Politics In a Landmark Decision, London’s National Portrait Gallery Drops a $1.3 Million Gift from the Sacklers The gallery is the first major art museum to put a donation from the Sackler family on hold, indefinitely. By Kate Brown & Javier Pes, Mar 19, 2019
Art & Exhibitions What Can We Expect From Ralph Rugoff’s Venice Biennale? Here Are 7 Takeaways From His Curatorial Vision and Artist List We analyzed this year’s artist list to make some predictions about the exhibition's 58th edition. By Naomi Rea & Kate Brown, Mar 17, 2019
On View A Berlin Software CEO Will Turn a Cold-War Hotspot Into a Home for His Art Collection Markus Hannebauer is transforming the former headquarters of the US Army in Berlin into a center for time-based art. By Kate Brown, Mar 15, 2019
People Okwui Enwezor, Nigerian Art Historian and Venice Biennale Curator Who Was a Force for Non-Western Art, Has Died at 55 The revered Nigerian-born thinker has died after a long battle with cancer. By Kate Brown & Naomi Rea, Mar 15, 2019
Auctions A German Fashion Retailer Is Selling More Than 4,000 Artworks to Finance a ‘Digital Transformation’ It's the largest contemporary art auction to take place in Germany. By Kate Brown, Mar 14, 2019
Politics In a Landmark Resolution, German Culture Ministers Pledge to Lay the Groundwork to Return Colonial-Era Art The move comes amid mounting pressure on the country to take responsibility for its colonial past. By Kate Brown, Mar 14, 2019
On View Two Years After Studio Drift’s Floating Monolith Dazzled the Armory Show, It’s Back and It’s Bigger Than Ever The design duo's work is on view in Finland alongside the country's first-ever show dedicated to Magritte. By Kate Brown, Mar 8, 2019
People Helena Bonham Carter Is the Voice of a New Documentary Charting the Rebellious Life of Venetian Painter Tintoretto The release of the film coincides with the Venetian painter's 500th birthday. By Kate Brown, Mar 5, 2019
Politics Italy Has a Change of Heart, Is Now ‘Happy’ Lend Its Leonardo da Vinci Works to France for Anniversary Exhibition The resolution coincides with a broader thaw of diplomatic tensions between the two nations. By Kate Brown, Mar 4, 2019
People Following His Turbulent Departure From MOCA, Philippe Vergne Gets the Top Job at Portugal’s Serralves Museum The French director will lead the Serralves Museum while Helen Molseworth heads to Colorado for her next job. By Kate Brown & Javier Pes, Feb 27, 2019
On View See Works From Picasso’s Tender Early Years as They Take Center Stage at the Fondation Beyeler The artist's Blue and Rose periods are the focus of the exhibition in Basel, Switzerland. By Kate Brown, Feb 26, 2019
Art World For Its First Venice Biennale, Ghana’s All-Star Pavilion Will Introduce the Country as a Cultural Powerhouse on the Global Stage Ghana has assembled a heavy-hitting team, from David Adjaye to El Anatsui to Okwui Enwezor to Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. By Kate Brown, Feb 25, 2019
People ‘Community-Based’ Indonesian Collective ruangrupa Will Be the Artistic Director of documenta 15 documenta says it is consciously giving room to a non-European view of the art world. By Kate Brown, Feb 22, 2019
Art World Archaeologists May Have Finally Solved the Mystery of Where Stonehenge’s Rocks Came From A new study suggests that the rocks were dragged nearly 150 miles from where they were quarried. By Kate Brown, Feb 21, 2019
Market Forget the Old Masters, It’s All About the Old Monsters in the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils We can thank Steven Spielberg for the surging market, but scientists are not happy about it. By Kate Brown, Feb 20, 2019
