On View In Pictures: The Late Polish Artist Magdalena Abakanowicz’s Monumental Soft Sculptures Stun at Tate Modern Abakanowicz was working under an oppressive Communist regime in Poland, but managed to build a career of international renown. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 18, 2022
Politics More Than 2,000 New York Artists Will Receive $1,000 a Month as Part of an Ambitious New Guaranteed Income Program The model is intended to provide an alternative to the system of fellowships and grants that leaves artists living check to check. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 17, 2022
Law A Court Has Ruled That Banksy Can Keep His Trademarks—and Anonymity—in His Battle With a U.K. Greeting Card Company The British street artist had previously stated that "copyright is for losers." By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 17, 2022
On View David Hockney Put a Personal Touch on the New Immersive Experience Based on His Work Coming to London The journey into the famous artist's work is accompanied by his own spoken commentary. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 16, 2022
Galleries Germany Pumped More Than €30 Million of Public Money Into the Commercial Art Market During the Pandemic. Was It Actually Needed? A report questioned whether galleries like Esther Schipper and Sprüth Magers should have benefited from the government program, which was not based on need. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 16, 2022
Museums Climate Activists Throw ‘Black, Oily Liquid’ at a Klimt Painting in Vienna in Second Attack in the City in a Week "Death and Life" (1915) was targeted by activists who managed to smuggle the liquid into the building despite heightened security at the museum. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 15, 2022
Museums The German Government Just Bought Back the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum From a Real Estate Company for €170 Million The state of Berlin and the federal government pitched in on purchasing the Hamburger Bahnhof and its adjacent exhibition hall. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 15, 2022
Politics Climate Protesters Hurled Maple Syrup on an Emily Carr Painting at Canada’s Vancouver Art Gallery The action suggests that this style of protesting may be spreading from Europe to North America. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 14, 2022
Politics Banksy Just Revealed Seven New Artworks He Created on Bombed-Out Buildings Throughout Ukraine—See Them Here Among the new works is a mural of a gymnast doing a handstand amid the rubble of an apartment building in Borodyanka. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 14, 2022
Museums Museum Security in Oslo Thwarted Two Activists Attempting to Glue Themselves to Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’ A statement from ICOM urges activists to see museums as "allies" not enemies facing the common threat of climate change. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 11, 2022
People Artist Hervé Télémaque, Known for His Colorful Poetic Works That Challenged Injustices, Has Died at Age 85 Hans Ulrich Obrist remembers the unique artist who exhibited at the Serpentine last year By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 11, 2022
Pop Culture King Charles Has Unveiled a Larger-Than-Life Statue of Queen Elizabeth II, Carved From Three Tons of Limestone The stonemason who designed the statue was the winner of a competition. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 10, 2022
Politics Sweden Has Eliminated Free Entrance to Its State Museums and Slashed $91.4 Million From Its Culture Budget Although the government is cutting funds to libraries and art schools, it is investing in scholarships for artists and creatives. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 10, 2022
Art Fairs The Boom in West African Art Enlivened Nigeria’s Art X Lagos Fair—But Economic Worries Ran Below the Surface The fair created a buzz among the fashionable set in Lagos. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 9, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions In Pictures: See Surrealist Artist Mark Ryden’s Cheerfully Unsettling New Barbie Dolls, Set to Debut in L.A This Week Painter Mark Ryden gives us 'Bee Barbie,' an occult pedestal of magic eyes that watches Barbie everywhere, and more. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 9, 2022
