Art World ‘I Fell in Love With Art There’: As the San Francisco Art Institute Closes, 5 Celebrated Artists Reflect on How the School Shaped Them Dara Birnbaum, Stephanie Syjuco, and others look back on their experiences at the school. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 1, 2020
Law & Politics Who Owns the Copyright to Tattoos? A Court Issues a Landmark Ruling Over LeBron James and Other NBA Stars’ Right to License Their Body Art LeBron James says he has the right to license his own likeness, and that includes his tattoos. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 30, 2020
Law & Politics A Judge Just Scolded an Art-Licensing Company for Trying to Rush Through a Lawsuit About ‘Knock-Off Unicorn Products’ During a Pandemic Read the judge's scathing takedown. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 27, 2020
Art World These Tiny 20,000-Year-Old Artworks From Indonesia Prove That Europe Wasn’t the Only Place Art Was Being Made During the Last Ice Age Among the findings are a depiction of a small water buffalo native to Indonesia. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 26, 2020
People Ten Years Ago, Artist Jeffrey Gibson Almost Quit the Art World in Frustration. Here’s How He Found the Strength to Keep Striving Instead of quitting his practice, he bought a sprawling former schoolhouse and transformed it into a massive studio. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 26, 2020
Market After Dubai’s Biggest Art Fair Was Cancelled, the UAE Government Swiftly Purchased More Than $400,000 of Work by Local Artists The artworks will be placed in UAE embassies around the world. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 25, 2020
People Art Critic and Curator Maurice Berger, Whose Prescient Work Addressed Representations of Race, Has Died of COVID-19 at Age 63 The influential writer was the author of books including 'White Lies' and 'For All the World to See.' By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 24, 2020
Art World Art Students at Yale and Other Universities Are Demanding Tuition Refunds After Their Classes Were Moved Online Students are making simliar calls at SVA, NYU, and other art schools. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 24, 2020
Art World Philanthropists Have Launched a $75 Million Fund for Nonprofit Arts Organizations Put Under Strain by the Coronavirus Meanwhile, galleries and other for-profit businesses are calling on the city for aid. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 20, 2020
Art World The Architecture School Founded by Frank Lloyd Wright May Now Close Entirely After Cutting Ties With His Foundation The fate of the School of Architecture at Taliesin has been in ongoing flux. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 19, 2020
People How Can You Make Art for ‘Trying Times’? For the Longtime Artist Couple Carrie Moyer and Sheila Pepe, It’s All About Teamwork The pair collaborated on a joint show at the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 17, 2020
Politics After an International Outcry, Cuban Performance Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara Has Been Released From Jail But the artist's legal woes aren't over yet. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 17, 2020
Law & Politics A Nashville Art School Made Headlines When It Announced a Merger With a Christian University. But a New Injunction Could Stop It Plus, a state senator and a New York real estate firm have gotten involved. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 16, 2020
Art World Museums in China and South Korea Are Reopening, But Strict Restrictions Will Be Placed on Visitors Visitors to museums in China will have their temperatures taken at the door. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 13, 2020
Art & Exhibitions In the Face of Sanctions, Supporting Artists in Iran is Difficult. One Ambitious Collector Is Trying to Change That A show of Iranian art from Mohammed Afkhami’s collection will open at New York’s Asia Society this October. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 12, 2020