Studio Visit Mr. Clean: Why Rising Artist Matthew Lutz-Kinoy Wears a Special Outfit While Painting—and Keeps His Studio Pared Down to the Bone The Paris-based artist currently has a show at Frieder Burda's Salon in Berlin. By Kate Brown, May 18, 2021
Politics Top Dutch Museum Directors Condemn a Proposed Law That Would Mandate Coronavirus Testing for Museum Visitors Museum leaders fear the added burden and expense would further hinder attendance. By Kate Brown, May 11, 2021
Art World For the First Time Ever, the Turner Prize Shortlist Is Comprised Entirely of Socially Engaged Art Collectives One of the five shortlisted collectives will be announced as the winner in December. By Kate Brown, May 7, 2021
People Could We Love Machines? Korean Artist Geumhyung Jeong’s Performative Robots Test Our Empathy The artist builds her own machines from scratch and performs with them via remote control. By Kate Brown, May 4, 2021
Studio Visit Artist Tarik Kiswanson on His Secret to Avoiding Creative Burnout, and the Inspiration for His Gallery Weekend Show in Berlin The Swedish-Palestinian artist's solo exhibition is on view at Carlier Gebauer for Berlin Gallery Weekend. By Kate Brown, May 4, 2021
Politics In a ‘Historic Milestone,’ Germany Will Begin to Return Benin Bronzes From Its Public Collections to Nigeria in 2022 The move is without precedent. By Kate Brown, Apr 29, 2021
Art World Berlin Is Unveiling a $168 Million Top-to-Bottom Renovation of Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie—See Images Here The museum will reopen this summer with a rehanging of its permanent collection and an Alexander Calder show. By Kate Brown, Apr 29, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Uli Sigg’s Idiosyncratic Collection of North and South Korean Art Is Going on View in a Rare Show in Switzerland The two countries have been divided by a hard border since 1953, but their work hangs side by side in Switzerland. By Kate Brown, Apr 28, 2021
Law The Heirs of Late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-Hee Will Give 23,000 Works of Art to Korean Museums to Polish Their Tarnished Image The family's art collection is worth a reported $2.7 billion. By Kate Brown, Apr 28, 2021
Art Fairs One-Third of the Galleries on Frieze New York’s Initial Exhibitor List Dropped Out and Were Replaced by Dealers Closer to Home Galleries' ability to physically attend depended on the health situation in their home countries. By Kate Brown, Apr 27, 2021
Art World The Bavarian State Painting Collections Has Returned a Medieval Work Unlawfully Sold by Nazis to Its Rightful Heirs A Jewish art dealer in Munich was forced to sell the work in 1935. By Kate Brown, Apr 26, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Visiting Yayoi Kusama’s Sprawling New 70-Year Survey Is Like Stepping Inside a Frenzied Tik-Tok Feed… in a Good Way The Japanese artist is having her largest-ever retrospective in Europe at the Gropius Bau in Berlin. By Kate Brown, Apr 23, 2021
On View Olafur Eliasson Just Flooded Switzerland’s Fanciest Museum With Pond Water and Invited Wildlife Inside—See Images Here A breeze now blows through the museum, which is—literally—wide open. By Kate Brown, Apr 22, 2021
People Studio Visit: Dutch Textile Designer Hella Jongerius Is Cherishing Her Paper Archives and Enjoying Some Good Soup The designer's new art installation will soon be on view at the Gropius Bau in Berlin. By Kate Brown, Apr 20, 2021
Sustainability An Upstart Eco-Conscious Gallery Coalition Has Opened a Branch in Berlin With Ten New Members to Fight Climate Change Membership in the group has exploded from 14 original founders to 361 members in just six months. By Kate Brown, Apr 19, 2021
