People Curator James Meyer Returns to the National Gallery After Stint at the Dia Art Foundation Meyer previously served as associate curator at the DC museum. By Brian Boucher, Aug 14, 2017
Art World How Kaari Upson’s Fascination with Cats, Costco, and Her Mother Spawned a Monumental Sculpture The artist explains why homemade cat beds and Idiot's Guide books are sources of great inspiration. By Brian Boucher, Aug 14, 2017
Art World Hold On to Your Polka-Dotted Hats: Tokyo Is Getting a Yayoi Kusama Museum in October The new institution has managed to remain extraordinarily low-profile. By Brian Boucher, Aug 11, 2017
Art World Comedian Adam Conover Says the Art Market Is a Scam. Here’s What He Gets Right—and Wrong. Is he aiming for accuracy, or just truthiness? By Brian Boucher, Aug 10, 2017
Art World The Letters of Picasso’s Dealer and a Century’s Worth of Impressionist Archives Are Going Online The Wildenstein Plattner Institute is digitizing historical documents they say will be "a game changer." By Brian Boucher, Aug 1, 2017
Art World From Interns to the Board Room, New York’s Museums Need to Diversify. Here’s How They Can Do It. If they want to keep getting city funds, they've got to improve. Experts have some advice. By Brian Boucher, Jul 31, 2017
Art World One Mexican Artist Is Already Planning to Paint the World’s Largest Mural on Trump’s Border Wall What started as a beautification project has new meaning under the 45th US President. By Brian Boucher, Jul 31, 2017
Art World Are You an Emerging Artist Looking to Raise Your Game? Here Are 7 Residencies That Can Help We surveyed a group of experts to find the best incubators for talents on the rise. By Brian Boucher & Caroline Goldstein, Jul 27, 2017
Politics The House Appropriations Committee Approves a Bill Funding the NEA and the NEH The $145 million allotted to each endowment would represent a $5 million cut from the current fiscal year. By Brian Boucher, Jul 20, 2017
Politics New York’s Cultural Plan Aims to Boost the Arts, and Diversity, in a Gentrifying City But it is not without its critics. By Brian Boucher, Jul 20, 2017
Art & Exhibitions A First Glimpse at the FRONT Triennial, Cleveland’s Bold Play to Forge the Next documenta Jens Hoffmann and Michelle Grabner don't want their show to be compared to documenta—at least not yet. By Brian Boucher, Jul 19, 2017
People An Obscure Foundation in Maine Just Gave $400,000 to Art Journalists—No Strings Attached The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation will annually shell out $50,000 awards to art journalists and critics. By Brian Boucher, Jul 18, 2017
Politics The NEA and NEH Will Survive If This Republican Congressman Has His Way Ken Calvert aims to allocate $145 million each to the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities. By Brian Boucher, Jul 17, 2017
People Salvador DalĂ’s Body Will Be Exhumed Next Week as Surreal Paternity Battle Comes to a Head A Spanish judge has ruled that the legendary artist's body will be unearthed on July 20. By Brian Boucher, Jul 14, 2017
Art World Why a Simulation of a Frog Floating in Outer Space Points to a New Future for Contemporary Art The digital artwork responds to two scientific experiments using real-time data. Just don't call it a video. By Brian Boucher, Jul 14, 2017