Art World Actor Paul Giamatti Wanted to Be an Artist Before His Career Went ‘Sideways.’ Now, a New York Museum Is Showing His Handiwork Like his film and TV characters, Giamatti’s drawings are “anxious.” By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 30, 2020
Art World Nicole Eisenman, Martin Puryear, and 100 Other Artists and Intellectuals Call on Museums to Reinstate the Postponed Philip Guston Retrospective “The people who run our great institutions do not want trouble," the letter reads. "They lack faith in the intelligence of their audience.” By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 30, 2020
People A Blade of Grass Director Deborah Fisher on Why She Let Her Staff Go to Save the Social-Practice Art Organization Fisher will become the only full-time employee of the socially engaged art nonprofit as it dramatically changes course. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 29, 2020
On View Maurizio Cattelan, Rachel Harrison, and Nearly 100 Other Artists Will Show Their Quarantine-Era Illustrations at the Drawing Center “100 Drawings from Now,” opening this week, reveals the role drawing plays in times of trauma. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 29, 2020
Galleries David Zwirner Has Recruited Rising-Star Art Dealer Ebony L. Haynes to Launch a New Manhattan ‘Kunsthalle’ With an All-Black Staff The new space will host three to four exhibitions a year. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 28, 2020
Art World An Art Collective Turned Three Americans’ Medical Bills Into Paintings and Then Sold Them to Erase $73,000 Worth of Debt It's the latest "drop" from MSCHF, a Brooklyn-based group of artists and designers known for bi-monthly quasi-conceptual online projects. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 28, 2020
Market Former Top Christie’s Executive Rebecca Wei Is Crossing Over Into the Gallery World, Joining LĂ©vy Gorvy Asia as a Partner The hire comes as the Asian art market struggles to rebound from the paralyzing effects of the lockdown. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 24, 2020
Law & Politics The End of the Long, Exceedingly Nasty Legal Battle Over Robert Indiana’s Assets Is in Sight as Two Art Foundations Reach an Agreement The artist’s longtime representative reached an out-of-court deal with the foundation established to oversee his estate. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 22, 2020
People Governor Cuomo Reveals Plans to Erect a Statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Her Birthplace of Brooklyn A special committee will seek artists and design ideas for the monument. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 21, 2020
On View Hannah Beerman’s Joyful Assemblages Capture the Communal Spirit of the Lockdown Era (With a Side of Pita Bread). See Them Here The New York-based artist's new solo show, "Delicate Rubbernecking," is on view now at Kapp Kapp. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 21, 2020
Auctions Sotheby’s Hopes Banksy’s Painting About the ‘Excesses of Consumerism’ Will Generate $6 Million in Excess Consumerism at Auction Banksy's 'Show Me the Monet' will appear at a virtual Modern and contemporary art auction in Paris and London next month. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 18, 2020
Law & Politics In a Threat to Banksy’s Empire, an EU Court Rules That He Can’t Hold Trademarks While His Identity Remains a Mystery The ruling against the anonymous artist came in the midst of a bitter legal battle between him and a greeting-card company that used one of his images. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 17, 2020
Auctions The Plastic Crown Worn by the Notorious BIG for a Photo Taken Days Before Death Sold for $600,000 at Sotheby’s First Hip-Hop Sale Other highlights from the sale included Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It” jackets, Slick Rick’s diamond eye patch, and high school love letters written by Tupac Shakur. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 16, 2020
Art World A Volunteer Archaeologist Just Discovered the Oldest Example of Religious Graffiti Ever Found in Britain The graffiti, found in an ancient Roman fort, is 1,400 years old. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 15, 2020
Art Fairs FIAC Has Canceled Its 2020 Fair in Paris, Saying It Could Not Meet the ‘Legitimate Expectations’ of Visitors Exhibitors will receive full refunds, the fair’s organizers announced. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 14, 2020