People Frank Dunphy, the Bullish Business Manager Who Helped Damien Hirst Amass Millions, Has Died Dunphy negotiated high percentages of gallery sales for Hirst and encouraged him to sell work through auction houses. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 28, 2020
Art Fairs Dozens of Galleries Are Demanding Refunds From the Dallas Art Fair After It Canceled This Year’s Event Without Returning Booth Fees In a letter, dealers accuse the fair of shifting the financial burden "solely to the galleries." By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 27, 2020
People ‘Along the Way, Life Took Over’: Painter Shannon Cartier Lucy on Her Wayward Path to Art-Making and Personal Redemption The artist opens up about her complicated past, her winding career trajectory, and the strange imagery in her work. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 27, 2020
Law & Politics The 20-Year-Old Who Punched a Picasso Painting at Tate Modern as a ‘Performance’ Is Going to Jail for 18 Months “There is nothing to suggest you were anything other than a 20-year-old seeking fame,” the sentencing judge concluded. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 26, 2020
Art World The British Museum Has Added a Label to a Bust of Its Founder to a Special Cabinet Where He’s Identified as a Slave Owner The institution is developing a guided tour of artifacts that it acquired through colonialism. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 25, 2020
Art World A Cleveland Museum Canceled a Show of Shaun Leonardo’s Drawings of Police Violence. Now, Two Other Museums Are Stepping in to Display Them Two black squares will take the place of the artist's drawings of Tamir Rice, whose mother opposed the work. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 24, 2020
Art World Amy Sherald Painted Breonna Taylor for the Cover of Vanity Fair’s September Issue, Guest Edited by Ta-Nehisi Coates The issue also features photographs of Taylor’s home and family by LaToya Ruby Frazier. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 24, 2020
Art World Ashton Kutcher Burned an Original ‘Artwork’ to Promote a New Blockchain Marketplace Where Art Can (Kind of) Live Forever The platform also offers digital works of art by Seth Green, Ryan Phillippe, and Skeet Ulrich. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 19, 2020
People Art Collector William Arnett, Champion of Thornton Dial, the Gee’s Bend Quilters, and Other Outsider Artists, Has Died at 81 Arnett founded the Souls Grown Deep Foundation in 2010. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 19, 2020
Art World Faculty at One of Canada’s Top Art Schools Demand to Know Why the University’s Progressive-Minded President Was Let Go The school's board is coming under fire for refusing to comment on the removal of university president Aoife Mac Namara. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 18, 2020
Auctions A Pair of Michael Jordan’s Game-Worn Sneakers Sold for $615,000 at Christie’s, Setting a New Record for the Category The auction house's first dedicated sneaker sale brought in $932,000 across 11 lots. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 17, 2020
Art World The George Floyd Protests Spurred Museums to Promise Change. Here’s What They’ve Actually Done So Far Which institutions are following through on their commitments and which are dragging their feet? By Taylor Dafoe & Caroline Goldstein, Aug 14, 2020
Art World Wikipedia Entries About Female Artists of Color Tend to Be Lacking. So Volunteers Fleshed Out 85 of Them in a Virtual Edit-a-Thon The National Museum of Women in the Arts hosted the annual event yesterday. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 12, 2020
Politics Former President George W. Bush, Who Previously Oversaw the Creation of ICE, is Releasing a Book of Immigrant Portraits "Out of Many, One" coincides with a show of the 43 works. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 11, 2020
Law & Politics The New Museum’s Union Has Filed Charges With the National Labor Relations Board Over Recent Layoffs The museum acted in a “discriminatory and retaliatory” way in laying off union members, the complaint argues. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 10, 2020