Politics State-Run Museums in Georgia Abruptly Fired 40 Employees, Allegedly in Retribution for Forming a Union Critics blame the country’s populist culture minister. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 2, 2022
Law & Politics Police Seize Five Prized Ancient Egyptian Artworks From the Met as Part of an International Trafficking Dragnet The objects are connected to Roben Dib, a German-Lebanese dealer accused of laundering artifacts from the Near and Middle East. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 1, 2022
Law & Politics Two Dissident Artists Stood Trial in Cuba This Week. Despite Pleas From Human Rights Groups, They Could Face Years in Prison Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and rapper Maykel Castillo each face lengthy prison sentences. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 1, 2022
Politics Vandals Attack a Kassel Arts Venue Where a Palestinian Group Is Set to Show During Documenta The incident occurred amid a raging debate over alleged antisemitism. By Taylor Dafoe, May 31, 2022
Law & Politics Citing National Security, the U.K. Is Investigating Sotheby’s Owner Patrick Drahi Over His Investments in British Telecommunications Fearing a takeover bid of the multinational company, the government launched a probe into the Franco-Israeli media tycoon this week. By Taylor Dafoe, May 27, 2022
Auctions Thanks to Crowdfunding and a Last-Minute Donation From the State, Two Aboriginal Artworks Are Heading Back to Australia The objects, created in 1897 by Wurundjeri artist William Barak, were featured in Sotheby's Aboriginal Art auction last night. By Taylor Dafoe, May 26, 2022
On View A Once-in-a-Generation Cezanne Show Asks Us to Look Through the Artist’s Eyes: Slowly, Deliberately, and at Every Brushstroke The exhibition, on view now at the Art Institute of Chicago, is the largest retrospective dedicated to the artist in more than 25 years. By Taylor Dafoe, May 26, 2022
NFTs Seth Green’s Monkey NFT Was Stolen and Now He Can’t Make His TV Show? We Explain the Bored Ape Saga That’s Gone Viral Four of the actor’s cartoon collectibles were stolen in an phishing scam. One of them was set to star in a new sitcom. By Taylor Dafoe, May 25, 2022
Politics Kharkiv’s Palace of Culture Was Destroyed by a Russian Missile Attack, Leaving Eight Injured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack an example of “absolute evil.” By Taylor Dafoe, May 24, 2022
Politics At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukrainian Artists Are Staging an Anti-War Show in a House Typically Occupied by Russian Elites On view are documentary photographs and other depictions of extreme violence in besieged Ukrainian cities. By Taylor Dafoe, May 23, 2022
Events and Parties Set in a Nightclub, Anna Delvey’s Solo Show Seemed Like Another Scam—and Then Her Artwork Showed Up Models wearing Versace shades and black stockings over their heads brought in Delvey’s drawings on a catwalk. By Taylor Dafoe, May 23, 2022
Art Fairs 5 Highlights at the 2022 AIPAD Photography Show, From an Archive of an Artist’s Everyday Life to New Prints by a Lost Master Forty-nine galleries from 23 cities are partaking in the event. By Taylor Dafoe, May 20, 2022
Art Fairs In Pictures: See Neon Art, Vibrant Landscape Painting, and VIP Visitors at the Opening of Frieze New York 2022 We went to Frieze with a real, non-iPhone camera to capture a sense of the vibe. By Taylor Dafoe, May 18, 2022
Art & Exhibitions NFT Pioneer Olive Allen Wants to Introduce the Art World to the Metaverse. Her Vision of the Future Looks Nothing Like Mark Zuckerberg’s Her first IRL solo show is on view at Postmasters Gallery in New York. By Taylor Dafoe, May 17, 2022
Auctions This Iconic Man Ray Print Just Became the Most Expensive Photograph Ever Sold at Auction The sale was dedicated to the Surrealism-heavy collection of Rosalind Gersten Jacobs and Melvin Jacobs. By Taylor Dafoe, May 16, 2022