Art and Law Chicago Has Launched a Street Art Registry to Prevent Beloved Murals From Being Inadvertently Destroyed The database, already populated with 150 works, allows people to learn more about the city’s murals and the artists behind them. By Taylor Dafoe, 5 hours ago
Art World Artist Molly Crabapple Explains Why She Collaborated With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Imagine a Greener Future In a video produced for The Intercept, Crabapple illustrates a story written and narrated by Ocasio-Cortez. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 19, 2019
Art World These 13,000-Pound Concrete Blocks Can Be Moved With One Hand—and They Provide Vital Clues About How Stonehenge Was Made The project may reveal how the mysterious ancient site was assembled—and provide insight into the future of architecture. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 18, 2019
Politics Ahead of the Mueller Report, Donald Trump’s Staff Edited Kehinde Wiley’s Barack Obama Portrait Into a Fantasy of FBI Surveillance The president's reelection committee is selling shirts that depict Obama as a spy. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 17, 2019
On View Artist Alicja Kwade Wants You to Pause and Reflect on the Cosmic Wonder and Vastness of the Universe Her rooftop commission at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a marvelous meditation on how small we are. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 16, 2019
Politics ‘The Government Gets to Decide Who Is an Artist’: Cuban Authorities Crack Down on Dissent as the Havana Biennial Opens Multiple artists have been taken in by state officials, while others have been denied entry to the country. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 16, 2019
Politics The American Museum of Natural History Will No Longer Host a Gala Honoring Brazil’s Far-Right President Jair Bolsonaro Museum staffers had issued an open letter calling on the museum's president “to stay true to its values by canceling this event." By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 15, 2019
Politics Climate-Change-Denying Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Will Be Feted as ‘Person of the Year’ at a Gala at New York’s Natural History Museum Even the mayor of New York is outraged and is calling on the museum to cancel the event. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 12, 2019
Exhibitions The First-Ever Helsinki Biennial Takes Advantage of the ‘Midnight Sun,’ Promising 24-Hour Access to Art The island of Vallisaari is a short ferry ride from the Finnish capital. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 11, 2019
People Bob Dylan’s Art Is Getting a Very Dylanesque New Permanent Home—in a Whiskey Distillery in an Old Nashville Church Dylan's Heaven's Door Spirits is opening up the new center next fall. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 11, 2019
Market Athena Art Finance Was Founded With $280 Million in Funding. It Was Just Sold for Only $170 Million The art-finance market draws on a small pool of investors, which may be a sign of trouble ahead. By Taylor Dafoe & Tim Schneider, Apr 10, 2019
People ‘Act First and Then Think’: Artist Angel Otero on How to Turn Failure Into Fuel for Creativity We visited the artist at his Brooklyn studio on the occasion of his new show at Lehmann Maupin. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 10, 2019
Art and Law A Donor Removed the Portland Museum From Her Will Just Before Her Death. Now, the Museum Is Suing Her Caretaker While issues like this aren’t uncommon, a museum taking legal action to resolve them is. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 9, 2019
Auctions A Balthus Painting From the Same Series That Drew Protests at the Met Is Expected to Fetch as Much as $18 Million at Auction The painting is the top lot of the Dorothy and Richard Sherwood Collection, which will be offered at Christie’s this May. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 9, 2019
Art World The Most Offbeat Artist Residency in the World May Be This One in a Winnebago Parked in a Utah Ghost Town The residency's founder, artist Eileen Muza, is the town's sole resident. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 9, 2019
