Museums & Institutions An LGBTQ+ History Museum May Become the Latest Addition to Washington, D.C.’s National Mall Mark Pocan, an out representative from Wisconsin, is working to establish the museum as part of the Smithsonian. By Vittoria Benzine, Oct 4, 2022
Archaeology & History More Than Two-Dozen Ancient Buddhist Temples and Murals Have Been Found in an Indian Tiger Reserve Archaeologists had to face off with wild animals to make the discovery. By Vittoria Benzine, Oct 3, 2022
Galleries The Founders of Amanita Have a Big New Gallery in the Old CBGB’s Space—and an Even Bigger Vision We spoke with Caio Twombly and Jacob Hyman, two of the space's founders. By Vittoria Benzine, Oct 3, 2022
Art & Exhibitions Ghost, the Triennial That Artist Korakrit Arunanondchai Launched in Bangkok, Returns Full of Fresh Ideas The Christina Li-curated 2022 edition promises, among other things, an innovative "Host Program" and Wendy's Wok World. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 30, 2022
Galleries Hotshot Gallerist Lexi Bishop Left New York and L.A. to Strike Out on Her Own in Pittsburgh. Here’s What She Learned in Year One The former Christie’s contemporary art specialist discusses the city's growing art scene. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 30, 2022
Auctions Can Dinomania Strike Twice? Christie’s Is Selling a Full T. Rex Skeleton—a $25 Million Specimen Named Shen—in Hong Kong Shen the T. Rex will hit the block on November 30. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 30, 2022
NFTs ‘It’s a Huge Message to the Centuries-Old Art Market’: 18-Year-Old NFT Star Diana Sinclair on How She’s Taking on the Blue-Chip Art World The artist's works are kicking off the launch of Christie's new NFT platform. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 29, 2022
On View In Pictures: See the Visceral Pleasures of ‘Real Corporeal,’ a Show Debuting Arthur Jafa’s Latest Alongside Work by Rising Art Stars The show in Harlem is accompanied by a performance program featuring Joan Jonas. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 28, 2022
Law & Politics A New York Artist Claims to Have Set a Precedent by Copyrighting Their A.I.-Assisted Comic Book. But the Law May Not Agree Kris Kashtanova recently secured a U.S. copyright for the 18-page book "Zarya of the Dawn," which uses imagery generated using Midjourney. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 27, 2022
Art History A College Grad Paid $75 for an Illuminated Manuscript Page After Realizing It Was From a 700-Year-Old Prayer Book He’d Studied in Class The leaf is part of the Catholic prayer book called the Beauvais Missal. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 27, 2022
Auctions Art Stars for Sale! Sotheby’s Is Auctioning Off a Studio Visit With David Hockney and a Sitting With Annie Leibovitz for Charity All proceeds will benefit Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado's conservation nonprofit, Instituto Terra. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 26, 2022
On View The Met Is Showing Incredible Ceramics by the Often Unnamed Enslaved Potters Who Worked in the American South A cottage industry of unique pottery developed out of the clay-rich region around Old Edgefield, South Carolina before the Civil War. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 26, 2022
Museums & Institutions For a Year, New York’s Artists Space Will Transform Its Basement Into a Venue for Cutting-Edge Performance This will be the institution's first-ever space dedicated to such a purpose in the nearly 50 years of its existence. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 23, 2022
Auctions Energy Exec Roger Sant’s $50 Million Collection, With Major Works by Gauguin and Joan Mitchell, Heads to Christie’s This Fall Proceeds from the sale will benefit Sant's nonprofit Summit Foundation. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 22, 2022
Archaeology & History One Great Mystery of the Pyramids’ Construction Has Been Solved. It Involves Boats No, it does not involve aliens. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 22, 2022