Art World A Doctoral Student Just Discovered a Tiny 5,000-Year-Old Sword—One of the Oldest Weapons in the World—in an Italian Monastery The 5,000-year-old weapon, which hails from the Bronze Age, was mislabeled as a medieval artifact. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 12, 2020
Art World An Ohio Couple Just Donated $100 Million Worth of Art by Picasso, Matisse, Vuillard, and Others to the Cleveland Museum It’s the museum’s largest gift in more than 60 Years. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 11, 2020
Politics An Exhibition of the Royal Family of Liechtenstein’s Art Collection Has Become Radioactive After a Revival of Accusations About WWII Museums including the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Seattle Art Museum have called off the show. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 10, 2020
People How Far Would You Go for Your Art? Julian Charrière Went to the North Pole (and Got in Trouble With the Law) The French-Swiss artist discusses his ambitious new exhibition at Sean Kelly Gallery—and why he bristles at the label "climate change artist." By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 10, 2020
Art World Richard Serra’s Epic Steel Sculpture in the Qatari Desert Has Suffered ‘Significant and Deliberate’ Vandalism The artist’s largest installation will be cleaned by the state-run organization that funded the project. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 4, 2020
Politics Reclusive Artist Cady Noland and Photographer Catherine Opie Are Among the 2,200 Creatives Endorsing Elizabeth Warren for US President “Warren understands the essential role the arts play in the world,” reads an open letter signed by the artists. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 3, 2020
People ‘You Know the Bird That Does That Crazy Mating Dance? That Was Me’: Artists Petra Cortright and Marc Horowitz on Their Zany Courtship In Artnet News's Portraits of Love series, young creative couples offer insights into their partnerships. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 3, 2020
Art World A 19-Year-Old Intern Unearthed a Rare, 2,000-Year-Old Roman Dagger in a Tiny German Town The dagger likely belonged to a Roman soldier slain by the Germanic tribes in the first century AD. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 3, 2020
Law & Politics Mexico Just Repatriated a Rare Yoruba Sculpture to Nigeria. Experts Say It Might Actually Be a Cheap Knockoff African art experts have doubts about the authenticity of the sculpture. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 2, 2020
Art & Exhibitions This Year’s Edition of Prospect New Orleans Will Examine What Has Changed—and What Hasn’t—Since the City Was Ravaged by Floods Mark Bradford, Kevin Beasley, and Simone Leigh are among the artists in this year’s show. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 2, 2020
Market Artist William Powhida Doesn’t Have Room to Store All His Work—So He Wants You to Borrow It, for Free “I am proposing something between letting go of work for free and trying to sell it on consignment," the artist says. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 28, 2020
People Hunter Biden Has Left Lobbying to Become a Fine Artist. So What Does the Art World Think of Joe Biden’s Son’s Work? Biden says his practice of making blown ink abstractions on paper helped him in his struggle with addiction. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 28, 2020
People ‘Becoming a Director Was About Getting Power’: Ja’Tovia Gary on How She Went From Art-School Outcast to Sought-After Experimental Filmmaker On the occasion of her first show at Paula Cooper in New York, we spoke with the artist about her path through the art world. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 28, 2020
Law & Politics A Brazilian Court Has Acquitted Art Collector Bernardo Paz of Charges That He Used His Inhotim Museum to Launder Money A three-judge panel overturned a 2017 conviction that would have sentenced Paz to nine years in prison. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 27, 2020
Art World The Auschwitz Museum Is Slamming Amazon’s New Show About Nazi Hunters for Taking Creative Liberties With the Holocaust The show's creator says he didn't want to recreate "specific, real acts of trauma." By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 25, 2020