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
On View Inside One Photographer’s Quest to Infiltrate Bohemian Grove, the Secret Annual Gathering of America’s Most Powerful Men The near-mythical annual meeting has fascinated conspiracy theorists for years—and is the subject of a new book. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 26, 2019
Art Fairs The Independent Art Fair Is Closing Down Its Brussels Edition, Citing a Weak Local Market and Cramped Calendar The fair struggled with finding the right timing and venue. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 25, 2019
People Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio Have Been Making Ceramics Together Late Into the Night at Pitt’s Sculpture Studio The “Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood” co-stars have been bonding over sandwiches and sculpture. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 24, 2019
Art World Asian Art Advocates Accuse the Shed of ‘Yellow-Face Casting’ in Its Kung-Fu Musical. But Its Director Says the Character Is Actually White Advocacy groups wrote a letter calling the "Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise" casting "offensive and unacceptable." By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 24, 2019
Art World Street Art Pioneer Fab 5 Freddy Looks to Renaissance Art for Lessons About Race in His New BBC Film—and Rides a Horse While Doing It Fab 5 Freddy opens up about his childhood, his love of museums, and his friendship with Basquiat for the BBC. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 22, 2019
Art World Amid the Rise of Italy’s Far Right, Curator Francesco Bonami Has Founded His Own Satirical Italian-Art-First Political Party Bonami’s EXAGERAMOS! party will ban all non-Italian artists from participating in the Venice Biennale, among other edicts. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 19, 2019
People How Does a Gallery Stay in Business for 35 Years? Lisa Spellman on 303 Gallery’s Staying Power and the Hardest Part of Being a Dealer The gallerist opens up about losing artists, accommodating selfie-takers, and that one time she found someone living inside a video installation. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 19, 2019
People Scarlett Johansson Told the Painter David Salle That Art ‘Should Be Immune to Political Correctness’—and a Firestorm Ensued The actress has been widely criticized for saying that she "should be allowed to play any person." By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 18, 2019
Art World Pledging Solidarity With Communities Facing ‘Climate Extinction,’ the Tate Unveils an Ambitious New Sustainability Plan The institution will aim to reduce its carbon footprint by 10 percent within four years. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 17, 2019
People A New Book of Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotations Sheds Light on the Artist’s Playful Relationship to Language 'Basquiat-isms' was edited by the artist's longtime collector Larry Warsh. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 16, 2019
Art World For the First Time in Over 50 Years, Egypt’s Famous ‘Bent Pyramid’ Is Now Open to the Public Researchers discovered ancient tools, sarcophagi, and mummies in the structure, which is one of the oldest pyramids in the world. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 16, 2019
