Auctions Russian-Owned Phillips Will Donate the Full Net Proceeds From Its London Sale—$7.7 Million—to the Ukrainian Red Cross Society Phillips announced the Red Cross partnership the morning of the sale. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 3, 2022
Politics Russia Has Bombed Babyn Yar, Site of a Memorial to Ukrainian Jews Executed by Nazis At least five people were killed and another five were injured in the incident. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 1, 2022
On View Both Reviled and Revered, La Malinche Has Been Called the Mother of Mexico. A New Exhibition Explores Her Evolving Image A statement show, “Traitor, Survivor, Icon: The Legacy of La Malinche” is on view at the Denver Art Museum. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 1, 2022
Politics Oscar Murillo, Tai Shani, and Other Artists Are Pulling Their Work From a Manchester Museum to Protest Its Director’s Ouster The former director faced backlash after staging a show that supported Palestine. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 28, 2022
Pop Culture ‘Euphoria’ Director of Photography Marcell Rév Unpacks the Art Influences That Shaped the Show’s Buzzy Aesthetic References to Nan Goldin and Frida Kahlo can be found in this season of the hit HBO show, the finale of which airs this weekend. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 25, 2022
Museums & Institutions The Met Just Purchased an Exemplary Renaissance Roundel for $23 Million—the Second Most Expensive Acquisition in Its History A Met curator attempted to buy the artwork at auction in 2003 but was outbid. The museum used funds from his bequest to fulfill his dream. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 24, 2022
Museums & Institutions 145 Artists and Academics Are Petitioning to Halt the Transfer of the Museum of Natural History’s Theodore Roosevelt Statue The signatories oppose the statue's proposed move to ancestral tribal lands in North Dakota. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 23, 2022
Art World For Decades, Graffiti Writers Paid Tribute to Basquiat by Tagging the Artist’s Former Home. Now, It Has Been Mysteriously Whitewashed The downtown New York City site is currently occupied by an exclusive, referral-only restaurant called Bohemian. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 23, 2022
Law & Politics The U.S. Has Banned Imports of Afghan Antiquities to Quash the Market for Illicit Artifacts, But Some Experts Say It Could Do More Harm Than Good Under the new rules, US customs agents may return seized artifacts to the Taliban—a group with a history of destroying Afghan artifacts. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 22, 2022
Politics U.S. Leaders Are Calling for the Release of Cuban Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Who Has Been Detained for Months Without Trial Concern is growing over Alcántara, who launched a hunger strike in protest of his imprisonment. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 18, 2022
Museums & Institutions A Florida Museum Is Showing What It Claims Is a Trove of Previously Unknown Basquiats, But Experts Remain Unconvinced One painting on cardboard features a FedEx logo not used by the company until 1994—six years after the artist’s death. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 17, 2022
Politics A New Report Shows How Hard POC Arts Organizations in New York Must Fight for Funding Just to Stay Afloat The report, published by Hue Arts NYC, accompanies a new interactive map and directory of 400-plus POC cultural organizations in the city. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 16, 2022
On View The Most Significant Hans Holbein Show to Grace a U.S. Museum in 40 Years Is a Rare Chance to Bask in His Splendorous Paintings The last Holbein show of its kind, which looked primarily at his drawings, was in 1983. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 16, 2022
Galleries East Coast Art Dealers Are Flocking to Los Angeles in the Latest California Gold Rush In recent weeks, more than a half-dozen dealers have announced plans to establish new branches in Hollywood. By Taylor Dafoe & Eileen Kinsella, Feb 15, 2022
Art World A Beloved Faith Ringgold Mural Will Move From Its Longtime Home at Rikers Island to the Brooklyn Museum After a Unanimous Vote Intended as an inspiration for inmates, the artwork was commissioned for the prison in 1972. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 14, 2022