Reviews The Nasher Museum’s New Art Show Was Curated by ChatGPT. We Asked ChatGPT to Review It The show embraces the playfulness of its conceit but A.I. anxieties still poke through. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 18, 2023
People Fernando Botero, Whose Robust, Sensual Style Belied a Sly Political Wit, Has Died News of his passing was shared by Colombian president Gustavo Petro. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 15, 2023
Law & Politics Investigators Seized Three Egon Schiele Works From U.S. Museums, Claiming They Were Stolen From a Jewish Collector During World War II The D.A.’s involvement moves the cases from civil court to criminal court. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 14, 2023
Crime A Vincent van Gogh Painting Stolen From a Dutch Museum Three Years Ago Has Just Been Returned—in an Ikea Bag The 1884 painting was stolen from the Singer Laren museum in 2020. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 12, 2023
Crime How We Should Look at Donald Trump’s Historic Mug Shot, the First Ever Taken of a U.S. President Photo history shows that mug shots aren't just legal documents. They are designed to circulate as media spectacle. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 25, 2023
Museums & Institutions British Museum Director Hartwig Fischer Has Stepped Down, Hastening His Previously Planned Departure as Theft Scandal Grows "The responsibility for that failure must ultimately rest with the director," Fischer said in the surprise announcement. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 25, 2023
Museums & Institutions Outgoing British Museum Director Hartwig Fischer Speaks Out for the First Time About the Thefts That Took Place Under His Watch “At every step my priority has been the care of the incredible British Museum collection, and that continues today,” the embattled director said. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 24, 2023
Crime Three London Men Have Been Convicted of Stealing a $2.5 Million Ming Dynasty Vase From a Swiss Museum in 2019 The vase was recovered in a sting operation two years later when officers posed as buyers offering £450,000. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 23, 2023
Museums & Institutions In the Wake of a 1,500-Object Theft at the British Museum, Greece Is Renewing Calls for It to Return the Parthenon Marbles The museum's senior curator of Greek and Roman art is suspected of stealing the items over the course of years. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 22, 2023
On View Photographers Recreate Old Master Paintings in Witty and Profound Ways in a New Show at a Princeton University Art Gallery Pictures by Ori Gersht, Nina Katchadourian, and Vik Muniz are on view in “Art about Art: Contemporary Photographers Look at Old Master Paintings” By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 21, 2023
Crime The Employee Who Allegedly Stole Artifacts From the British Museum Has Been Identified as a Senior Curator of Greek and Roman Art Peter John Higgs is suspected of pocketing the objects and selling them on eBay over the course of years. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 18, 2023
On View ‘I Never Wanted to Be Avant-Garde’: Heji Shin Doesn’t Claim Her Provocative Photographs Are Intellectual, But Many of Her Biggest Fans Are You won't find any naked bodies in “The Big Nudes” the artist's new show 52 Walker. Then again maybe you will. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 18, 2023
Museums & Institutions Unionized Workers at the Art Institute of Chicago Have Ratified a ‘Landmark’ First Contract, Ending 15 Months of Negotiations The deal guarantees pay bumps and job transparency measures for more than 500 employees. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 17, 2023
Crime The British Museum Has Fired an Employee After Discovering Valuable Objects Missing From Its Collection The museum has launched an investigation to recover the jewelry, semi-precious stones, and other objects. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 16, 2023
Law & Politics A Curator Is Suing the Worcester Museum of Art in Massachusetts for Discrimination and ‘Offensive Behavior’ She said she was “mocked and ridiculed because she is a brown-skinned South Asian.” By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 14, 2023