Art & Exhibitions What Happens When Artists Take Over a City? See 5 Colossal and Urgently Relevant Artworks at the Manchester International Arts Festival Works by artists including Christine Sun Kim, Laure Prouvost, and Forensic Architecture have taken over the city. By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 12, 2021
Art World Two Major U.S. Foundations Are Giving $5 Million to Latinx Artists, Who Have Long Lacked Dedicated Support The Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will give 75 artists $50,000 each. By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 12, 2021
Art World ‘The Creative Act Is a Deeply Private Experience’: Watch Sculptor Phyllida Barlow Make Hulking Works From Modest Materials As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 8, 2021
Market Beeple Just Debuted a New NFT Sales Platform With a Series of Works Made in Collaboration With British Tennis Star Andy Murray The first drop featured images of Murray's best moments at Wimbledon. By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 6, 2021
Archaeology & History Scientists Say an Intricately Carved 51,000-Year-Old Deer Bone Is the Earliest Example of Neanderthals’ Artistic Abilities The bone was unearthed at the mouth of the Unicorn Cave in Germany. By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 6, 2021
Books A New Book Puts a Contemporary Twist on the Beloved WPA-Era Posters That Promoted America’s National Parks—See Images Here A new book features contemporary updates to classic WPA National Park posters. By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 4, 2021
Art World Canadian Protesters Toppled Statues of Queens Victoria and Elizabeth II to Protest the Commonwealth’s Treatment of Indigenous Peoples Discoveries of the remains of Indigenous children have been roiling the nation. By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 2, 2021
Art World ‘They’ve Always Been Inside My Practice’: Watch Artist David Altmejd Build Disembodied Heads From Leftover Materials As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 1, 2021
Museums & Institutions As Part of Its Grand Expansion Plan, the New-York Historical Society Will Soon House the City’s First LGBTQ+ History Museum The expansion is paid for in part by a $35 million grant from New York's cultural affairs office. By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 1, 2021
Auctions The Internet of Blings? Sotheby’s Sells the Source Code for the World Wide Web for $5.4 Million The sale, titled "This Changed Everything," welcomed 51 bidders. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 30, 2021
Politics Downtown New Yorkers Protest Governor Cuomo’s Plan for a $3 Million Monument to Essential Workers, Saying They Weren’t Consulted Residents say they would lose valuable green space in a local park. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 30, 2021
Museums & Institutions Considering a Career in Museums? Here’s How Much Money You Can Expect to Make in Dozens of Different Roles On average, only 11 museum positions' average salaries decreased last year, according to a new survey. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 30, 2021
On View In Pictures: See Antwaun Sargent’s Curatorial Debut at Gagosian, Featuring Socially Engaged Works by Leading Black Artists "Social Works" is on view now at Gagosian's 24th Street gallery. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 29, 2021
Crime Authorities Have Recovered Picasso and Mondrian Paintings That Were Brazenly Stolen From a Greek Museum Nearly 10 Years Ago A Picasso portrait and a Mondrian landscape were stolen from Greece's National Gallery in 2012. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 29, 2021
Museums & Institutions Former U.K. Chancellor George Osborne, Who Oversaw Steep Arts Funding Cuts, Will Be the British Museum’s New Chairman George Osborne presided over austerity measures that slashed funding for Arts Council England by 30 percent. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 24, 2021