Exhibitions It Costs a Whopping $3 Per Minute to Run the Venice Biennale’s Universally Acclaimed Lithuanian Pavilion. Now Organizers Want You to Help The most popular event in the Biennale is barely affordable for its organizers. By Taylor Dafoe, May 31, 2019
Art World New York City Is Looking for Artists to Create a Public Monument to Transgender Activists Martha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera The two drag performers were instrumental in the Stonewall Uprising. By Taylor Dafoe, May 30, 2019
Art World In a Bid to Bolster Its Tainted Public Image, Facebook Is Hiring Staff to Commission Art Projects Around the World The company has commissioned 500 art installations to date, with 200 more planned this year. By Taylor Dafoe, May 30, 2019
People A Former War Photographer Is Now Taking Extreme Measures to Document the Plight of the Panda. Very, Very Extreme Measures. You may not believe how extreme the measures are that Ami Vitale is taking. By Taylor Dafoe, May 29, 2019
Exhibitions Henry Chalfant, One of the Definitive Photographers of Early Subway Art, Will Return to the Bronx This Fall For His First US Retrospective “Art Vs. Transit, 1977-1987” will feature hundreds of the artist’s photos, as well as a recreation of his famous SoHo studio. By Taylor Dafoe, May 28, 2019
Art World The MFA Boston Has Apologized to Students Whose Teacher Says Museum Staff Racially Profiled Them The teacher says staff also followed the students too closely. By Taylor Dafoe, May 24, 2019
Politics An Activist Collective Has Infiltrated the Whitney Museum, Replacing Visitor Guides With Sneaky Lookalikes Criticizing Its Board The (De)Institutional Research Team, or (D)IRT, aims to educate visitors about what it calls the “Crisis at the Whitney.” By Taylor Dafoe, May 23, 2019
People ‘I View All Space as Public’: Sarah Morris Explains Why Nothing Is Off Limits in Her New Paintings and Films The artist's current show at White Cube in London is her first UK exhibition in six years. By Taylor Dafoe, May 23, 2019
Auctions A Laptop Infected With Six of the World’s Most Dangerous Computer Viruses Is Up for Auction. The Bid Is Now More Than $1.2 Million The malware was installed by an artist on a Samsung notebook from 2008. By Taylor Dafoe, May 22, 2019
Art World Chinese Authorities Have Detained an Activist Filmmaker for Posting a Picture Referencing the Tiananmen Square Massacre The country is cracking down on activists like Deng Chuanbin as the 30th anniversary of Tiananmen Square approaches. By Taylor Dafoe, May 22, 2019
Art and Law In a Reversal, the Trump Administration Proposes a 25 Percent Tariff on Imported Chinese Art and Antiquities Art supplies, paintings, drawings, sculpture, and artifacts over 100 years old may all be subject to the import tax. By Taylor Dafoe, May 21, 2019
Art World Thanks to a $10 Million Gift, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles Will No Longer Charge General Admission Fellow LA institutions the Broad and the Hammer have also gone free in recent years. By Taylor Dafoe, May 20, 2019
People At 31, the Painter Avery Singer Is a Bona Fide Art Star. She’s Trying Very Hard Not to Let That Get in Her Way Singer is included in this year's Venice Biennale—the latest in a steady stream of major institutional shows for the young artist. By Taylor Dafoe, May 20, 2019
People Architect I.M. Pei, Who Designed Some of the World’s Most Mesmerizing Museums, Has Died at 102 Pei, known for the Louvre Pyramid and the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, is recognized as one of the most influential architects of all time. By Taylor Dafoe, May 16, 2019
Art World Seville Locals Are Crowdfunding to Transform Diego Velázquez’s Abandoned Former Home Into an Education Center The home will be similar to the Rembrandt House in Amsterdam or the Rubens House in Antwerp, organizers say. By Taylor Dafoe, May 16, 2019
