People Why Was the Late Artist John Baldessari So Important? Just Watch This Video Narrated by Tom Waits A short documentary on the artist from 2012 has been making the rounds on social media. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 6, 2020
Politics In a Rare Political Gesture, the Met Speaks Out Against Trump’s Threats to Iranian Cultural Sites, Calling Such Targeting ‘Abhorrent’ The Met joins other museum leaders as well as top museum organizations in condemning the US President's comments. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 6, 2020
Auctions Phillips Will Hold a Selling Show of Banksy and KAWS in New York to Target a New Generation of Want-It-Now Buyers Prices for the 20 works on view range from $25,000 to $4 million. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 6, 2020
Auctions The Historic Artworks That Once Adorned the Offices of ‘Jet’ and ‘Ebony’ Are Heading to Auction This Month Works by Carrie Mae Weems and Henry Ossawa Tanner will be included in the sale at Swann Galleries. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 3, 2020
Art World Vogue Italia Reduced Its Carbon Footprint by Hiring Artists to Illustrate Its January Issue Instead of Staging Photo Shoots Vanessa Beecroft and David Salle are among the artists contributing to the issue. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 3, 2020
Art World There Are 8,000 Known Terracotta Warriors. But Archaeologists in China Just Found More Than 200 Others The discovery helps paint a clearer picture of how the Chinese military once operated. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 3, 2020
Law & Politics The London Man Who Allegedly Attacked a $26 Million Picasso at Tate Modern Says He Will Fight the Charge The state of the painting is currently unknown. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 2, 2020
Art World Amid Financial Struggles and Cutbacks in Staff, the Rubin Museum Hires a Chief Experience Officer to Address the Institution’s ‘Body Language’ Jamie Lawyer, a veteran of the Nelson-Atkins Museum, has been hired to take on the newly created role. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 11, 2019
People The Serpentine Galleries Appoints Bettina Korek, Head of Frieze Los Angeles, as Its New CEO Korek replaces Yana Peel, who resigned amid controversy in June. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 10, 2019
Auctions Christie’s Will Launch a New Hong Kong Auction to Coincide With Art Basel, Undeterred by Ongoing Protests The contemporary art sale will coincide with Art Basel Hong Kong in March. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 9, 2019
Art World The New York Non-Profit Artists Space Reopens With an 8,000-Square-Foot Home in the New Gallery Mecca of Tribeca The director took renovation advice from the artists on its board By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 9, 2019
Market TEFAF New York Fueled a Historic Surplus in Canada’s Trade Balance With the US Art shipped to New York for the fair helped shrink the country’s national deficit—but the numbers may be deceiving. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 6, 2019
Art World The Smithsonian Institution Is Rebranding Its Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington Legally, the museum will retain its original name. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 5, 2019
Politics Kyrgyzstan Censored a Feminist Art Show at the National Museum of Fine Arts. Now Its Director Has Resigned The ministry of culture decried the nudity in the "scandalous" show. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 4, 2019
Art World As a ‘Statement of Solidarity,’ the 2019 Turner Prize Is Awarded to All Four Nominees at Once At their request, the prize will be split evenly by Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo, and Tai Shani. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 3, 2019