Art & Tech See How the Dutch Collective DRIFT Is Using Illuminated Drones to ‘Rebuild’ the Sagrada Familia, the Colosseum, and Other Landmarks The technology also can be used to help architects visualize the impact a new building might have on a cityscape. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 27, 2022
Pop Culture ‘A Naked Lunge for a Twitter Storm’: Critics Pan British Comedian Jimmy Carr’s TV Show Where Art Is Destroyed Live on Air One commentator called the program, which wanted to see if "problematic" artists can be separated from their art, a “surface-level exploration of what ‘cancellation’ means." By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 27, 2022
Art & Exhibitions Donatello’s ‘David’ Will Travel to the V&A for the First Major U.K. Show on This ‘Driving Force Behind the Italian Renaissance’ Many of the works in the exhibition, which is due to open in February, are traveling to Britain for the first time. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 26, 2022
Politics German Museums Fine Climate Protestors for Damaging Property, But Environmental Groups Show No Signs of Slowing Down The Dresden State Art Collections has initiated civil proceedings and filed a complaint with the city's public prosecutor’s office after activists damaged Raphael’s Sistine Madonna. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 26, 2022
Auctions A Max Beckmann Self-Portrait Could Fetch $30 Million—the Highest Estimate Ever Set in a German Auction The large estimate is indicative of ongoing growth in Germany's secondary market. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 25, 2022
On View In Pictures: A New Blockbuster Show in Paris Reveals the Surprising—and Utterly Convincing—Connections Between Claude Monet and Joan Mitchell Some 60 works explore a rich dialogue across time between the two artists. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 25, 2022
Politics German Collector Hasso Plattner Has Temporarily Closed His Museum After Climate Activists Threw Mashed Potatoes at His $111 Million Monet The institution plans "to discuss the risks revealed by the recent attacks" with other international museums. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 24, 2022
Market Can Flipping Art Ever Be a Good Thing? An Artist, Gallerist, and Entrepreneur Debate How to Make Speculation Work for Everyone The panel debated the merit of new technological approaches compared to the old school gallery system By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 14, 2022
Museums & Institutions Climate Activists Just Threw a Can of Tomato Soup on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ at London’s National Gallery The work is unharmed with only minor damage to the frame, according to the museum. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 14, 2022
Art & Tech Robot Artist Ai-Da Just Addressed U.K. Parliament About the Future of A.I. and ‘Terrified’ the House of Lords The robot is part of an experimental art project that aims to let the technology speak for itself. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 12, 2022
People ‘As an Empath, Portraiture Works for Me’: Amy Sherald on How She Makes Space for Black Histories in Her First U.K. Show The American artist's new show opens October 12 at Hauser & Wirth. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 11, 2022
Law & Politics Two Paris Gallerists Accused of Buying and Hiding More Than $13 Million Worth of Stolen Picassos Are Finally Standing Trial The verdict is expected in November. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 11, 2022
Art & Tech Artist Simon Denny Resurrects Dead Companies From the Dotcom Crash and Imagines How Their Logos Might Look Today Stakes in the resurrected Web1 companies have been made available for purchase via A.I.-generated NFTs. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 11, 2022
Art & Exhibitions The 9 Must-See Museum Shows During Frieze Week, From Carolee Schneemann’s First U.K. Retrospective to Cecilia Vicuña’s Turbine Hall Installation Our top picks around town. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 10, 2022
Law & Politics Uffizi Is Suing Fashion Label Jean Paul Gaultier for Using Botticelli’s ‘Birth of Venus’ in a Capsule Collection A similar case was fought last year when an adult entertainment website used images of the masterpiece painting for an online guide. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 10, 2022