Auctions A Cache of Photos From an Early MoMA Exhibition Offers New Clues About a Group of Lost Jacob Lawrence Paintings Swann Auction Galleries is offering shots of the artist’s Coast Guard paintings, many of which are now missing. By Brian Boucher, Mar 24, 2021
Art World For the First Time, the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore Is Publicly Acknowledging Its Founders’ Support for the Confederacy The patriarch of the Walters family was involved in the first deadly clash of the Civil War (on the wrong side). By Brian Boucher, Mar 16, 2021
Auctions Not to Be Left Out, Sotheby’s Is Wading Into the NFT Fray With an Auction by the Anonymous Digital Artist Pak Sotheby's says Pak is "wizard." Seriously! By Brian Boucher, Mar 16, 2021
Art World The Museé d’Orsay Will Restitute a Klimt, the Only One Owned by a French Museum, to the Heirs of a Jewish World War II-Era Art Collector The heirs will take possession of the work some 80 years after it was sold under duress at a fraction of its value. By Brian Boucher, Mar 15, 2021
Art World ‘Emily in Paris’ Fueled a Frenzy for Immersive Van Gogh ‘Experiences.’ Now a Consumer Watchdog Is Issuing a Warning About NYC’s Dueling Shows It's "Immersive Van Gogh" vs. "Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience." By Brian Boucher, Mar 15, 2021
Art World Damien Hirst Is Making NFTs Now Too and Says It’s the ‘Most Exciting’ Work He’s Made to Date As a group, Hirst refers to the works as “The Currency.” (Subtle!) By Brian Boucher, Mar 15, 2021
Art World A Newly Discovered Ancient Grave Site in Spain Suggests That Women May Have Been Bronze-Age Political Rulers Scholars agree that assumptions about Bronze-Age patriarchal societies may be due for a rethink. By Brian Boucher, Mar 12, 2021
Politics A Group of Artists Has Withdrawn From an MCA Chicago Exhibition to Protest Layoffs and Alleged Unequal Working Conditions The artists are demanding a public apology to laid-off staffers of color. By Brian Boucher, Mar 12, 2021
Politics An Exhibition Dedicated to a Legendary Asian American Art Collective Has Been Cancelled After a Majority of the Artists Withdrew The artists oppose the museum’s acceptance of $35 million in New York City funds, which they say suggests complicity in the building of a new jail. By Brian Boucher, Mar 11, 2021
On View ‘There Are Monsters on All Sides’: Celeste Dupuy-Spencer on Why Her Epic Painting of the Capitol Riot Is Not a Simple Morality Tale If you're on the Left, you're not meant to feel smug. By Brian Boucher, Mar 10, 2021
Art World In an Unusual Move, the Metropolitan Museum of Art Will Use Funds From Deaccessioned Artworks to Pay Staff Salaries Critics warn that donors might be discouraged from giving artworks if they fear they will be sold off when rainy days come. By Brian Boucher, Mar 9, 2021
Auctions Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Is Auctioning Off the World’s First-Ever Tweet as an NFT—and the High Bid Is Already $2.5 Million The tech world is in thrall to NFTs. By Brian Boucher, Mar 9, 2021
Politics Ai Weiwei Is Making a Monument to Mikhail Gorbachev, the Liberalizing Final Leader of the Soviet Union, in Berlin The Chinese artist calls the Soviet leader a visionary. By Brian Boucher, Mar 8, 2021
Archaeology Archaeologists Have Unearthed an Ancient Egyptian Pet Cemetery Where Cats Were Buried in Fancy Beaded Necklaces Researchers also discovered a few monkeys and dogs buried near the ancient port of Berenice. By Brian Boucher, Mar 5, 2021
Art World Oops! A New Documentary About the Knoedler Fakes Scandal Accidentally Included an Artist’s Trick Image as Real This looks like a picture of Jackson Pollock in his studio, but it isn't. By Brian Boucher, Mar 5, 2021
