Art World The Internet Is Having a Field Day With Memes Mocking Artist Jon McNaughton’s Latest Pro-Trump ‘Masterpiece’—See Them Here The right-wing artist makes the case that history will remember the presidency as... a knockoff Monet? By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 21, 2019
Auctions To Diversify Its Asian Art Collection, the Met Will Sell 300 Chinese Artworks at Sotheby’s for as Much as $4 Million The works heading to auction had been donated by Florence and Herbert Irving. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 20, 2019
Art World This Ingenious Jogging Artist ‘Drew’ an Elaborate Portrait of Frida Kahlo by Capturing a Precise Route on His Running App Lenny Maughan went viral after he ran 30 miles to sketch an image of Frida Kahlo. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 20, 2019
Art and Law The Met Is Investigating Objects in Its Collection With Ties to Disgraced Dealer Subhash Kapoor. Will Other Museums Follow Suit? Kapoor has been charged with operating a $145 antiquities smuggling ring. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 19, 2019
Politics Jenny Holzer, Sanford Biggers, and Others Are Vying to Design a Pulse Nightclub Memorial Museum. But a New Group Is Opposing It A group of survivors, families of victims, and queer activists say the museum is an effort to “monetize the tragedy." By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 16, 2019
Art World Thousands Met in the California Desert to Live Out Post-Apocalyptic ‘Mad Max’ Fantasies. A Photographer Was There to Capture the Action Joe Pettet-Smith thought he was only there to get one photo. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 15, 2019
Politics 30 Years Ago, Ai Weiwei Was an Extra in a Puccini Opera. Now He’s Directing One—to Address the Hong Kong Protests As always, Ai is taking inspiration from contemporary political events. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 15, 2019
Market The US Will Hit Chinese Art and Antiquities With an Additional 10 Percent Tariff Next Month as the Trade War Escalates Trump delayed the deadline for taxing consumer goods to spare holiday shoppers, but not those in the antiquities trade. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 15, 2019
Politics In a Reversal, the San Francisco School Board Has Voted to Cover, Not Destroy, a Series of Controversial High School Murals The move comes after intensifying political pressure on the board, and statements from leaders of the local NAACP and actor Danny Glover. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 14, 2019
People Lee Hadwin Never Dreamed of Being an Artist. To His Surprise, He Becomes One in His Sleep For nearly 40 years, Lee Hadwin has been making complex works of art while sleepwalking. He doesn't remember any of them. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 14, 2019
Galleries Pace Gallery Is Launching PaceX, an Ambitious New Initiative to Promote Projects That Unite Art and Technology Christy MacLear, who recently served as vice chairman of Sotheby’s advisory arm, will lead the new initiative. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 13, 2019
Politics Tania Bruguera and Others Are Demanding Their Works Be Removed From the Aichi Triennale After a Censorship Controversy The artists released a letter in a solidarity with the creators of a controversial sculpture of a “comfort woman.” By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 13, 2019
Exhibitions Bunny Rogers, Ed Atkins, and Other Artists Are Set to Debut Their First-Ever Performances at This Fall’s Performa Biennial There's a lot to look out for in the next edition of the renowned performance art festival. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 12, 2019
Auctions Banking on Banksy, Sotheby’s and Christie’s Will Hold Dueling Online Sales of the Street Artist’s Prints This Fall The unrelated sales will offer some of the anonymous street artist's most famous images, including the one that self-destructed last fall. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 9, 2019
Art and Law HBO Used an Acclaimed Artist’s Slenderman Painting Without Permission, Treating It as Fan Art. Now the Case Could Head to Trial Artist Joe Coleman is suing the network for copyright infringement. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 9, 2019
