Politics ‘This Is Reprehensible’: Nan Goldin Responds to News That Richard Sackler Has Patented an OxyContin-Addiction Drug The photographer's activist group PAIN demands that the drug's manufacturer release its new patent so that the life-saving drug can be produced generically. By Kate Brown, Sep 11, 2018
Art World ‘The Statues Really Needed Painting’: An Amateur Artist Defends Her Neon ‘Restoration’ of a 15th-Century Religious Shrine Mary's makeover includes lipstick, eyeliner, and green hair. By Kate Brown, Sep 10, 2018
Art World Archeologists Just Hit the Jackpot, Discovering a Jar Full of Roman Gold Coins Hidden in an Ancient Basement Local media have speculated that the find could be worth millions. By Kate Brown, Sep 10, 2018
Politics ‘Life Is Turning Into a Nightmare’: Berlin Gallery KOW Revamps Its Exhibition Program in the Eleventh Hour to Take on Germany’s Right Wing The gallery has also published a manifesto-like essay in conjunction with the last-minute group show. By Kate Brown, Sep 7, 2018
Art Fairs Fair Trade Agreement? More Top-Tier Fairs Are Changing Their Booth Costs to Accommodate Smaller Galleries In addition to Art Basel, Frieze Los Angeles and Gallery Weekend Berlin say they will also be introducing their own versions of tiered pricing systems. By Naomi Rea & Kate Brown, Sep 5, 2018
Art Fairs ‘We All Make Each Other Stronger’: Art Berlin Director Maike Cruse on How Collaboration Could Change Art Fairs as We Know Them The art fair veteran shares her insights on Berlin's rapidly changing collector scene, and how art fairs can help galleries through some of the market's current tribulations. By Kate Brown, Sep 4, 2018
People ‘Direct Action Is Our Only Hope’: Opioid Crisis Activist Nan Goldin on Why People Need to Go Offline to Fight for Their Beliefs For eight months, Goldin has dedicated herself to speaking out againt the Sackler family's influence in art museums. By Kate Brown, Sep 4, 2018
Art World Millions of Artifacts Feared Destroyed as Fire Engulfs the National Museum of Brazil The 200-year-old museum, which is the oldest scientific institution in Brazil, had been underfunded for years. By Kate Brown, Sep 3, 2018
Art Fairs Can a Dealer Design a More Sustainable Art Fair? Ex-Gallerist Joanna Kamm Is Taking the Reigns at Liste to Find Out Afters 23 years, Basel's fair for young art is changing hands. By Kate Brown, Aug 31, 2018
Art World Amid Fears for Public Safety, a German City Removes a Mock Golden Statue of the Turkish President From Their Biennale The larger-than-life sculpture caused an outcry and required police protection after it was unveiled for the Wiesbaden Biennale. By Kate Brown, Aug 29, 2018
Art World An Estonian Official Wants to Turn a Former Prison Into a Museum of Communist Crime The harrowing abandoned prison could become a memorial to Red Terror. By Kate Brown, Aug 27, 2018
Art World Oslo Tells Bjarne Melgaard He Can’t Build His Sci-Fi ‘Death House’ in the Place Where Munch Died The enfant terrible's prospective neighbors are not crazy about 'A House to Die In.' He's not giving up. By Kate Brown, Aug 23, 2018
Art World ‘This Is Not a Street’: Brussels Gets a Very Surreal Street Name in Honor of Magritte The artist-inspired street name is part of an effort to rebrand a former industrial area that hosts Art Brussels. By Kate Brown, Aug 22, 2018
Art World In a New Report, Berlin’s Artists Detail Shockingly Low Pay and High Levels of Sexual Harassment The German capital's reputation as a great place for artists to live belies a "hidden scandal," particularly for female artists, a new report shows. By Kate Brown, Aug 20, 2018
Art World A 66-Foot Section of the Berlin Wall Was Just Discovered, Hidden in Plain View on a Quiet Street A group of locals stumbled upon a large piece of the forgotten landmark, which was covered by vines and graffiti, during an urban walking tour. By Kate Brown, Aug 17, 2018
