Art and Law The Art Collective That Nike Sued for Pouring Human Blood on Its Sneakers Has Agreed to Recall the Shoes The group's lawyer says the shoes were intended as a comment on "collaboration culture." By Taylor Dafoe, 1 day ago
Auctions Christie’s Will Offer 9 Multimillion-Dollar NFT CryptoPunks in Its May Evening Auction. Here’s What That Means The digital collectibles include a rare alien punk. By Taylor Dafoe, 1 day ago
People Cory Arcangel’s Latest Artwork Is a Kim Kardashian-Themed Video Game. What Does It Mean? Don’t Ask Him Arcangel says talking about his artistic intentions is hard. We asked him about them anyway. By Taylor Dafoe, 2 days ago
Art and Law This Painting Was About to Hit the Auction Block in Spain for Just $1,780. Then Experts Discovered It Might Be a Caravaggio Worth Millions Spain's culture ministry implemented an export ban on the painting to halt the sale. By Taylor Dafoe, 2 days ago
Art World Fabergé and HBO Are Marking the 10th Anniversary of ‘Game of Thrones’ With a One-of-a-Kind Egg. You Won’t Believe the Price You could spend your money on this, if you wanted to. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 7, 2021
Auctions Following Public Pressure, eBay Has Cancelled a Sale of Wartime Drawings Reportedly Made by an Artist in a U.S. Japanese Internment Camp A number of organizations wrote to the auction house saying they objected to "profiteering off the oppression of Japanese Americans." By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 7, 2021
Art World The Getty Has Partnered With the City of Los Angeles to Identify and Preserve Landmarks Related to Black History Currently, just over three percent of the city’s roughly 1,200 historic landmarks are tied to African American heritage. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 6, 2021
Art and Law The Met Wins a Case Against a Photographer Who Claims It Posted His Image of Eddie Van Halen Online Without Permission At the center of the case is a 1982 image of Van Halen performing in concert. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 5, 2021
Exhibitions For Its Major Post-Pandemic Triennial, the New Museum Has Invited 40 Rising Artists to Explore the Theme of Persistence The exhibition, titled “Soft Water Hard Stone,” opens in October. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 2, 2021
Art World A Devastating Fire Broke Out in a Brazilian Storage Unit Housing Thousands of Artworks From the Country’s Top Galleries Artist Vik Muniz says there are "losses that cannot be replaced." By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 1, 2021
Market An Art Historian Just Minted an NFT of Salvator Mundi Holding a Fistful of Bills—and He’s Hoping to Sell It for $450 Million Author Ben Lewis will share the proceeds with the Louisiana family who sold the original Leonardo work for just $1,175. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 1, 2021
Politics New York’s Mayoral Race Is in Full Swing. We Asked Each Candidate How They Plan to Support Arts and Culture Platforms range from the establishment of TikTok-style hype houses to a New Deal-style initiative to put artists back to work. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 1, 2021
Art and Law Nike Is Suing an Art Collective for Turning Its Air Max Sneakers Into ‘Satan Shoes’ Filled With Human Blood MSCHF’s newest drop is a collaboration with rapper Lil Nas X. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 31, 2021
Art World The Ghent Altarpiece, Which Has Been Stolen a Dozen Times, Is Now Protected in a $35 Million Bulletproof Display The painting now hangs in a state-of-the-art, climate-controlled case with bullet-proof glass. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 25, 2021
Exhibitions Ray Johnson Spent the Final Years of His Life Developing an Enigmatic Photography Project. It’ll Go on View Next Summer Disposable cameras were Johnson's most treasured artistic tools towards the end of his life. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 25, 2021
