Art World Some People Think Cattelan’s Banana Is Genius. This Law Professor Thinks It’s Illegal “I was so drunk when I wrote this paper,” admitted Brian Frye, whose legal arguments were quickly squashed by peers. By Brian Boucher, Dec 13, 2019
Art and Law Why Is This Artist Trying to Anger Disney’s Feared Lawyers? It’s All Part of a Delightfully Devious Scheme to Stop Internet Scammers In order to bust T-shirt makers that copy artists’ designs, one artist baited them into deep legal waters. By Brian Boucher, Dec 12, 2019
Art World Facing Pushback From the Left and Right, the Baltimore Museum’s Director Defends His Decision to Buy Only Women’s Art in 2020 Christopher Bedford says that the museum’s commitment to women draws on a long history of the institution’s female leadership. By Brian Boucher, Dec 12, 2019
Art World It’s Not All in Your Head—the Art World Really Is Unfair. Here Are 9 Reasons Why The wealthy and powerful run the show. Colonialism casts a long shadow. The art market is supremely opaque. Shall we go on? By Brian Boucher, Dec 12, 2019
Art World Colorblind Museum Visitors Can Now Use High-Tech Glasses to Experience Art as They Never Have Before The eyewear, made by EnChroma, is steadily finding a home at institutions, including the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. By Brian Boucher, Dec 12, 2019
Art and Law A Belgian Collector Is at War With the City of Gary, Indiana, Over a Picasso Model He Found in Their School Gym The tale begins with a sculpture created for the city of Chicago, and ends with some angry folks in both Brussels, Belgium and Gary, Indiana. By Brian Boucher, Dec 11, 2019
Art World In a Surprise Move, the Bronx Museum’s Director Deborah Cullen-Morales Leaves Her Post After 18 Months The museum is now searching for its second director in as many years. By Brian Boucher, Dec 10, 2019
Art World Teen Who Threw Six-Year-Old Boy Off Tate Rooftop Admits to Attempted Murder Jonty Bravery has admitted to an attempt on the boy’s life, saying that he hoped his crime would get him on the news. By Brian Boucher, Dec 6, 2019
Art World Brazil’s New Right-Wing Culture Czar Is a Known Peddler of Extremist Conspiracy Theories Dante Mantovani has some bewildering thoughts about rock music, sex, abortion, Satanism, and the C.I.A.’s role in Woodstock. By Brian Boucher, Dec 6, 2019
Art World Artist Michael Rakowitz Calls for MoMA PS1 to Literally Pause His Video in Protest of a Board Member’s Ties to Arms and Prisons After pulling out of the Whitney Biennial in protest of Warren Kanders, Rakowitz is now lashing out at a MoMA board member's dubious investments. By Brian Boucher, Dec 2, 2019
Art World The Fierce Legal Battle Over Who Owns ‘Fearless Girl’ Has Now Re-Emerged Halfway Around the World, in Australia According to Kristen Visbal, State Street Global Advisors has “blocked and manipulated the very artist who created the work—a woman!” By Brian Boucher, Nov 27, 2019
Art World A Whistleblower Busted the Lincoln Museum for Improperly Renting a Copy of the Gettysburg Address to Glenn Beck for $50,000 The conservative commentator hosted the rare document at a pop-up exhibition, and the museum got money to help pay off a debt. By Brian Boucher, Nov 26, 2019
Art Fairs Puerto Rico’s MECA Art Fair Boosts an Art Scene Valiantly Struggling Amid Hurricane Damage, Debt, and Upheaval In San Juan, an international roster of dealers came together for a fair that definitely wasn't business-as-usual. By Brian Boucher, Nov 25, 2019
Politics Would Michael Bloomberg Be the Most Pro-Art President of All Time? We Took a Look at His Impressive Record From dissolving his New York predecessor’s 'decency commission' to a nationwide record of billions in support of the arts, Mayor Mike could be a new Medici in Washington. By Brian Boucher, Nov 21, 2019
Art World The Metropolitan Museum of Art Is Strengthening Its Partnership With South Korea, Which Has Now Given the Institution Nearly $2 Million The country’s new gift, supporting scholarship and programs, follows a 2015 agreement that also included a hefty check. By Brian Boucher, Nov 19, 2019
