On View Bwo Gallery Has Opened in Cameroon, Filling a Gap in the Contemporary Art Scene of Central Africa Co-founders Brice Yonkeu and Noelle Mukete-Elhalaby chose the bustling city of Douala for their new space. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, 4 hours ago
Archaeology Yea or Neigh? Researchers Once Thought This Ice Age Figurine Depicted A Horse—New Discoveries at the Same Site Tell A Different Story Archaeologists have found several further fragments belonging to the prehistoric sculpture. By Artnet News, 4 hours ago
Studio Visit In Her Maine Studio, Anne Buckwalter Paints Playfully Provocative Domestic Scenes, Breaking to Feed Chickens and Pick Blueberries The artist's solo exhibition "Reins on a Rocking Horse" is currently on view at Rachel Uffner in New York. By Katie White, 7 hours ago
Law A Court Has Ordered an Artist to Repay a Danish Museum $72,000 for Submitting Two Empty Frames for a Commission Jens Haaning claimed that the empty frames were a new "conceptual" artwork protesting poor pay. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, 7 hours ago
Law Dealer Guy Wildenstein’s Most Recent Trial for Tax Evasion Has Begun in Paris, With Nearly $1 Billion—and the Family Dynasty—at Stake The case stems from the 2001 death of Guy's famously secretive father, Daniel Wildenstein. By Rachel Corbett, 13 hours ago
Reviews The 1930s Have Been Viewed as a Time of Simple-Minded Art. ‘Art for the Millions’ Shows Just How Dazzlingly Complex It Was The Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition shows that meaning of this time period for art was in debate, even as it happened. By Ben Davis, 16 hours ago
Shows & Exhibitions Freud, Hockney, Pigeons, and Pubs. Step Inside the Eccentric New London Art Show Curated by Designer Jonathan Anderson "On Foot" at Offer Waterman gallery is an ode to the romance, ribaldry, and pulsing excitement of London, from past to present. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, 23 hours ago
Reviews The Nasher Museum’s New Art Show Was Curated by ChatGPT. We Asked ChatGPT to Review It The show embraces the playfulness of its conceit but A.I. anxieties still poke through. By Taylor Dafoe, 1 day ago
Shows & Exhibitions How Medieval Art, Music, and Memory Interplay in Diana Al-Hadid’s Sculptural New Works Centered on Her Heritage This November, the artist will have her first solo exhibition after moving to Kasmin Gallery. By Katy Diamond Hamer, 1 day ago
Law John Baldessari’s Heirs Are Caught Up in a Tangle of Litigation Over the Care and Ownership of the Late Conceptual Artist’s Works The estate is suing former dealer Marian Goodman Gallery—and being sued by a former collaborator. By Eileen Kinsella, 1 day ago
Museums A German Museum Is Under Police Guard After Receiving Right-Wing Threats Over Its ‘Safe Space’ for BIPOC Visitors The museum brought in police in response to online threats. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Art History Albrecht Dürer Painted Himself Into a 16th-Century Altarpiece to Spite a Patron Who Paid Him Poorly, New Research Suggests "I am losing time and money and earning your ingratitude,” the German painter wrote his patron. By Adam Schrader, 1 day ago
Law French Authorities Investigate Sale of Notre Dame Stained Glass by Sotheby’s After a Heritage Group Alleges It Was Stolen The auction house denies any wrongdoing. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, 2 days ago
Science & Tech Two A.I. Models Set Out to Authenticate a Raphael Painting and Got Different Results, Casting Doubt on the Technology’s Future The technology has limitations when faced with artists with low output or when it comes to detecting frauds. By Adam Schrader, 2 days ago
On View Scottish Artist France-Lise McGurn Has Created a Vivid Tribute to Her Mother With a Joint Exhibition of Crochet and Paintings "Matching Mother/Daughter Tattoos" is now on view at Margot Samel, New York, through October 21. By Katie White, Sep 15, 2023
