Art World A Previously Unknown Salvador Dalí Drawing Reveals the Surprising Methods Behind One of the Artist’s Most Famous Paintings The artist's plans for his 'Last Supper' were more exacting than many realized. By Brian Boucher, Feb 22, 2021
Art World The Whitney Museum in New York Has Axed 15 More Staffers as Museum Layoffs Continue Unabated in the US The Whitney has suffered a budget shortfall of $23 million and projects “significant” future losses. By Brian Boucher, Feb 22, 2021
Art World Dolly Parton Doesn’t Want a Proposed Statue of Her to Go Up at the Tennessee Capitol ‘Given All That Is Going on in the World’ But the singer's not opposed to a monument after she’s gone. By Brian Boucher, Feb 19, 2021
Art World In an Unprecedented Action, Thousands of Cubans Are Publicly Demanding the Resignation of Culture Minister Alpidio Alonso Alonso was captured on video physically confronting demonstrators on January 27. By Brian Boucher, Feb 19, 2021
Art World ‘This Is Something We Can Handle Professionally’: Met Director Max Hollein Defends His Controversial Deaccessioning Proposal Many in the art industry are up in arms over the world’s richest museum possibly using funds from the sale of artworks to shore up revenue losses. By Brian Boucher, Feb 18, 2021
Art World ‘We Have Food, Air Mattresses, and Dog Food’: Texas Museums Are Sheltering Staff and Running on Generators Amid Devastating Storms Museums are relying on generators to keep temperatures at levels needed to conserve artworks. By Brian Boucher, Feb 18, 2021
Art World After a Bitter Battle, the Guggenheim and Its New Union Have Struck a Deal for Improved Pay and Benefits The employees formed the museum's first union last summer. By Brian Boucher, Feb 17, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions A Bold New Show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland Calls Out the Institution’s Own ‘Consistent Anti-Black Practices’ The show takes place across three venues, including two led by Black exhibition organizers. By Brian Boucher, Feb 16, 2021
Art World Curator Naomi Beckwith on How the New Museum’s Show on Black Grief as a ‘State of Being’ Honors the Vision of Okwui Enwezor The exhibition spans works as far back as the 1960s and takes over the entire New Museum. By Brian Boucher, Feb 15, 2021
Market A Little-Known Lawyer Just Made a Splash by Purchasing Kanye West’s Childhood Art After Seeing It on Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshow experts valued the cache at upwards of $20,000. By Brian Boucher, Feb 12, 2021
Auctions New York’s Shuttered KGB Museum Is Auctioning Off Its Entire Collection of Spycams, Poison Containers, and Lenin Art This Weekend Julien’s Auctions is selling off the museum's entire collection. By Brian Boucher, Feb 10, 2021
Art World Actor Riz Ahmed and Chisenhale Director Zoé Whitley Will Join a New Committee Overseeing Diversity in London’s Public Monuments Art historians, curators, and critics are also on the 15-member committee. By Brian Boucher, Feb 9, 2021
Art World An Atlanta Suburb Removed a Confederate Monument That Featured an Apparently Fake Winston Churchill Quote About ‘Heritage’ The granite monument was erected just 28 years ago by the Sons of Confederate Veterans. By Brian Boucher, Feb 8, 2021
Auctions A Pair of Size-12.5 Nike Basketball Sneakers Designed for Barack Obama Are Dropping on Presidents’ Day Weekend—for $25,000 The sneakers go on offer at 4:44 p.m. Friday in honor of the 44th president. By Brian Boucher, Feb 8, 2021
Archaeology Archaeological Excavations Near Stonehenge Have Turned Up Ancient Graves and Scores of Other Fascinating Discoveries Excavations for a new highway tunnel near Stonehenge have unearthed two burial sites and what may have been an industrial workstation. By Brian Boucher, Feb 8, 2021
