Art World What Does It Take to Succeed as a Young Artist Today? A New Documentary Asks Industry Players—and Finds the Answer Is Bleak The film, which premieres next month, follows a group of up-and-comers as they “struggle to balance making art with making ends meet.” By Taylor Dafoe, 3 hours ago
Art History Jan Van Eyck’s Famed Ghent Altarpiece Got an Assist from His Older Brother Hubert, Researchers Find The finding helps clarify a generations-long mystery about the lesser-known van Eyck sibling, Hubert. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 14, 2021
Art World Mexico City Will Replace Its Christopher Columbus Statue With a Replica of a Pre-Hispanic Indigenous Female Figure The decision ends a long saga about what artwork should be displayed on the capital city’s Paseo de la Reforma. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 13, 2021
Law Reversing a Trump Order, President Biden Has Reinstated Federal Protection for Two Natural Landmarks in the Utah Desert The move expands the sites of Bears Ears Grand Staircase-Escalante once again. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 13, 2021
Politics In a Reversal, London Will Keep Two Statues of Slaveowners on View (But With Explanatory Texts) Plaques will now be installed alongside the memorials of William Beckford and Sir John Cass. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 12, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Performa 2021 Is a Chance to Reconnect With Performance After Quarantine, But Also a Tribute to the Small Joys That Got Us Through The ninth edition of the Performa Biennial opens this week with a slate of free, outdoor events. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 11, 2021
Galleries A New International Alliance for Galleries Has Drawn 163 Dealers to Help Shape the Future of the Struggling Sector A non-profit, the International Galleries Alliance is equally owned and operated by its members. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 8, 2021
Galleries Lisson, Lehmann Maupin, and 12 Other Blue-Chip Galleries Are Opening Pop-Up Shows in a New Free-Trade Hub in Beijing The project will last three months. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 7, 2021
Market Masterworks, a Company Offering Fractional Shares of Major Artworks, Is Now Valued at Over $1 Billion The company, which now counts top collector Glenn Fuhrman among its investors, is officially the first art-startup unicorn. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 6, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Exhibitors at a Fair in Dubai Have Covered Up the Private Parts of Michelangelo’s ‘David,’ Fearing It Might Offend Visitors The Italian pavilion's organizers insisted the decision wasn’t censorship, but instead a kind of conceptual gesture. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 5, 2021
Law Lawmakers in Congress Want to Put Unemployed Artists Back to Work With a $300 Million Bill to Fund Public Cultural Projects The bill was inspired by the New Deal's Works Progress Administration. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 4, 2021
Art History Munch Created a Chaste Version of His Infamous ‘Madonna’ Painting Hidden Beneath the Racy One He’s Famous For The artist’s erotic depiction of the Virgin Mary was more conventional at first, it turns out. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 4, 2021
Pop Culture For Two Decades, Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch Has Quietly Been Making Quirky, Creepy Collage Art. Here’s What They Look Like The filmmaker's creations are the subject of a new book and exhibition, both of which launched this week. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 4, 2021
Museums 7 Exhibits From L.A.’s Academy Museum That Show How It Rethinks Hollywood History, From Boundary-Breaking Oscar Fashion to Problematic Makeup Collections curator Nathalie Morris explains the stories of some of the carefully considered objects on display. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 1, 2021
Pop Culture Did Snoop Dogg Really Buy Crypto Artworks Worth $17 Million Under the Moniker ‘Cozomo de’ Medici’? The predictably unpredictable rapper recently outed himself as the Twitterverse's favorite anonymous NFT influencer. Or did he? By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 29, 2021
