On View The Essentials: How a New Show on Native Photography Centers Its Enduring Resonance Through 4 Key Works Get introduced to “In Our Hands: Native Photography, 1890 to Now” at the Minneapolis Institute of Art through a selection of standout works. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 9, 2023
People ‘I’m Not Rewriting History, but Annotating It’: Curator Helen Molesworth on Her New Career-Spanning Book of Essays The curator discusses the themes—from taste to feminism—that have fueled her writing over 30 years. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 6, 2023
People Krista Kim Is Bringing Humanity Back to the Metaverse, One Digital Heartbeat at a Time We're on the precipice of a paradigm shift with Web3, Kim said. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 3, 2023
On View An Yvette Mayorga Work Is Unmistakable. A New Survey Explores Her Unique Inspirations, From German Lithographs to ‘Mexican Pink’ The survey “Yvette Mayorga: Dreaming of You” is currently at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 31, 2023
Art World Following Bomb Threats at the Louvre and Versailles, Paris+ Has Heightened Its Security as the City Remains on High Alert A fatal attack in Arras has raised the nation's threat level to its highest position. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 16, 2023
Law & Politics A French Court Has Sentenced Artist-Provocateur Pyotr Pavlensky to Prison for Leaking Private Footage of a Paris Mayoral Candidate Benjamin Griveaux ended his mayoral campaign after footage of him appeared on the Russian artist’s website in 2020. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 13, 2023
Politics Documenta Condemns Members of the Art Collective ruangrupa—Who Curated Last Year’s Show—for ‘Liking’ Pro-Palestine Social Media Posts Two members of the Indonesian art collective said they "liked" a video of a pro-Palestine demonstration in Berlin by mistake. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 10, 2023
Galleries New York’s Denny Gallery Will Shutter After 10 Years, Making It the Latest in an Alarming Wave of Gallery Closures The announcement came as a surprise to many. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 6, 2023
Museums & Institutions SculptureCenter Has Named Jovanna Venegas Its New Curator, Tasked With Overseeing Its Revamped Exhibition Program Venegas has spent the last six years as an associate curator at SFMOMA. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 6, 2023
Auctions Six Egon Schiele Artworks Recently Restituted to the Heirs of a Jewish Collector Could Fetch Millions When They Hit the Block at Christie’s The sales mark the newest chapter in a years-long saga involving dozens of Schieles once owned by Fritz Grünbaum. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 5, 2023
Art World The Art Institutes, a Collection of For-Profit Colleges, Announced It Will Abruptly Close Its Eight Remaining Campuses Schools in Atlanta, Miami, and elsewhere will shutter for good this weekend. Students were informed of the planned closures just last week. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 28, 2023
On View New Red Order Built a Fake World’s Fair in Queens to Make a Very Real Demand: Give Back All Native Stolen Lands Now The wit of the Creative Time-commissioned project makes its earnest message hit even harder. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 28, 2023
Art World Public Art Organization Creative Time Is Getting Its First Permanent Event Space, Where Artists Are Invited to ‘Convene and Exchange’ Open to artists and activists, Creative Time HQ was conceived as a resource for community-level organizing efforts. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 27, 2023
On View Artist Carmen Winant’s New Show Turns an Intimate Eye on the Subtle—Even Banal—Realities of Abortion Care The exhibition substitutes sensationalized images for humble, human ones. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 22, 2023
Law & Politics Seven Nazi-Looted Egon Schiele Artworks Have Been Returned to the Heirs of a Jewish Collector in a Precedent-Setting Move The Schiele pieces were handed over today in an event organized by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 20, 2023