Politics Who Says Art Is Useless? A German Art Collective Outs 25 Neo-Nazis in an Online Sting Operation The far-right extremists thought they got away with rioting in the city of Chemnitz in August. By Henri Neuendorf, Dec 7, 2018
Law Anish Kapoor Declares ‘Victory Over the NRA’ in a Settlement That Requires the Gun Group to Remove His Art From an Ad The artist sued the National Rifle Association in June over its 'Clenched Fist of Truth' video. By Henri Neuendorf, Dec 6, 2018
Law Italy’s Supreme Court Has Ruled That the Getty Must Return ‘Victorious Youth.’ The Getty Says, ‘No’ The work by Lysippos is one of the most popular in the LA museum's collection. By Henri Neuendorf, Dec 5, 2018
Art World Photojournalist Lu Guang Disappeared in China Last Month While Documenting the Country’s Oppression of Muslims The three-time World Press Photo Award winner made a career out of documenting the dark side of China's economic boom. By Henri Neuendorf, Dec 4, 2018
Art World Vindicated of Excessive Gym Use Charges, the Director of Rome’s Galleria Borghese Has Gotten Her Job Back A press statement described Anna Coliva's six-month suspension as "an Erdogan-style punishment." By Henri Neuendorf, Dec 4, 2018
Art World The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Has Won the $250,000 Sotheby’s Prize to Stage a Show on the History of Black Cinema The prize funds exhibitions on "overlooked or under-represented" areas of art history. By Henri Neuendorf, Dec 4, 2018
Art World ‘The Ship Is Now Back on Course’: documenta Boosts Its Budget After a New Report Shows It Overspent Even More Than Previously Thought An audit shows the 2017 spending was actually $2.2 million more over-budget than estimated. By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 30, 2018
Art Fairs Is Jim Carrey an Outsider Artist? With His Debut Booth at the Outsider Art Fair, the Actor May Be Redefining the Term Maccarone's booth dedicated to Carrey is just one of the highlights of the newly released exhibitor list for the January fair. By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 30, 2018
People Robert Morris, the Protean Pioneer of Minimalism, Dies at 87 The multidisciplinary artist defied categorization. By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 29, 2018
Politics Senegal and the Ivory Coast Ask France to Return Looted Art in the Wake of a Groundbreaking Restitution Report Days after the publication of a major report, calls for the return of African cultural heritage gain momentum. By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 29, 2018
People The Oscar-Winning Director of ‘The Lives of Others’ on How the Life of Gerhard Richter Inspired His New Art-Themed Thriller The director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck went to great lengths to accurately capture the feeling of creative foment in postwar Germany. By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 29, 2018
Art World At Frieze LA, Artists Will ‘Grapple With a Land of Make-Believe’ Through Site-Specific Works at Paramount Pictures Ali Subotnick has curated a selection of installations to appear in Hollywood film sets. By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 28, 2018
Events and Parties A Film Fantasia by Hito Steyerl and a Think Tank for Black Artists Are Coming to New York’s Park Avenue Armory Next Year One highlight: rollerskating in the Drill Hall. By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 28, 2018
Politics ‘We Are Sacrificing Culture for Politics’: Israeli Artists Burn Their Art to Protest a Repressive New ‘Loyalty’ Bill The government's proposed 'Loyalty in Culture' bill has been compared to censorship. By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 27, 2018
Auctions A Rare 11th-Century Scroll by the ‘Chinese da Vinci’ Sold for Nearly $60 Million at Christie’s Hong Kong But some observers are underwhelmed by the price. By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 27, 2018
