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
Art World A New Book of Rarely Seen Images by Gordon Parks Will Change the Way You Think About Crime Photography—See Powerful Examples Here The pictures, collected in a new book, have an eerie resonance with the discourse around law enforcement today. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 7, 2020
Law & Politics Days After More Than 80 Philadelphia Museum of Art Employees Were Laid Off, the Institution’s Workers Have Voted to Unionize The bargaining group will include every museum employee who works at least four hours a week, and will be the only wall-to-wall museum union in the country. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 6, 2020
Art World A New Book Collects the Best Recreated Artworks From the #GettyChallenge—and Reflects On Why the Project Resonated So Much The public’s understanding of art history was surprisingly sophisticated, it turns out. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 6, 2020
Art Fairs As Virus Cases Rise in Texas, the Dallas Art Fair Cancels Its 2020 Edition—and Won’t Reimburse Galleries for Booth Fees "For now, it seems the long-term viability of the fair is contingent on the fees not being refunded to the galleries," one dealer said. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 5, 2020
Art World ‘It’s the Difference Between Staying Afloat and Sinking’: US Art Workers Are Left Adrift as Weekly $600 Unemployment Checks Evaporate One phase of the government's stimulus plan has ended, leaving many self-employed artists and gig workers with little in the way of support. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 4, 2020
Art World Is This the New Vivian Maier? In a Secret Room, a Young Woman Discovered 8,000 Remarkable Photos Taken by Her Grandfather Alberto di Lenardo's never-before-seen photographs have been collected in a new book coming out this August. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 31, 2020
Auctions This Ordinary-Looking Vase Just Sold for Nearly 50 Times Its High Estimate After a 45-Minute Bidding War at Sotheby’s The small vase's high estimate was just $9,000. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 31, 2020
Art & Exhibitions Recently Resigned MOCAD Curators Have Launched a Digital Exhibition to Show What a More Equitable Art World Would Look Like “ARTWORK” is part of "Art Mile," a weeklong digital event coordination venues from Detroit. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 30, 2020
Art World Scientists Just Proved That the Humanoid Lamb in the Ghent Altarpiece That Everyone Made Fun of Is Supposed to Look Like That Researchers vindicated a meticulous conservation effort that memesters called a restoration flop. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 30, 2020
Law & Politics A Hard-Hitting New Senate Report Details How Art Dealers and Auction Houses Have Undermined US Sanctions Against Russia Arkady and Boris Rotenberg spent $18.4 million in art after being put under sanctions by president Obama. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 29, 2020
Politics The Penn University Museum Is Working to Repatriate the Skulls of Enslaved Peoples in its Collection Following Student Protests The skulls were collected by a discredited physician. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 28, 2020
Politics The US House of Representatives Has Passed a Bill Approving a New National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, DC The proposed museum would be part of the Smithsonian Institution and be built on the National Mall. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 27, 2020
People ‘Life Just Continues to Go On’: Photographer Stephen Shore on Why It’s Okay to Take Normal Pictures During Abnormal Times See the photos that Shore has been dedicating himself to during the pandemic. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 27, 2020