Politics A Sculpture That Was Censored From Japan’s Aichi Triennale Will Become a Centerpiece of a New Museum for Banned Art The Spanish collector Taxto Benet plans to install the work in his forthcoming Freedom Museum. By Javier Pes, Aug 15, 2019
Art World Tate Modern Surpassed the British Museum to Become London’s Most-Attended Art Institution in 2018 London art museums saw an increase in attendance after a significant period of decline. By Javier Pes, Aug 14, 2019
Politics Museums Across the UK Are Making Doomsday Plans for Brexit. Here Are Their Biggest Fears Registrars are making contingency plans to avoid having valuable works of art damaged during arduous customs procedures. By Javier Pes, Aug 14, 2019
People The Greek Artist Takis, Who Used Magnets to Create Pioneering and Entrancing Kinetic Art, Has Died at 93 Marcel Duchamp and John Lennon were admirers of the inventive Greek artist. By Javier Pes, Aug 9, 2019
People ‘His Generosity Is Legendary’: Artists and Curators Remember the Trailblazing London Gallerist Karsten Schubert Nicholas Serota, Nicholas Cullinan, and others pay tribute to the influential dealer. By Javier Pes, Aug 6, 2019
Art & Exhibitions ‘No One’s Culture Is Better Than Another’: Why Artist Tania Bruguera Opened a School for Multicultural Cooking, Crafting, and History Thousands of visitors enrolled in the activist-artist's "School of Integration" at the Manchester Art Gallery. By Javier Pes, Aug 1, 2019
Politics Here’s What Boris Johnson’s Election Means for the Arts, From Dwindling Cultural Funding to the Impact of a No-Deal Brexit With less than 100 days until the Brexit deadline, museums and the art trade are preparing for a messy divorce between the UK and Europe. By Naomi Rea & Javier Pes, Jul 26, 2019
Politics Boris Johnson’s Ascension to Prime Minister Leaves Artists Anxious—and Inspired Anish Kapoor to Make This Ribald Cartoon The sculptor Anish Kapoor created an explicit artwork in response to the news that Boris Johnson is to become the UK's next prime minister. By Javier Pes & Naomi Rea, Jul 23, 2019
Art World After a Deadly Attack at a Kyoto Anime Studio, Donors Pledge More Than $1 Million to Support the Artist Victims and Their Families Donations are flooding in from around the world to support the animation studio, which has a reputation as a progressive home for artists. By Javier Pes, Jul 19, 2019
Art & Exhibitions Artist Leo Villareal on His Epic Journey to Illuminate 15 London Bridges—and Why It Never Would Have Happened Without Burning Man The New York artist has completed the first phase of his project. Now, he just has 11 more bridges to go. By Javier Pes, Jul 18, 2019
Law & Politics Ai Weiwei Wins a Legal Battle With Volkswagen Over an Ad That Featured His Refugee-Themed Art Installation Without Permission The artist will receive $260,000 from the company. By Javier Pes, Jul 17, 2019
Art & Exhibitions ‘We Are Living in a Climate Emergency’: Olafur Eliasson on How He’s Using His Tate Modern Show to Combat Earth’s Greatest Crisis The Danish-Icelandic artist says his mid-career survey is an attempt to re-imagine how we can save the planet. By Javier Pes, Jul 9, 2019
On View See Five Standout Works From Frieze Sculpture 2019, From Vik Muniz’s Blown-Up Toy Car to a Mysterious Squirming Egg Historically, expensive outdoor art has largely privileged men. The 2019 edition of Frieze Sculpture aims to correct this imbalance. By Javier Pes, Jul 3, 2019
Art Fairs 5 Standout Works, From Warhol to Banksy, at the Masterpiece Fair That Dodged a Brexit Bullet Fair management could breathe a sigh of relief when the proposed Brexit date came and went without incident. By Javier Pes, Jun 27, 2019
On View 5 Eye-Popping Projects From the First Yorkshire Sculpture International, From a Giant Damien Hirst ‘Virgin Mother’ to a Mysterious Totem Damien Hirst and David Smith are the headline artists in the inaugural edition but female sculptors are pushing the boundaries. By Javier Pes, Jun 26, 2019