Art & Exhibitions From Painted Kites to an Artist Studio Dedicated to Rejection, the Carnegie International’s First Round of New Projects Is Full of Surprises The 57th edition of the Carnegie Museum of Art's exhibition includes new works by Zoe Leonard, Postcommodity, and Joan Jonas. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 21, 2018
People Meet Hao Liang, the Young Chinese Artist Whose Reboot of Ancient Ink Painting Has Become a Bona Fide Market Sensation The up-and-coming artist's dense, referential paintings have already sold out at Gagosian. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 20, 2018
Events and Parties Artists Ryder Ripps and Maggie West Teamed Up With Pornhub to Create an Interactive Sci-Fi Installation Set in 2069 “Given the current state of things, this really doesn’t feel that far off.” By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 14, 2018
Art World How Artist Duo Semiconductor Turned Subatomic Data Into a ‘Chiming Time Sculpture’ for Art Basel For Audemars Piguet's 4th Arts Commission, the British creative duo aims to show viewers how cutting-edge science works. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 13, 2018
On View Creative Time Takes Basel: The NYC Non-Profit Brings Its Signature Brand of Community-Engaged Art to the Swiss Fair This marks Creative Time's first international public project. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 13, 2018
Art World ‘If Picasso Was Around Today He’d Have to Mow Lawns’: Why One Artist Installed a 10-Foot Picasso Lawn Gnome in Brooklyn Artist Elliott Arkin, known for his cartoonish sculptures, wants to make sure the art world doesn’t take itself too seriously. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 7, 2018
Politics Coming to a Billboard Near You: An Artist-Led Political Group Is Organizing the Largest Public Art Collaboration in US History For Freedoms is teaming the Kickstarter to make a splash in all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico and Washington, DC. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 4, 2018
Art & Exhibitions Max Hollein, Newly Minted Boss of the Met Museum, Is Leaving San Francisco With a Parting Gift: A Giant Rubens Show The exhibition, co-organized with the Art Gallery of Ontario, will be the largest Rubens show to take place in the US in over a decade. By Taylor Dafoe, May 30, 2018
Art World Kunsthalle Wien’s Director Will Resign Due to Austria’s Nationalist ‘Resurgence’ "The reach, impact and the possibilities of institutions such as Kunsthalle Wien seem to be put into question," the outgoing director Nicolaus Schafhausen said. By Taylor Dafoe, May 23, 2018
Art World A New Technique for Removing Tape From Artworks May Have Led to the Discovery of a Michelangelo Drawing Scientists at the University of Florence found a clue to the origin of a 16th-century drawing underneath a piece of tape. By Taylor Dafoe, May 22, 2018
People ‘The Rest Is Herstory’: How Eliza Douglas Went From Being Anne Imhof’s Closest Collaborator to a Rising Star Herself After shuffling between odd jobs until the age of 30, Douglas found her calling as a painter—and her career has been in overdrive ever since. By Taylor Dafoe, May 21, 2018
Art World The Smithsonian Gets an Injection of Super Soldier Serum as Captain America’s Shield Enters Its Collection It is a prop shield, and not actually made of the mythical metal vibranium. By Taylor Dafoe, May 15, 2018
Market ‘Arrested Development’ Actor Portia de Rossi Has Invented a New Technology That She Hopes Will Render Art Galleries Obsolete The new venture, called General Public, is based on Synograph, a technology de Rossi developed with Fujifilm. By Taylor Dafoe, May 15, 2018
People Swizz Beatz Is Giving Out Money to Artists So That They Can Put on Their Own Shows Artists from around the world, working in any medium, are encouraged to apply. By Taylor Dafoe, May 10, 2018
Art Fairs 4 Artists and Projects to Discover at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair From an SUV adorned with 70 million beads to a booth inspired by the artist's grandmother's living room, see our favorite works at the fair. By Taylor Dafoe, May 4, 2018