On View A New Show in Hong Kong Explores the Many Ways Contemporary Chinese Artists Are Inspired by Magic—See It Here Take a sneak peek at a gallery that has just reopened to the public. By Caroline Goldstein, May 19, 2020
Politics In a Sign of a Divided America, President Trump Will Not Unveil Barack Obama’s New Portrait in the White House Anytime Soon For the first time in decades, the former and sitting presidents will not meet for the debut of the official artwork. By Caroline Goldstein, May 19, 2020
Art World From Christie’s New Auction Model to the Delay of the Humboldt Forum: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news—fast. By Caroline Goldstein, May 15, 2020
On View A Genre-Defying New Exhibition at Peres Projects in Berlin Imagines Opera Through the Lens of the Queer Experience—See It Here Take a sneak peek at a gallery that has just reopened to the public. By Caroline Goldstein, May 15, 2020
Galleries A London Gallery Is Trying Out a New Pitch on Collectors: Live With an Artwork for Six Weeks and Then Tell Us If You Want to Buy It The gallery's owner says the idea came to him before the global shutdown got underway. By Caroline Goldstein, May 15, 2020
On View ‘What Would Weiwei Do?’: Watch Studio Assistants of Ai Weiwei Reflect on How the Dissident Artist Taught Them to Speak Their Minds As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, May 14, 2020
Art World Maurizio Cattelan Has Enlisted Iggy Pop, Jordan Wolfson, and Other Artists to Read Aloud Bedtime Stories—and It’s the Stuff of Nightmares Artists will recite excerpts from their most treasured texts. By Caroline Goldstein, May 14, 2020
On View Painter Lewis Hammond Explores the Dark Side of Intimacy in a Moody New Show in Mexico City—See It Here Take a sneak peek at a gallery that has just reopened to the public. By Caroline Goldstein, May 13, 2020
On View With His Work Trapped Abroad, a German Painter Had to Redo His Entire Show From Scratch During Lockdown. See the Upbeat Results Here While many museums and galleries remain closed, we are spotlighting an inspiring exhibition somewhere around the globe. By Caroline Goldstein, May 11, 2020
Art World From the Virtual Met Gala to Galleries Defying Lockdown Orders: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news, fast. By Caroline Goldstein, May 8, 2020
On View A Show at MoMA Goes Beyond ‘Migrant Mother’ to Examine Lesser-Known Sides of Dorothea Lange’s Photography—See Images Here While museums are closed to the public, we are spotlighting an inspiring exhibition somewhere around the globe. By Caroline Goldstein, May 7, 2020
On View ‘I Want to Be Unplugged’: Watch Artist Zanele Muholi Take Their Studio on the Road to Photograph Trans Women in South Africa As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, May 7, 2020
Art World Banksy Just Made a Surprisingly Earnest Painting of a Superhero Nurse and Donated It to a British Hospital as a Morale Booster The work will remain on view at the Southampton General Hospital until this fall, when it will go to auction. By Caroline Goldstein, May 6, 2020
Market The New Art Market Calendar: Here Is an Up-to-Date List of the Biggest Sales Events Still Planned for This Year of Upheaval The art-market calendar is looking pretty different these days. Here are all the fairs and events currently scheduled through December. By Caroline Goldstein, May 4, 2020
Art World From Kids Filling in Coloring Books to the Death of Critic Germano Celant: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news—fast. By Caroline Goldstein, May 1, 2020