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
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
