Exhibitions The Met’s Once-in-a-Lifetime Michelangelo Exhibition Attracted 700,000 Visitors, More Than Alexander McQueen It became the 10th most-attended show in the museum's history. By Brian Boucher, Feb 13, 2018
Art World Trump’s 2019 Budget Aims to Zero Out Funding for the NEA and NEH—Again The agencies avoided the reaper's scythe last year. Will they survive again? By Brian Boucher, Feb 12, 2018
Art World Surprise! Twitter Is Divided Over Kehinde Wiley’s and Amy Sherald’s Daring Portraits of the Obamas Social media went right to work, penning its own reviews of Wiley's and Sherald's portraits. By Brian Boucher, Feb 12, 2018
Art and Law A Legal Battle Between Sotheby’s and a Dealer Over a Record-Setting Keith Haring Painting Is Headed for Trial The winning bid set a record for the artist, but the house says the bidder never paid up. By Brian Boucher, Feb 8, 2018
Art World Medievalists and Monster Scholars Unite to Decry the Met Museum’s New Admissions Policy Even monster scholars are getting into the game, calling the museum's mandatory admission prices exclusionary. By Brian Boucher, Feb 8, 2018
Art World The Shed’s Director on How Azealia Banks and Tino Sehgal Will Make Us All More Civilized Alex Poots sees deep meaning in the interdisciplinary programming he will preview in "Prelude to The Shed." By Brian Boucher, Feb 6, 2018
Exhibitions Can’t Wait for the Carnegie International? You Don’t Have to—Pittsburgh’s Already Awash In Pre-Game Programming Curator Koyo Kouoh is among the participants organizing programming ahead of the main event this October. By Brian Boucher, Jan 31, 2018
Politics Fox Host Demands Resignation of Guggenheim Curator Who Offered Trump a Golden Toilet Was Nancy Spector's offer of Maurizio Cattelan's toilet a "sick burn" or an act of "extreme disrespect?" By Brian Boucher, Jan 29, 2018
People Queens Museum Director Laura Raicovich Resigns Amid Political Differences With Board Raicovich's activism for immigrants and other progressive causes clashed with the museum's conservative board members. By Brian Boucher, Jan 26, 2018
Politics Sit on This! The Guggenheim Basks in the Reflected Glory of Its Golden Riposte to Trump’s Van Gogh Request Guggenheim curator Nancy Spector and artist Maurizio Cattelan offered Donald Trump a special loan instead: a solid gold toilet. By Brian Boucher, Jan 25, 2018
On View Michelangelo Meets Michelangelo: The Famed Ninja Turtle Visits the Met’s Renaissance Blockbuster Known for his nunchucks and his love of pizza, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle has also apparently developed a taste for art. By Brian Boucher, Jan 25, 2018
Art Fairs The Homeless Man in the Driveway Is a Brilliant Artist? How Three Stars of the Outsider Art Fair Were Discovered Most gallerists discover new artists at MFA graduate exhibitions. These dealers traveled much further afield. By Brian Boucher, Jan 19, 2018
Art World Banksy Busts His Hometown Museum for Scamming His Fans With Hundreds of Unauthorized Prints The museum has promised to refund all the buyers who snapped up the print for just £5. By Brian Boucher, Jan 18, 2018
Art World ‘It Took Us by Surprise’: Even Google Was Shocked by the Success of Its Megaviral Face-Matching Art App The search behemoth's app was all the rage on social media this weekend. By Brian Boucher, Jan 16, 2018
On View ‘It’s a Strange Communion’: Artist Michael Rakowitz on Why He Set Up an Iraqi Food Truck Outside the MCA Chicago The long-standing project began in his mother's kitchen. By Brian Boucher, Jan 15, 2018
