Art World Cologne Says It Wants a Gerhard Richter Museum. Too Bad Gerhard Richter Says He Doesn’t Need One Cologne is desperate to build a museum dedicated to the artist and it is thinking big it is worried that the artist will be swayed by another German city. By Kate Brown, Aug 1, 2019
People ‘We Have More Agency Than We Realize’: Serpentine Curator Lucia Pietroiusti on How the Art World Can Tackle Climate Change The curator of the Golden Lion-winning Lithuanian Pavilion in Venice is wedding art and environmentalism in new ways. By Kate Brown, Jul 16, 2019
Galleries David Zwirner Will Open a Gallery in Paris, Seeking a Stable Foothold in the European Art Market Amid Brexit The mega-dealer's newest location will open alongside FIAC art fair this fall. By Kate Brown, Jul 11, 2019
On View Critics Call This New Berlin Museum the ‘Most Expensive Cloakroom in the World.’ With Its Grand Opening, the Public Now Gets to Decide Architect David Chipperfield's new building serves as a physical main entrance to neighboring museums in Berlin. By Kate Brown, Jul 10, 2019
On View A London Gallery Is Giving the Spotlight Exclusively to Artists Named ‘Smith,’ and It’s the Show You Didn’t Know You Needed Everyone loves the Smiths, right? By Kate Brown, Jul 9, 2019
Politics Made With a Chainsaw in Slovenia, This Folk-Art Sculpture of Melania Trump Is Already Garnering Comparisons to ‘Beast Jesus’ The sculpture of America's First Lady has divided local opinion. By Kate Brown, Jul 8, 2019
Auctions Amid Protests and Steeped in Controversy, a King Tut Statue Sells at Christie’s for $6 Million Protesters gathered outside the auction house during the controversial sale, which the Egyptian authorities attempted to halt. By Kate Brown, Jul 5, 2019
Art World Germany Hands Back the Sixth Nazi-Looted Painting Found in the Gurlitt Trove to Its Rightful Heirs German soldiers seized Paul Signac's landscape from a French art collector's castle after he was forced to flee. By Kate Brown, Jul 4, 2019
On View NASA Has Painstakingly Restored the Mission Control Room That Got Apollo 11 to the Moon—See It Here Everything is intact, right down to a can of soda. By Kate Brown, Jul 2, 2019
On View In Germany, a Former Coal Plant Reinvents Itself as a Cultural Center Fueled by Experimental Art and Green Energy E-Werk Luckenwalde's concept of "art electricity" offers a new model of sustainability, for artists and the planet. By Kate Brown, Jul 2, 2019
Politics Nan Goldin and Anti-Sackler Opioid Activists Swarm the Louvre, Marking Their First Action in Europe The guerrilla activists unfurled large banners in front of the Louvre pyramid and staged a die-in. By Kate Brown, Jul 1, 2019
Art World Ever Wondered What ‘Venus de Milo’ Smells Like? The Louvre Is Working With Top Perfumers to Make Scents Inspired by Its Masterpieces The Paris museum has given carte blanche to eight French perfumers to capture the essence of some of its greatest works of art. By Kate Brown, Jun 25, 2019
Art World After Its Restoration Fail Inspired Comparisons to ‘Beast Jesus,’ This Statue of Saint George Has Been Triumphantly Un-Restored The damage seems to have been undone, though the internet never forgets. By Kate Brown, Jun 24, 2019
On View Artist Duo Elmgreen and Dragset on Why They Installed a 24-Hour ATM Into a Section of the Berlin Wall The fake cash machine is now on permanent display outside the Hamburger Bahnhof. By Kate Brown, Jun 21, 2019
People Galleria Borghese Director Anna Coliva Was Wrongly Punished for Hitting the Gym. Here’s How She Coped—and Planned Her Comeback As she opens a landmark Lucio Fontana show and plans for Raphael 2020, the director is determined to put "the calumny" behind her. By Kate Brown, Jun 21, 2019
