Art and Law Jeffrey Epstein’s Latest Accuser Is an Artist Who Claims the Billionaire Sex Offender Lured Her in With Promises to Help Her Career When Maria Farmer met Epstein at her art opening in 1995, he dangled his powerful connections—and asked for a discount. By Rachel Corbett, Jul 9, 2019
Art and Law An Artist Is Suing the Hole Gallery and Mamacha Cafe for Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Unpaid Fees and Lost Art The Hole's owner says the gallery had nothing to do with the debacle. By Rachel Corbett, Jun 10, 2019
Art World Crowdsourcing the Museum? The Baltimore Museum of Art Is Issuing a Citywide Survey to Ask Locals What They Want to See The museum says the questionnaire will help it plan future exhibitions and programming. By Rachel Corbett, May 29, 2019
Art World ‘I Wouldn’t Be Offended if You Described It as Decorative Art:’ Filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar on Why He’s a Floral Still-Life Photographer Now The director has also put a collection of Spanish art front-and-center in his forthcoming film, "Pain and Glory." By Rachel Corbett, May 7, 2019
Politics ‘We Want to Feel Free’: At These 4 Fringe Galleries in Moscow, Artists Are Avoiding Government Censors To avoid government restrictions, some artists are setting up their own fringe spaces. By Rachel Corbett, Apr 22, 2019
Art Fairs A New Indie Art Fair Will Try to Muscle Its Way Into Basel This June, Promising a Calmer Setting to View Art The fair, not confusingly at all, is called Basel in June. By Rachel Corbett, Apr 16, 2019
People Art Advisor Maria Brito, Who Helps Shape Diddy and Gwyneth Paltrow’s Collections, on the Growing Alliance Between Hollywood and Art "Hip-hop was born as protest," Brito says. "Many visual artists are quite similar in their ethos." By Rachel Corbett, Apr 8, 2019
On View Artist Natalie Frank on How Her Feminist Take on Fairy Tales Became an Experimental New Ballet in Texas Ballet Austin created its new production 'Grimms' Tales' with artist Natalie Frank, who developed the performance's visual elements. By Rachel Corbett, Mar 31, 2019
On View Moscow Conceptualist Pavel Pepperstein on Why Some of His Best Art Was Made When He Was a Child—or on Acid The Russian art star's retrospective is on view at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow. By Rachel Corbett, Mar 20, 2019
Art and Law ‘Our View Continues to Be That It Is Wrong’: Amanda Schmitt Appeals Her Lawsuit Against Artforum and Knight Landesman Landesman has resurfaced in the art world after winning his sexual harassment suit, but his legal troubles may not be over yet. By Rachel Corbett, Mar 18, 2019
Analysis A New Study Suggests Why Museum Architecture Is So Curvy—and It’s Not Because Visitors Like It That Way The experts and the normal visitor view these buildings in very different ways. By Rachel Corbett, Feb 25, 2019
People Does Your Birth Order Affect How Creative You Are? Psychologists Have Some Surprising New Answers A new study suggests that both gender and birth order has an effect on the development of a child's "visual imagination." By Rachel Corbett, Feb 4, 2019
Politics In a Landslide Decision, Employees at the New Museum Vote to Unionize The staffers hope the union will help to address grievances such as low pay and long hours. By Rachel Corbett & Julia Halperin, Jan 24, 2019
Art and Law Ex-Artforum Employee Amanda Schmitt Appeals the Dismissal of Her Suit Against the Magazine and Knight Landesman The judge "wrongly decided the case against us, and we are looking forward to the appeal," her attorneys say. By Rachel Corbett, Jan 23, 2019
Art World A Weapons Company Named After Leonardo da Vinci Really Wants to Invade the Art World. It Keeps Blowing Up in Its Face After a series of PR disasters, the defense contractor formerly known as Finmeccanica changed its name in honor of the Renaissance artist. By Rachel Corbett, Jan 11, 2019
