster Mural, the Landlord Will Commission a ‘More Appropriate’ One to Replace It The site has become a place of pilgrimage for fans of the original. By Brian Boucher, Dec 11, 2020
Art World An International Cultural Organization Says Mexico’s Museum Leaders Are Afraid to Speak the Truth About Their Dire Financial Straits Some museums’ budgets have been cut by more than 75 percent, the group says. By Brian Boucher, Dec 11, 2020
Art World It’s a New Banksy! A Mural of a Woman Sneezing Has Appeared on the Side of a House in Bristol The work is the anonymous street artist's latest health-related message. By Brian Boucher, Dec 10, 2020
Art World Billionaire Collector Ronald Lauder Is Giving the Met More than 90 Rare Pieces of Arms and Armor in One of the Largest Donations of Its Kind The cosmetics magnate and Met mega-patron amassed his own collection with key help from an early curator in the department. By Brian Boucher, Dec 9, 2020
