On View What Would Architecture Look Like in the Virtual Realm? See Inside a New Show of Gravity-Defying, A.I.-Generated Designs Now on view at MAK Vienna, the show includes works by Charlotte Taylor, Andrés Reisinger, and more. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 4, 2023
Crime A Tourist Who Was Arrested for Carving His and His Girlfriend’s Names Into the Colosseum Is Begging for Forgiveness The man was told that he could face a sentence of two to five years in jail and a fine of up to $16,000. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 3, 2023
On View In Pictures: Black Artists Use A.I. to Make Work That Reveals the Technology’s Inbuilt Biases for a New Online Show In an act of "defiant visibility," Black artists are telling their stories with A.I. despite its obvious shortcomings. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 3, 2023
Museums & Institutions A 17th-Century Double Portrait of Black and White Women, Said to Be of ‘Outstanding Significance’ Will Remain in the U.K. The rare artwork, which offers fresh insight into race and gender in the 1600s, will go on public display in 2024. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 23, 2023
Art & Exhibitions The Venice Biennale Has Announced the Highly Anticipated Curatorial Theme of Its 2024 Art Exhibition The show's first-ever Latin American curator has revealed the concept of his upcoming edition. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 22, 2023
Museums & Institutions London’s National Portrait Gallery Reopens With New Bronze Doors Designed by Tracey Emin—But an Underwhelming Rehang Is a renovation ambitious enough to establish the long overshadowed museum on the world stage? By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 21, 2023
Art History Two Ukrainian Conservators Who Fled War in Kyiv Have Restored Portraits at England’s Huguenot Museum, Dedicated to an Earlier Wave of Refugees The unique project brings to light the history of the very first generation of refugees in the U.K., who fled religious prosecution in France. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 20, 2023
Reviews At the Sustainability-Focused Helsinki Biennial, Art, Tech, and the Environment Attempt to Coexist Can art events like biennials ever be truly sustainable? By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 20, 2023
On View The Louvre Has Displayed Sacred Treasures Rescued From Ukraine as Part of Its Partnership With Local Museums The display also offers an opportunity for new analysis and research into the remarkable Byzantine icons. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 15, 2023
Museums & Institutions Manuel Segade, the Reina Sofía’s New Director, Wants to Reimagine the Madrid Institution as a ‘Kinder,’ Softer Museum The newly appointed director of Spain’s most-visited museum envisions “contemporary art as a way of producing social transformation." By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 14, 2023
Law & Politics A Judge Ruled Against an Artist Who Claimed Maurizio Cattelan Copied His Duct-Taped Banana, Deciding the Two Works Are Apples and Oranges The judge found the 2001 work too "obscure" to have been known about or copied by the Italian conceptualist. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 14, 2023
Art World Photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto Has Unveiled His First Major Work in the U.S.: A Towering Sculpture That Pierces the San Francisco Sky The new landmark will be the crowing glory of Yerba Buena's new Infinity Point Park, opening later this year. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 13, 2023
On View In Pictures: A Series of Paintings Basquiat Made During an Italian Residency He Loathed Have Been Reunited at Switzerland’s Beyeler Foundation Basquiat later described the arrangement in Italy as "a sick factory," and it ended after his gallerists had a dispute. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 13, 2023
Museums & Institutions After Months of Searching, a Sculpture Stolen From a North Dakota Art Museum Has Turned Up—Next to a Casino Dumpster The lucky pair who accidentally discovered the sculpture were given a $1,000 reward by the grateful museum. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 13, 2023
Politics An Artist Said a Hungarian Biennial Pushed Him to Alter a Work That Took Aim at the Country’s Conservative Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán An uncensored version of the work will be included in a special exhibition organized by Budapest Pride on June 16. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 9, 2023