Art World Wes Anderson’s New Art History-Inspired Film Stars Adrien Brody as a Ruthless Art Dealer Brody's character was based on legendary British dealer Joseph Duveen. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 12, 2020
Politics Malaysian Artists Cry Foul as the National Gallery in Kuala Lumpur Censors Four Artworks for Their Political Content The works were removed from an artist's mid-career survey after a museum board member complained. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 11, 2020
Art World A Small Pennsylvania Museum Just Discovered It Has Owned a Rembrandt for 70 Years Without Knowing It New conservation techniques revealed the painting's actual artist. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 10, 2020
Politics We Talked to the Sketch Artists Who Captured the Only Images of Trump’s Impeachment Trial, Where Cameras Were Banned See some of their most compelling images, including screaming protestors, grandstanding lawyers, and Mitt Romney's chocolate milk. By Taylor Dafoe & Eileen Kinsella, Feb 7, 2020
Art World Painter Julie Curtiss, the Art World’s Newly Anointed Market Darling, Will Be Represented by White Cube The London-based gallery will share representation of the artist with New York dealer Anton Kern. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 6, 2020
People Artist Beverly Pepper, Who Long Rejected Critics’ Attempts to Define Her Brawny Sculptures, Has Died at 97 The Brooklyn-born artist died in her adopted hometown of Todi, Italy. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 5, 2020
Exhibitions A Groundbreaking New Survey of Abstract Painting From the Arab World Adds a Vibrant Chapter to Art History The curators of “Taking Shape: Abstraction From the Arab World, 1950s–1980s” explain the mission behind the show. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 5, 2020
Politics President Trump Wants to Make ‘Federal Buildings Beautiful Again’ With a New Executive Order That Echoes Fascist History The leaked order declares that “classical architectural style shall be the preferred and default style.” By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 5, 2020
Politics Dozens of US War Veterans Are Urging MoMA to Reject ‘Toxic Philanthropy’ From Investors in Private Military Companies Their letter was sent in solidarity with artists who have asked the institution to cut ties with controversial board members. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 4, 2020
Politics After a Backlash, Nashville’s Belmont University Says It Will Let Non-Christian Art Professors Teach After All Watkins College of Art, which is being absorbed, was originally told that Belmont had a firm no non-Christians policy. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 4, 2020
Art and Law Billionaire Steven Tananbaum Settles With Gagosian, Ending a Bitter Lawsuit Over Three Long-Delayed Jeff Koons Sculptures The saga of one of the art world's most high-profile lawsuits has finally ended. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 3, 2020
People Jim Carrey Says the Political Phase of His Art Career Is Over. Now He’s On to Painting Mangoes “We got tricked by politicians and weird corporate concerns to believe that disagreement is hatred,” the actor-artist said. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 31, 2020
Art and Law A Hacker Posing as a Venerable British Art Dealer Swindled a Dutch Museum Out of $3.1 Million The museum sued the dealer in a London court. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 30, 2020
People Why Art Influencer JiaJia Fei Is Leaving the Museum World to Found the ‘First Digital Media Agency for Art’ “After more than a decade of working in museums as a problem solver, it was time to go out and find new problems to solve," says Fei. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 30, 2020
People ‘I’m Not Really Addressing the Fine-Art Audience’: How Rising-Star Artist Tyler Mitchell Became One of World’s Most In-Demand Photographers The exhibition at the International Center of Photography emphasizes the collapse of old cultural barriers. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 29, 2020
