Art & Exhibitions Céleste Boursier-Mougenot Brings Motorized Trees to Venice Biennale He deftly uses sound in installations that create a simple magic. By Brian Boucher, Jun 26, 2015
People USC Roski Dean Suspends Recruitment After One MFA 2017 Candidate Enrolls By Brian Boucher, Jun 26, 2015
Art & Exhibitions Adrián Villar Rojas Wins Canson Paper Prize at Paris’ Palais de Tokyo The prize comes with a whopping amount of paper, plus a show. By Brian Boucher, Jun 25, 2015
Galleries Artist Defies Rednecks and Unravels the Confederate Flag—Let’s Hope It’s for Good The work offers a metaphor for racial progress. By Brian Boucher, Jun 25, 2015
People Own Andy Warhol’s Storied Hamptons Estate for $85 Million—Anyone? By Brian Boucher, Jun 24, 2015
Art Fairs Art Basel Dealers Report Tsunami of Sales in First Few Hours—See What Sold Did aphrodisiac oysters have anything to do with it? By Brian Boucher, Jun 17, 2015
Art Fairs Naked Selfie Artist Milo Moiré Strikes Again at Art Basel With Unauthorized Performance No eggs were harmed, this time. By Brian Boucher, Jun 17, 2015
Art & Exhibitions Thomas Schütte’s First U.S. Architectural Commission Is A Not-to-Be-Missed Gem An irregular pentagon frames fantastic views. By Brian Boucher, Jun 15, 2015
Art & Exhibitions Francesco Clemente Shocks the Berkshires With Bondage, Sexuality and Spectacle at Mass MoCA The artist hangs by a noose, his tongue lolling out. By Brian Boucher, Jun 15, 2015
Art Fairs Thomas Dane Shows Leonardo DiCaprio’s John Gerrard Work For LACMA in Basel By Brian Boucher, Jun 15, 2015
Analysis What’s It Like to Bid by Phone for Major Art Trophies at Auction? Three Bidders Tell All It’s scary dealing with more money than you’ve ever handled in your life. By Brian Boucher, Jun 12, 2015
People That Time When Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Needed Arts Credits to Graduate What would have happened had his arts career turned out better? By Brian Boucher, Jun 11, 2015
Art Fairs Why Do So Many Dealers at Art Basel Wish They Were Farmers? Is cultivating artists similar to cultivating livestock, or something? By Brian Boucher, Jun 11, 2015
People Tom of Finland Gets the Artists Space Treatment in his Biggest Show Yet Was Tom of Finland the Don Draper of his day? By Brian Boucher, Jun 11, 2015
Art World Five Cooper Union Trustees, Including Daniel Libeskind, Abruptly Resign These are just the latest casualties in a bitter conflict that has raged since 2011. By Brian Boucher, Jun 10, 2015