Politics Dissident Artists Applaud France’s Decision to Cancel a Matisse Loan to China in Protest of Its Silence on Russia "It's the least the international art world can do," said one exiled Hong Kong artist. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 4, 2022
Art World The Late Painter Zao Wou-Ki’s Resplendent Countryside Home and Studio in France Will Become a Residency and Gallery for His Work The 15th-century mansion comprises several buildings. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 4, 2022
Politics Russian Billionaire Petr Aven Resigns as a Royal Academy Trustee as Arts Institutions Face Mounting Pressure to Cut Ties with Russia The museum says it returned the donation Aven made to support its current Francis Bacon exhibition. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 2, 2022
Auctions Powered by a Restituted Franz Marc, Christie’s Inaugural Shanghai to London Sale Brings in a Sterling $334 Million The five-hour production spanned three sales, two continents, and many, many time zones. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 1, 2022
Museums Russian Forces Burned Down a Museum Home to Dozens of Works by Ukrainian Folk Artist Maria Prymachenko Ukraine's culture minister is calling UNESCO to revoke Russia's membership. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 28, 2022
Art World ‘The Art World Is Waiting for a New Format’: Why French Curator Nicolas Bourriaud Is Launching a Roving Platform to Show and Sell Art Radicants will collaborate with foundations, stage shows, sell art, and publish books. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 24, 2022
Law Inching Toward Restitution, Belgium Has Handed Over an Inventory of 84,000 Artifacts to the Democratic Republic of Congo The two countries will form a joint research committee to examine objects that may have been looted during the colonial era. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 22, 2022
Art World The Venice Biennale Is Getting Its First NFT Art Exhibition Courtesy of Cameroon’s First-Ever Pavilion The presentation of international and Cameroonian artists is organized in part by a new crypto art-focused DAO. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 18, 2022
Art World ‘Ninety Percent of the History You Learned Is Nonsense’: Ai Weiwei on Blending Political Reality With Counterfeit Art in His New Show “The Liberty of Doubt" at Kettle's Yard is more than just a survey of the famed artist's recent work. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 17, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions An Immersive Art Installation Designed to Be Experienced With Closed Eyes Will Debut in a Rebranded ‘Festival of Brexit’ in the U.K. Collective Art's 'Dreamachine' will travel to four cities between May and October. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 16, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions An Eye-Opening Rijksmuseum Show Confronts a History Long Downplayed in the Netherlands: Its Brutal Colonial Rule of Indonesia The exhibition is a collaboration between Dutch and Indonesian curators. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 15, 2022
People Carmen Herrera, Whose Late-Career Triumphs as an Abstract Painter Redefined the Age of Art Stardom, Has Died at 106 The artist soared to stardom in her late 80s, when she sold her paintings for the first time. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 14, 2022
NFTs Crypto Investor and NFT Creator Pak on Why They Don’t Identify as an Artist, and Their Recent Collaboration With Julian Assange Proceeds from the new NFT collection will go in part toward Assange's legal defense. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 7, 2022
Museums Tate Has Become the Latest Institution to Quietly Drop the Sackler Name From Its Walls in the Race to Cut Ties With the Disgraced Family Signs naming the billionaire family are to be taken down from several institutions across the U.K. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 7, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions In Pictures: The Most Significant Show of Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits in a Quarter-Century Reveals His Evolving Psychic State The works were painted in the final years of the artist's life By Vivienne Chow, Feb 3, 2022
