Art World From the Discovery of an Ancient Cat Drawing to Marian Goodman Leaving London: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news, fast. By Caroline Goldstein, 12 hours ago
Art and Law After Purdue Pharma Reached a $225 Million Settlement With US Authorities, the Met Says the Name of Its Sackler Wing Is ‘Under Review’ NYU has become the latest institution to remove the Sackler name—but more may follow. By Sarah Cascone, 13 hours ago
Politics These ‘Bad Beuys’ Stole an Artwork by Joseph Beuys From Germany—and Gave It to a Tanzanian Museum as a Comment on Colonial Plunder The brazen group of German artists have even created a video documenting their actions. By Kate Brown, 14 hours ago
Art World A French Tech Entrepreneur Has Seeded a $119 Million Investment Fund for Startups Expanding Access to Culture The fund will invest in entrepreneurial projects that “produce a measurable social impact.” By Artnet News, 14 hours ago
Art World From a 14th-Century Hideaway in Antibes to a Converted Grain Silo in Cape Town, See 7 of the Most Unusual Museum Designs in the World Sometimes museums are works of art too. By Katie Rothstein, 17 hours ago
Art World Hollis Sigler’s Fantastical Art Drew on Her Private Passion and Pain—Here Are 3 Things You Might Not Know About Her Pioneering, Feminist Work We undertook a close reading of Hollis Sigler's oil pastel "I've Got the Job of Being a Woman," a work you may not know—but should. By Katie White, 19 hours ago
Art World Wet Paint: Swizz Beatz’s Longtime Curator Is Opening a Gallery, Damien Hirst’s Shirt May Flip for a Fortune, & More Art-World Gossip What pop star is buying big works from Lower East Side galleries? What artist is off the roster at a Chelsea powerhouse? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, 19 hours ago
Art World Art Industry News: It Turns Out There’s a Ferocious Family Feud Behind Stan, the $32 Million T-Rex Sold at Christie’s + Other Stories Plus, NYU removes the Sackler name after the family's company pleads guilty and the Humboldt Forum's budget balloons (again) by almost $40 million. By Artnet News, 19 hours ago
Politics German Museums Are Embarking on Long-Overdue Research Into Chinese Colonial-Era Objects as Part of a €1.1 Million Grant The German Lost Art Foundation has announced its third round of research funding. By Kate Brown, 2 days ago
Art World A Man Brought a Banksy Stencil Onto the ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Hoping for a Big Payday. Instead, He Got Scolded The show's host admonished the man for taking the work out of public view. By Artnet News, 2 days ago
Art and Law Piet Mondrian’s Heirs Are Suing a German Museum for the Return of Four Paintings Worth Over $200 Million The paintings were loaned to the Kunstmuseen Krefeld in 1929 and allegedly never returned. By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago
People Deana Lawson Wins the 2020 Hugo Boss Prize, Becoming the First Photographer Ever to Take the Prestigious Award Her first museum survey opens next year in Boston. By Caroline Goldstein, 2 days ago
Art World An Art Foundation Has Pledged €100,000 in Aid to a Group of German Museums Attacked by Vandals. But Security Questions Still Linger The perpetrators of the attack remain at large. By Kate Brown, 2 days ago
Art World Art Industry News: ‘Hope’ Artist Shepard Fairey Is Back in the Election Spotlight With a New Four-Letter Word on the Cover of TIME + Other Stories Plus, how the Black Lives Matter movement is shifting the restitution debate and the Sacklers reach a settlement with US authorities. By Artnet News, 2 days ago
Politics Two Dozen International Artists in the Bangkok Art Biennale Have Signed an Open Letter Decrying Crackdowns on Pro-Democracy Protests in Thailand The letter has been signed by Ai Weiwei, Anish Kapoor, and John Akomfrah, among others. By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago
