Shows & Exhibitions Celebrated Photographer Deana Lawson Takes an Unexpected Turn in Her New Guggenheim Show—and It Involves Holograms Lawson’s Hugo Boss Prize show is on view now at the Guggenheim. By Taylor Dafoe, May 31, 2021
Art History Now You Can View the Complete Archives of Beloved Painter Charles White Online Thanks to the Smithsonian Family photographs, high school report cards, and more than 17,000 other objects have been digitized. By Taylor Dafoe, May 31, 2021
On View A Marble Skull Displayed for Centuries at a German Castle Turns Out to Be the Work of Bernini, Researchers Have Discovered The skull, made for Pope Alexander VII, is included in the new Dresden show “Bernini, the Pope and Death." By Taylor Dafoe, May 28, 2021
Museums Russia’s Hermitage Museum Moves Closer to Opening a Barcelona Branch, But Squabbling City Authorities Could Still Sink It Japanese architect Toyo Ito is designing the new museum. By Taylor Dafoe, May 27, 2021
Museums Leonora Carrington’s Wondrous Mexico City Home Will Become a Museum Filled With Thousands of Her Personal Belongings The university in charge of the house shared details about the new museum on the occasion of the late artist’s 104th birthday. By Taylor Dafoe, May 26, 2021
Art World David Zwirner Hires Susan Dunne, a Former Pace Dealer Who Resigned Amid Allegations That She Fostered a Toxic Work Environment In addition to hiring Dunne, the gallery has brought on board the estate of Robert Ryman, an artist Dunne worked with for years. By Taylor Dafoe, May 24, 2021
Politics Angela Davis, Forensic Architecture, and Other Art-World Figures Are Denouncing MoMA Board Members for Ties to Pro-Israel Organizations An open letter decrying the trustees has hundreds of signatories. By Taylor Dafoe, May 21, 2021
Law More Than 130 Royal College of Art Students Accuse the School of Losing or Damaging Their Work During Lockdown Numerous artists are now threatening to sue the school over the incident. By Taylor Dafoe, May 21, 2021
Artnet News Pro The Launch of David Zwirner’s New Click-to-Buy Online Marketplace Is Already a Success. Here’s How Much Sold on Day One The dealer's son, Lucas Zwirner, is heading up the new site Platform. By Taylor Dafoe, May 20, 2021
Art World Artist Theaster Gates Will Design the 2022 Serpentine Pavilion, Becoming the First Non-Architect Solely Awarded the Commission Gates's work is geared toward social practice and urban planning. By Taylor Dafoe, May 19, 2021
Art World Arts Workers of Color in Los Angeles Earn 35 Percent Less in Wages Than Their White Colleagues, a New Study Finds Meanwhile, entry-level workers across the sector are paid below the living wage, regardless of race. By Taylor Dafoe, May 18, 2021
Art World Russian Collector Dasha Zhukova Is Launching a Real-Estate Firm to Put Exhibition Spaces and Artist Studios Into High Rises New developments in Manhattan and Philadelphia are underway now. By Taylor Dafoe, May 17, 2021
Museums The National Gallery of Art Reopened Today with a New Brand Identity—and New Leadership on the Horizon E. Carmen Ramos has been named the National Gallery’s new chief curator. By Taylor Dafoe, May 14, 2021
Galleries Artist Robert Longo Is Joining Pace Gallery After Four Decades at the Soon-to-Shutter Metro Pictures Longo’s first show at Pace is set for this September in New York. By Taylor Dafoe, May 13, 2021
Pop Culture ‘Brilliant’ or Totally Phoned In? David Hockney’s New Design for the London Tube Is Sparking Merciless Mockery Online “If you had said this was a children’s competition to redesign the logo and this was the winner I’d have [believed] it,” wrote one user. By Taylor Dafoe, May 12, 2021
