People ‘Oksana Shachko Invented a Grammar of Activism’: How the Co-Founder of FEMEN Used Art as a Powerful Feminist Statement In recent years Shachko was working as a full-time artist painting transgressive religious icons. By Naomi Rea, Jul 26, 2018
Art World Emmanuel Macron Picks a Street Artist to Render Marianne, the French Symbol of Liberty, for a National Stamp The artist Yseult Digan, aka YZ, impresses the French President with an image of a politically engaged young woman who will appear on the nation's stamps. By Naomi Rea, Jul 23, 2018
Art World The British Museum Wants to Borrow That ‘Baby Trump’ Balloon—But It’s Got Competition The director of the Museum of London thinks it should be preserved for the nation but activists say their priority is to fly the blimp wherever the US President travels. By Naomi Rea, Jul 19, 2018
Art World In ‘Who Is America?’, Sacha Baron Cohen Tries to Dupe an Art Advisor. Can You Guess How She Fared? The art consultant who appears in the premiere has responded to the prank. By Naomi Rea, Jul 17, 2018
Politics An Upstart UK News Organization Is Running an Anti-Trump Art Contest. The Winning Work Goes to a DC Museum As the US president arrives in the UK, the Rapid Response Unit is looking for creative contributions to the debate. By Naomi Rea, Jul 12, 2018
Art World A Banksy Bonanza: The Street Artist’s ‘Greatest Hits’ Take Center Stage in a London Show Organized By His Former Dealer Steve Lazarides says the rare show has already broken records—and it hasn’t even opened yet. By Naomi Rea, Jul 11, 2018
Politics The UK Gets a New Culture Secretary in Theresa May’s Emergency Cabinet Reshuffle Jeremy Wright is the third culture secretary to be appointed under the current prime minister. By Naomi Rea, Jul 10, 2018
Art and Law Another Russian Billionaire Is Suing His Swiss Art Dealer for Allegedly Inflating Prices and Pocketing the Extra The collector says he was inspired to sue after discovering the ongoing legal dispute between Dmitry Rybolovlev and Yves Bouvier. By Naomi Rea, Jul 9, 2018
Art World 5 Must-See Artists at the Rencontres d’Arles, the ‘Venice Biennale of the Photography World’ From Patrick Willocq to Gilbert & George, here's what you won't want to miss at the prestigious summer photo festival. By Naomi Rea, Jul 6, 2018
Art World Where Did an Early Lucian Freud Landscape Go? It Turns Out His Wartime Drinking Buddy Painted Over It The uncovered work, which is signed "Lucian" on the back, could conceal an even earlier abandoned painting by the young artist. By Naomi Rea, Jul 4, 2018
Art World Cézanne’s Heirs and the Kunstmuseum Bern Reach a Historic Agreement Over a Mysterious Cézanne in the Gurlitt Trove Cézanne's great-grandson has acknowledged the museum's ownership of the work in exchange for the ability to exhibit it in the artist's hometown. By Naomi Rea, Jul 3, 2018
Art and Law The Billionaire Wildenstein Art-Dealing Dynasty Is Cleared in France’s Biggest Tax-Fraud Case (Again) The Paris court of appeals has upheld the 2017 ruling acquitting the art dealing family of tax evasion and money laundering. By Naomi Rea, Jul 2, 2018
Art World Artist Sophie Calle Wants You to Take Your Secrets to the Grave. Here, She Tells Us Why We spoke to the French artist ahead of her show at Château La Coste this summer in France. By Naomi Rea, Jun 28, 2018
Art World Are You Witty Enough to Win a Damien Hirst Artwork? The Artist Is Holding a Caption Contest on Instagram All you have to do is caption a photo of Hirst in his underwear. By Naomi Rea, Jun 27, 2018
Art World Masterpiece in the Middle East: Da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ Will Debut at the Louvre Abu Dhabi This Fall The $450-million painting's debut promises to show off the "inclusive nature of Louvre Abu Dhabi’s narrative." By Naomi Rea, Jun 27, 2018
