Art World An Artist Just Sold 1,000 NFTs to Give Digital Art Nonprofit Rhizome the Biggest Gift in Its 25-Year History Internet artist Rafaël Rozendaal donated half of the profits from his new generative NFT project to the digital art organization. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 6, 2021
Museums Art Institute of Chicago Employees Are Trying to Unionize, Saying They Are Overworked and Underpaid 60 workers issued a letter this week announcing their plans. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 4, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Grimes, Bon Iver, and Other Musicians Are Creating Immersive Art Experiences to Draw Attention to the Climate Crisis The installations will appear in a pop-up exhibition in Brooklyn. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 3, 2021
Museums Philadelphia Museum of Art Director Timothy Rub Will Retire After a Series of Scandals and Staff Turmoil The last two years of Rub’s tenure have been defined by sexual harassment scandals, staff cuts, and a $233 million expansion project. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 2, 2021
Books How Not to Take a Picture: In a New Book, Alec Soth, Taryn Simon, and 200 Others Share the Subjects They Would Never, Ever Photograph Brainchild of Jason Fulford, 'Photo No-Nos,' was published this month. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 2, 2021
Politics A New York Gallery Owner Says He Destroyed Six Paintings Over a Controversy Regarding Their Depiction of Native American Symbols The paintings depicted the murders of Native Americans that took place in Oklahoma from the 1910s through the 1930s. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 30, 2021
Crime Disgraced Former Art Dealer Angela Gulbenkian Has Been Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Fraudulently Selling a Kusama Work The socialite sold a $1.4 million Kusama sculpture that she never delivered. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 29, 2021
Museums The National Gallery of Australia Returns to India 13 More Works Bought From Now-Imprisoned Art Dealer Subhash Kapoor The museum also officially outlined its new guidelines for repatriating art. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 29, 2021
Politics A Republican Just Introduced a Bill to Require the White House to Report Hunter Biden’s Art Sales. It’s Called the ‘PAINTER Act’ Representative Mike Waltz, an ardent Trump fan, is suddenly very concerned with the business dealings of presidential children. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 28, 2021
Museums Russia’s Hermitage Museum Will Auction Off NFTs of Prized Works by Leonardo, Van Gogh, and Other Artists in Its Collection The museum says it has developed a special model for selling NFTs that complies with Russia’s strict cryptocurrency laws. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 27, 2021
On View LACMA’s Game-Changing Partnership With Mega-Collector Budi Tek Will Kick Off With a Show of Contemporary Chinese Art The Chinese-Indonesian collector forged the partnership with LACMA in 2018. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 26, 2021
On View How Joseph E. Yoakum, an Enigmatic Former Circus Hand and Untrained Artist, Found Drawing in His 70s—and the Hairy Who as Admirers A major survey of the late artist’s output is on view now at the Art Institute of Chicago. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 21, 2021
Politics Tania Bruguera Joins the Growing Ranks of Dissident Artists Being Detained During the Anti-Communist Protests in Cuba Bruguera was taken from her home this week. Hamlet Lavastida and Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara remain in prison. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 21, 2021
Market Nearly Half the Art Dealers Surveyed in a New Report Say Earnings Exceeded Expectations in the First Quarter of 2021 Two-thirds of surveyed galleries also said they plan to expand their rosters this year, while three-fourths will return to in-person fairs. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 20, 2021
Auctions After Making His Seven-Figure NFT Debut, ‘Rick and Morty’ Creator Justin Roiland Is Selling His First Painting at Auction Roiland’s piece is included in Sotheby’s contemporary art online sale. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 19, 2021
