Art & Exhibitions The $11.7 Million Gold Cube That Graced Central Park This Winter Makes a Flash Appearance in Venice The cube has predictably drawn the attention of many onlookers. By Dorian Batycka, Apr 21, 2022
Art & Exhibitions Into the Void: Anish Kapoor Reveals His First Works Using Vantablack, the World’s Darkest Color, in Venice The highly anticipated works are on view in two historic locations. By Dorian Batycka, Apr 21, 2022
Art World At the Prado, You Can Not Only See These Flowers Painted by Jan Brueghel—You Can Smell Them, Too Catch a whiff of roses, jasmine, civet, and more at the Madrid museum. By Dorian Batycka, Apr 5, 2022
Art & Exhibitions An Opera House That Literally Straddles the U.S.-Canada Border Is the Subject of a Thrilling New Film at the Toronto Biennial The film by artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan is one of 23 new commissions premiering at the Canadian biennial this week. By Dorian Batycka, Mar 24, 2022
Archaeology & History Experts Say ‘Pseudoarchaelogists’ Are Threatening the Field With Pet Theories About the Ancient World Engineered to Go Viral Most scientists approach a subject by ruling out all other possibilities before reaching a conclusion. Pseudoarchaeologists do the opposite. By Dorian Batycka, Mar 8, 2022
NFTs As Members of the Crypto Community Rally Behind Ukraine, NFTs Have Suddenly Become 21st-Century War Bonds Around $22 million in crypto has been raised to help Ukrainians buy arms and supplies, including more than $3 million through NFTs. By Dorian Batycka, Mar 1, 2022
Museums & Institutions Take an Elevator All the Way ‘Into Space’ at Dubai’s Newest Architectural Marvel, the Museum of the Future The building housing the museum has already been recognized by National Geographic for its beauty. By Dorian Batycka, Feb 28, 2022
Politics ‘We Are Pessimistic About the Future’: Shudders Run Through Ukraine’s Art Scene as Tensions with Russia Escalate Faced with uncertainty, Ukrainian artists and cultural producers are trying to find new ways to act together. By Dorian Batycka, Feb 4, 2022
On View An Artist Placed a Cube Made From $11.7 Million Worth of Gold in Central Park—Protected By Its Own Security Detail The German artist Niclas Castello is, of course, launching a cryptocurrency alongside the physical work. By Dorian Batycka, Feb 2, 2022
Science & Tech ‘We Were Blown Away’: How New A.I. Research Is Changing the Way Conservators and Collectors Think About Attribution A new technique claims to detect forgeries with accuracy of 96 percent. By Dorian Batycka, Jan 10, 2022
Travel Against All Odds, Budapest’s Art Scene Is Flourishing Amid Rising Autocracy. Meet the Movers and Shakers Leading the Way If you were expecting a cultural desert in Hungary, where the government can often be hostile to culture, think again. By Dorian Batycka, Dec 21, 2021
Museums & Institutions Poland Just Replaced a Top Museum Director With a Drummer and Painter in a Move Critics Say Is Politically Motivated Protesters, fearing a far-right turn in the nation's public institutions, gathered today at the museum. By Dorian Batycka, Dec 3, 2021
Galleries Artists Say Future Gallery Founder Michael Ruiz Stiffed Them on Payments for Work That He Never Even Told Them He Sold Artists are using Instagram to alert collectors and urge them to get in touch. By Dorian Batycka, Nov 4, 2021
Politics Crowds Gather to Protest Warsaw’s Leading Contemporary Art Museum, Which Just Mounted an Anti-‘Cancel Culture’ Art Show On the night of the opening, the institution braced for protests by Poland’s anti-fascist league and various LGBTQ+ and Jewish organizers. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 27, 2021
Law & Politics Watchdog Group Links Rubin-Ladd Foundation, a Prolific Museum Benefactor, to Jailed Antiquities Dealer Subhash Kapoor Ten U.S. art institutions have been linked to the foundation. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 18, 2021
