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
Art and Law Court Dismisses Former Artforum Employee Amanda Schmitt’s Lawsuits Against the Magazine and Knight Landesman The judge dismissed her suit centered on allegations of slander, retaliation, and defamation. By Rachel Corbett, Jan 3, 2019
Analysis Why Did the Art World Vote for Hillary? Psychologists Say It’s Because Democrats Are More Creative Than Republicans New research suggests that people who are creative and take greater social risks are more likely to vote for Democrats. By Rachel Corbett, Jan 2, 2019
Art World Basquiat Hid Secret Drawings in His Work Using Invisible UV Paint, a Conservator Has Discovered "I've never seen anything like it," the conservator said. "He basically did a totally secret part of this painting." By Rachel Corbett, Jan 2, 2019
Politics Can Art Help Heal a Divided Nation? Here Are 6 Ways That Red-State Museums Are Reaching Across the Political Gap Directors from four museums in conservative states weigh in on strategies for going beyond the art world's "blue bubbles." By Rachel Corbett, Dec 10, 2018
Art Fairs What Can an Art Fair Offer Amid Political Instability? For Dealers at This Year’s ARTBO, the Answer Is Complicated The Venezuelan crisis is having a marked effect on Bogotá's art market. By Rachel Corbett, Oct 26, 2018
People Sorry, Art Lovers: The New Auguste Rodin Biopic Is a Steamy, Superficial Flop Never penetrating far into his psychology, the film by Jacques Doillon portrays Rodin as a pair of hands, always in action—and not much else. By Rachel Corbett, Oct 26, 2018
People A New Cy Twombly Biography Mentioning His ‘Assistant’ Has Dismayed the Late Artist’s Supporters Joshua Rivkin's new book about the artist is out this week, and it's already courting controversy. By Rachel Corbett, Oct 17, 2018
Art World What Makes Something Beautiful? According to Scientists, It’s All About ‘Hedonic Processing Fluency’ A new study compares polygons to find out which one the human eye deems most beautiful. By Rachel Corbett, Sep 19, 2018
Art World Who Should Take Over as Director of MoMA PS1? 5 Leading Art-World Figures Tell Us Who They’d Pick Here are five potential candidates to replace Klaus Biesenbach when he leaves for MOCA LA. By Rachel Corbett, Aug 13, 2018
Galleries The End of Exhibitions? As Attendance Plummets, New York Dealers Are Scrambling to Secure the Future of the Art Gallery To lure the public back into art galleries, dealers are banding together and adopting vintage tactics like the old-fashioned gallery walk. By Rachel Corbett, Jul 18, 2018
Art World Why Are Artists Poor? New Research Suggests It Could Be Hardwired Into Their Brain Chemistry The dopamine reward systems in artists' brains don't react much to money. By Rachel Corbett, Jul 2, 2018
On View See Jeff Koons’s Hair-Raising Student Art From the 1970s Plus, get a taste of John Currin's high school art. By Rachel Corbett, Jun 25, 2018
Art World Is This Painting by Josh Smith or Mose Tolliver? A Vigilante Instagram Account Is Shaming the Copycats of the Art World The anonymous Instagram account @whos____who has become a popular platform for debating issues of appropriation and plagiarism in the art world. By Rachel Corbett, Jun 5, 2018
Art World The Robot’s Hand? How Scientists Cracked the Code for Getting Humans to Appreciate Computer-Made Art Seeking empathy with artists, people prefer art made by humanoid robots over other computer-generated works. By Rachel Corbett, May 22, 2018
