Taylor Dafoe

Senior Writer
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Auctions

Are You Sitting Down? A Ming Dynasty Chair Just Sold for $16 Million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong—Nearly 10 Times Its Estimate

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Archaeology & History

More Than 2,500 Archaeologists Have United to Demand the British Museum Return the Rosetta Stone to Egypt

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Museums & Institutions

The Art Institute of Chicago Has Been Accused of Erasing Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s Queer Identity—a Growing Problem, Critics Say

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Politics

New U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss Says She Does Not Support Repatriating the Parthenon Marbles to Greece

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People

Artist Ian Cheng Channeled Anxieties About A.I. and Fatherhood Into a High-Tech Yet Deeply Personal New Film

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Auctions

An Auction of Paintings by the Long-Overlooked Chicago Surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie Just Brought in $2.8 Million

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Politics

London’s Newest Fourth Plinth Sculpture Is a Tribute to an Anti-Colonial Hero. Politicians Want to Replace It With a Statue of Queen Elizabeth II

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Art World

With a New $50 Million Endowment, Bard College Will Invest Big in the Study of Indigenous Culture, Art, and History

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People

‘If We Are All That Lonely, It Can’t Be That Bad’: Wolfgang Tillmans on the Universal Thoughts Behind His Heart-Breakingly Visceral Photos

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Art & Exhibitions

With Sold-Out Gigs in New York, Iconic Indie Band Pavement Will Open a Pop-up Show Celebrating Its 30-Year History

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Museums & Institutions

Unionized Workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Are Going on Strike Until They Reach a Contract With Management

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Law & Politics

Artist Kahlil Robert Irving Filed a Human Rights Complaint Against a New York Hotel After It Allegedly Accused Him of Squatting

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Museums & Institutions

The City of Basel Is Funding Its Museums to Scour Their Collections for Looted Objects

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Auctions

Willem de Kooning’s Family Will Auction Off Three Paintings by the Artist for as Much as $50 Million This Fall

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Museums & Institutions

Union Workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Are Going on a One-Day ‘Warning’ Strike

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