Art World How Can Nonprofits Better Serve Artists? With a New $1.5 Million Program, Eyebeam Is Turning Over the Purse Strings to Its Fellows The nonprofit recently gave up its brick-and-mortar space to embrace a more democratic and digital approach. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 27, 2021
Law The Metropolitan Museum of Art Is Reviewing 45 Antiquities That Cambodian Officials Believe Were Stolen From the Country The museum alerted the U.S. Attorney's office after "new information" came to light. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 25, 2021
Pop Culture This Prankster Art Collective Is Making an Elaborate Commentary on Authenticity by Hawking 999 Fake Warhols (Plus One Real One) The collective MSCHF bought a Warhol, created 999 replicas, and is now selling each for $250. The catch: you'll never know which one is real. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 25, 2021
Museums After More Than a Decade of Controversy and Delays, a Massive New Museum for Edvard Munch Has Opened at Last in Norway At 13 stories and 283,000 square feet, it's one of the largest single-artist museums in the world. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 22, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions For the First Contemporary Art Show at Egypt’s Pyramids, JR Transformed the Ancient Wonder Into a Partially Levitating Mass The French artist has also taken the opportunity to launch his inaugural series of NFTs. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 21, 2021
Art World What Does It Take to Succeed as a Young Artist Today? A New Documentary Asks Industry Players—and Finds the Answer Is Bleak The film, which premieres next month, follows a group of up-and-comers as they “struggle to balance making art with making ends meet.” By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 20, 2021
Art History Jan Van Eyck’s Famed Ghent Altarpiece Got an Assist from His Older Brother Hubert, Researchers Find The finding helps clarify a generations-long mystery about the lesser-known van Eyck sibling, Hubert. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 14, 2021
Art World Mexico City Will Replace Its Christopher Columbus Statue With a Replica of a Pre-Hispanic Indigenous Female Figure The decision ends a long saga about what artwork should be displayed on the capital city’s Paseo de la Reforma. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 13, 2021
Law Reversing a Trump Order, President Biden Has Reinstated Federal Protection for Two Natural Landmarks in the Utah Desert The move expands the sites of Bears Ears Grand Staircase-Escalante once again. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 13, 2021
Politics In a Reversal, London Will Keep Two Statues of Slaveowners on View (But With Explanatory Texts) Plaques will now be installed alongside the memorials of William Beckford and Sir John Cass. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 12, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Performa 2021 Is a Chance to Reconnect With Performance After Quarantine, But Also a Tribute to the Small Joys That Got Us Through The ninth edition of the Performa Biennial opens this week with a slate of free, outdoor events. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 11, 2021
Galleries A New International Alliance for Galleries Has Drawn 163 Dealers to Help Shape the Future of the Struggling Sector A non-profit, the International Galleries Alliance is equally owned and operated by its members. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 8, 2021
Galleries Lisson, Lehmann Maupin, and 12 Other Blue-Chip Galleries Are Opening Pop-Up Shows in a New Free-Trade Hub in Beijing The project will last three months. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 7, 2021
Market Masterworks, a Company Offering Fractional Shares of Major Artworks, Is Now Valued at Over $1 Billion The company, which now counts top collector Glenn Fuhrman among its investors, is officially the first art-startup unicorn. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 6, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Exhibitors at a Fair in Dubai Have Covered Up the Private Parts of Michelangelo’s ‘David,’ Fearing It Might Offend Visitors The Italian pavilion's organizers insisted the decision wasn’t censorship, but instead a kind of conceptual gesture. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 5, 2021
