Politics Tania Bruguera and Others Are Demanding Their Works Be Removed From the Aichi Triennale After a Censorship Controversy The artists released a letter in a solidarity with the creators of a controversial sculpture of a “comfort woman.” By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 13, 2019
Exhibitions Bunny Rogers, Ed Atkins, and Other Artists Are Set to Debut Their First-Ever Performances at This Fall’s Performa Biennial There's a lot to look out for in the next edition of the renowned performance art festival. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 12, 2019
Auctions Banking on Banksy, Sotheby’s and Christie’s Will Hold Dueling Online Sales of the Street Artist’s Prints This Fall The unrelated sales will offer some of the anonymous street artist's most famous images, including the one that self-destructed last fall. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 9, 2019
Art and Law HBO Used an Acclaimed Artist’s Slenderman Painting Without Permission, Treating It as Fan Art. Now the Case Could Head to Trial Artist Joe Coleman is suing the network for copyright infringement. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 9, 2019
People Comedian Julio Torres Has a Surreal New HBO Special About His Favorite Shapes. He Has Thoughts About Art, Too We talk to Torres about what he learned from Marina Abramovic, Zaha Hadid, and Jed Perl, among others. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 9, 2019
Art and Law A Brancusi Sculpture Fell Off a Pedestal in the Office of an Art-Financing Company. Now Its Owner Is Suing for $22.5 Million The owner of the company, Asher Edelman, claims that the collector himself improperly balanced the work on the pedestal. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 7, 2019
Art World More Turmoil Hits the Long-Delayed Academy Museum of Motion Pictures as Its Founding Director Resigns Director Kerry Brougher, who previously served as a curator at the Hirshhorn Museum, will “return to his roots in the art world.” By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 6, 2019
Exhibitions Good Wall Painting: Filmmaker Gus Van Sant Will Debut a Series of New Paintings at Vito Schnabel’s Gallery This Fall It’s Van Sant’s first New York solo show. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 6, 2019
Politics New York City Told Its Museums to Diversify or Lose Funding. Here’s How They Plan to Address the Problem Recent studies show that museums are falling short on diversity in several key ways. By Taylor Dafoe & Brian Boucher, Aug 6, 2019
Politics Facing Public Threats Over a Sculpture, Japan’s Aichi Triennale Censors Its Own Exhibition About Censorship Organizers received threats over a sculpture of one of the thousands of "comfort women" forced into sexual slavery during World War II. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 5, 2019
Politics New York Sets Aside $212 Million for Next Year’s Cultural Budget—Another Record for the City The city also announced a new, streamlined version of its ambitious CreateNYC cultural initiative. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 1, 2019
Art and Law A Street Artist Is Suing Walmart and Ellen DeGeneres for Allegedly Stealing His Signature Heart Logo A clothing line released by the company this year prominently features a design that looks suspiciously similar to the artist’s own. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 31, 2019
Politics Congress Is Investigating a For-Profit Education Company Accused of Scamming Art Students (With the Trump Administration’s Help) When the schools lost their accreditation, they didn't tell students. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 30, 2019
People ‘We Need to Tell a Different Story’: Why Tamir Rice’s Mother Samaria Is Collaborating With Contemporary Artists to Honor Her Son’s Legacy With the help of artist and activist Amanda D. King, Rice is at work creating the Tamir Rice Afrocentric Cultural Center in Cleveland. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 30, 2019
Art World A Family Found a Long-Forgotten Portrait of Their Mother at Home. It Turns Out It’s by One of Africa’s Most Famous Artists This isn't the first time a lucky family has found a work by Ben Enwonwu in their home. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 29, 2019
