Art World Museum Boards Have Struggled to Diversify. A $4 Million Gift to the American Alliance of Museums Aims to Help An unprecedented gift aims to promote systemic change. By Eileen Kinsella, 1 hour ago
Art World Art Industry News: Lance Armstrong Bought a Banksy Online, Confirming All Your Assumptions + Other Stories Plus, artists react to the latest Brexit vote and China finally gets an authentic Yayoi Kusama exhibition. By artnet News, 3 hours ago
People Meet Kris Lemsalu, the Eccentrically Costumed Artist Who Will Give ‘Birth to a World of Shamanic Force’ at the Venice Biennale Lemsalu will team up with friends, including the artist Sarah Lucas, to create her own world on a Venetian island. By Kate Brown, 3 hours ago
Art World A Swedish Artist Launched a Propaganda Campaign to Reverse Brexit. ‘Leave’ Backers Call It ‘Possibly Criminal’ Jonas Lund’s performance turned the Photographers' Gallery into a "influencing agency" like the ones active in the US presidential election and EU referendum. By Naomi Rea, 3 hours ago
Art World After Gerhard Richter Disavowed a New Movie Based on His Life, the Director Fires Back: ‘He Hasn’t Seen the Film’ The director of 'Never Look Away' says he even read the screenplay to Richter word for word before it was released. By Henri Neuendorf, 18 hours ago
Art World A Painting Stolen From a Belgian Church Last Week Might Have Been by Michelangelo An authenticator was set to examine the work the day after it disappeared. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Politics An Architecture Firm Is Raising Money to Build a Gold Prototype for Trump’s Border Wall Around Mar-a-Lago Chicago's New World Design architecture firm is back with another anti-Trump project. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Art World Art Industry News: Damien Hirst Reveals His Greatest Fear Is Being Ignored + Other Stories Plus, a young vandal caused $2 million worth of damage to the Denver Art Museum and the ICA Boston gets a massive Yayoi Kusama Infinity Room. By artnet News, 1 day ago
Art World ‘I Wanted to Pay the Ultimate Homage’: Why One Artist Is Playing Toto’s ‘Africa’ on an Endless Loop in the Namib Desert Namibia-born artist Max Siedentopf's desert art installation plays the '80s anthem on loop somewhere in the desert. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 16 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week It's the first week of art fairs in the new year, with the Winter Show and the Outsider Art Fair. By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago
Politics After an Outcry, a Public Art Installation Featuring the Saudi Flag Is Being Moved From Its Site Near the World Trade Center Artist Laurence Jenkell's work is now headed to John F. Kennedy airport. By Nan Stewert, 2 days ago
People Kanye West Donates $10 Million to Help Fund James Turrell’s Volcanic Land Art Project ‘Roden Crater’ The rapper predicts "we all will live in Turrell spaces" one day. By Eileen Kinsella, 2 days ago
Art and Law ‘She Was Motivated by Greed’: Prosecutors Seek Three-Year Prison Sentence for Mary Boone in Tax Fraud Trial Rejecting calls for mercy, government lawyers say the art dealer was driven by "a desire to maintain her lavish lifestyle." By Henri Neuendorf, 2 days ago
Politics A ‘McJesus’ Sculpture Has Provoked Violent Protests in Israel—and Both the Demonstrators and the Artist Want It Taken Down The museum is fending off government censorship as well as the artist's own request to remove the work in solidarity with a pro-Palestinian boycott of Israel. By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago
People Collector Jorge M. Pérez Is Offering Lucky Artists a Total of $75,000 to Spend on Anything They Want The real estate giant hopes his two new awards will become Miami's answer to the Turner Prize. By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago
