Opinion The Guardian Arts Editor Sparked a Furor by Suggesting Curators Don’t Need to Be Named in Reviews. Here’s What’s Really at Stake At the heart of the debate is the matter of curatorial prestige—and pay. By Naomi Rea, Aug 23, 2019
Politics Venice Has Fined the Architect Santiago Calatrava $86,000 for Building a Bridge That—Oops—Can’t Handle Tourists The world-renowned architect argued that tourists dragging wheeled luggage was "incorrect use" of his glass-and-steel bridge over the Grand Canal. By Naomi Rea, Aug 19, 2019
Analysis The Art Market Is Having a Party About Nicolas Party. Here’s How the Playful Young Art Star Got So Hot, So Fast What's driving the flurry of interest in the young artist's work? By Naomi Rea, Aug 19, 2019
Art and Law Robert Indiana’s Estate Accuses His Caretaker of Allowing the 89-Year-Old Artist to Live in ‘Squalor’ Before He Died Lawyers for Jamie L. Thomas say he did not neglect the artist, from whom he "never stole a dime." By Naomi Rea, Aug 16, 2019
Art World Japanese Experience-Art Sensation teamLab Cancels Its Brooklyn Debut to Rethink Its Strategy for Cracking the US Market The digital art collective is pausing work on its Brooklyn museum, but is forging ahead with a project in Shanghai. By Naomi Rea, Aug 13, 2019
Politics Artists Turn Hong Kong’s Airport Into a Protest Art Studio as Anti-Government Demonstrations Escalate The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei supports the demonstrations, which members of his studio have been recording for a possible artwork. By Naomi Rea, Aug 12, 2019
Art and Law Mental Health Experts Will Assess the Teenager Accused of Throwing a Child From Tate Modern’s Balcony A London nurse has set up a crowdfunding campaign to support the victim and his family, who are French nationals. By Naomi Rea, Aug 9, 2019
Politics Jamaica Joins a Growing Number of Nations Calling on the British Museum to Repatriate Its Cultural Artifacts The Caribbean nation's culture minister wants to see its indigenous objects returned. By Naomi Rea, Aug 8, 2019
On View teamLab’s Tokyo Museum Has Become the World’s Most Popular Single-Artist Destination, Surpassing the Van Gogh Museum More than two million people visited the site in its first year. By Naomi Rea, Aug 7, 2019
Art and Law The 6-Year-Old Thrown From Tate Modern’s 10th Floor Survived the Fall. A Teenager Is Charged With His Attempted Murder The six-year-old French tourist survived the fall but remains in a critical condition. By Naomi Rea, Aug 7, 2019
Art World Street Art Is a Global Commercial Juggernaut With a Diverse Audience. Why Don’t Museums Know What to Do With It? Experts weigh in on what's keeping the most popular form of contemporary art from museum credibility. By Naomi Rea, Aug 7, 2019
Art World A Man Who Bought a Painting for $500 in a Bar Says It’s a $30 Million Rembrandt—But Experts Say It’s Really a Case of Wishful Thinking The new owner wants to sell the work and use the money to invest in his favorite soccer team. By Naomi Rea, Aug 6, 2019
Art World Boris Johnson Plans to Make the UK a World Leader in Freeports, Building 10 State-of-the-Art Facilities for Collectors After Brexit The government promises the initiative will create thousands of jobs but critics say it will encourage tax evasion and money laundering. By Naomi Rea, Aug 5, 2019
Art World Police Arrest a Teenager at Tate Modern After a Child Was Pushed From Its 10th-Floor Viewing Balcony Members of the public detained the alleged suspect who who was arrested for attempted murder. By Naomi Rea, Aug 5, 2019
Art World Christie’s Teams Up With the FBI to Help Return Vases Looted by the Nazis to the Heirs of Their Jewish Owner A pair of gilded French vases were returned to the family of Lucie Mayer Fuld after the auction house spotted them on the German lost art database. By Naomi Rea, Aug 2, 2019
