Pop Culture New York’s ‘Hot Dog King’ Has Held Court Outside the Met Museum for Years. Now Fans Are Rallying to Stop the City From Ejecting Him A new petition calls on New York officials to “enforce their health codes fairly across the board.” By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 14, 2023
On View Four Artists Have Been Shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. See How Their Works Unpack Themes of Identity and Power Bieke Depoorter, Samuel Fosso, Arthur Jafa, and Frida Orupabo have been shortlisted for the £30,000 award. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 13, 2023
Crime The Dealer Who Sold the World’s Most Expensive Coin Has Been Arrested for Falsifying the $4.2 Million Artifact’s Provenance An investigation found the coin, along with other ancient objects, were sold with forged provenance certificates. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 13, 2023
Books 87-Year-Old Artist Barbara Kasten on How Her New Career-Defining Monograph Shows She’s More Than Just a Photographer The book unpacks the multidimensionality of the artist's practice. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 13, 2023
Museums & Institutions Artists and Museums Have Heroically Raised $30 Million to Keep a Historic Portrait From Leaving Britain. Will It Be Enough? The National Portrait Gallery in London has raised about half the sum required to buy Sir Joshua Reynolds’s “Portrait of Omai.” By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 10, 2023
Museums & Institutions Whitney Museum Director Adam Weinberg Will Step Down After 20 Years, Paving the Way for Curator Scott Rothkopf to Succeed Him Weinberg oversaw the Whitney’s move downtown and helped grow museum attendance, membership, and staff size. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 8, 2023
Museums & Institutions An Indiana University’s Faculty Have Voted to Halt Its Controversial Plan to Deaccession Three Masterpieces Worth Over $20 Million The vote came just one day after the Association of Art Museum Directors threatened to sanction the museum if the sale went ahead. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 7, 2023
Crime Ontario Police Have Arrested Eight People Suspected of Forging Thousands of Artworks Attributed to Indigenous Artist Norval Morrisseau Forced child labor, murder, and a member of the Barenaked Ladies all factor into the story around the elaborate forgery ring. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 6, 2023
People Timothy Wyllie, the Mystical Telepathic Artist Who Spoke to Dolphins, Is Finally Getting His Due for His Remarkable Landscapes The late writer published numerous books on drugs and co-founded a “spiritual community” most called a cult. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 2, 2023
Art & Tech After Sending ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ Out on Loan, the Mauritshuis Has Hung an A.I. Facsimile in Its Place. Fans Are Not Happy The controversial portrait was submitted through an open call for ‘Pearl Earring’ substitutes launched by the museum. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 28, 2023
Museums & Institutions Charleston’s International African American Museum Has Announced Its Opening in June, After More Than Two Decades of Planning The institution lives at Gadsden's Wharf, a once-prolific trading port where hundreds of thousands of slaves passed through. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 28, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists in Italy Are Using A.I. Robots to Piece Together Ancient Frescoes From Fragments Discovered at Pompeii A new machine called RePAIR can figure out how centuries-old fresco shards fit together—and even has robotic arms to reassemble them. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 27, 2023
Politics French Artist Jean-Pierre Raynaud Made a Rendition of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ to Donate to Ukraine on the One-Year Anniversary of the War Ukraine's ambassador to France will accept the painting on behalf of his country. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 24, 2023
Pop Culture The Victoria & Albert Museum Says ‘Let’s Dance’ to David Bowie, Agreeing to Acquire the Iconic Musician’s Complete Archives Some 80,000 items from the musician's career will be available at the new David Bowie Center for the Study of Performing Arts. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 23, 2023
Museums & Institutions Legendary Ghanaian Sculptor El Anatsui Will Be the Next Artist to Take Over Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall The Ghana-born, Nigeria-based sculptor will become the 21st artist selected for the prestigious commission. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 22, 2023