People ‘It’s Like a Dance’: How Painter Vaughn Spann Became a Breakout Star at Yale While Raising Two Young Kids at the Same Time Spann, whose solo show is on view now at Almine Rech in New York, speaks about the importance of mentors and a clear head. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 23, 2020
People Former Child Pop Star Aaron Carter Has Made an Enemy of Artists Who Say He Used Their Work Without Permission to Promote His Apparel Line The latest complaint comes from German artist Jonas Jödicke. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 21, 2020
People ‘I Am Mistaken as the Spokesperson of Native America’: Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds on What the World Doesn’t Get About Native Artists The artist explains why it's important to share the fruits of success. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 17, 2020
People ‘They See What We Would Never Be Able to See’: Bay Area Collector Wayee Chu on What Venture Capitalists and Art Collectors Have in Common We caught up with the SFMOMA board member ahead of the openings of Untitled and FOG Art + Design. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 16, 2020
People Collector Michael Xufu Huang Is Launching His New Museum With a Triennial That Aims to Capture China’s ‘Millennial Zeitgeist’ The new X Museum opens in Beijing this March with an ambitious triennial featuring 33 artists under the age of 40. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 15, 2020
People Artist Stan Douglas, Whose Engrossing Work Imagines Alternative Histories, Will Represent Canada at the 2021 Venice Biennale The Vancouver-based artist was chosen unanimously by the jury. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 15, 2020
People Meet the Former Engineer Who Makes Mind-Blowing Land Art With Nothing But a Pair of Snow Shoes and Some Simple Math Simon Beck has been creating elaborate outdoor art since 2004. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 15, 2020
People ‘How We Perceive the Past Has a Great Bearing on How We Live Now’: Art Historian James Meyer on Why the 1960s Won’t Fade Away In his new book, the curator and historian suggests that some eras produce memories that cannot be forgotten. By Pac Pobric, Jan 14, 2020
People How Rising Art Star Alvaro Barrington Charmed London’s Top Galleries Into Breaking Their Own Rules for the Chance to Work With Him The prolific artist is crafting his career with so much charisma, all six of his galleries have fallen into step. By Kate Brown, Jan 12, 2020
People The Venice Biennale Has Appointed Cecilia Alemani, the Artistic Force Behind New York’s High Line, as the Curator of Its 2021 Edition Alemani previously curated the Italian pavilion at the 2017 edition of the biennale. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 10, 2020
People ‘I’m Always Interested in Things That We Don’t Call Art’: Watch the Late Conceptualist John Baldessari Reflect on His Career as an Artist and Educator As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 9, 2020
People Megxit From the Museum: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Have Been Swiftly Removed From the Royal Displays at Madame Tussauds It did not take long for Madame Tussauds to respond to the surprising royal news. By Nan Stewert, Jan 9, 2020
People ‘The Word ‘Collection’ Kind of Bothers Me’: Brad Pitt Dishes on Buying and Making Art With Leonardo DiCaprio and Marc Maron The actors recently appeared on Maron’s podcast. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 9, 2020
People ‘You Can Slow Down Time in Virtual Reality’: Why This Artist Is Using VR to Recreate Lost Ecosystems in the Era of Climate Change Last year, Jakob Kudsk Steensen led participants through the imagined world of an extinct Hawaiian bird. By Jiayin Chen, Jan 8, 2020
People Meet the Woman Who Beat Out Hundreds of Applicants to Manage the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Commanding Social Media Presence Claire L. Lanier joined the museum from the New-York Historical Society. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 8, 2020
