Crime Grifter Heiress Angela Gulbenkian Has Pleaded Guilty to Scamming Collectors Out of Payments for Art They Never Received The art dealer never delivered a $1.4 million Kusama pumpkin to one paying client. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 8, 2021
Art Criticism Welcome to Pandemic Aesthetics: How the Health Crisis Is Reshaping Contemporary Art—and Changing the Way We Look at It, Too The "pandemic intervenes again and again" in shows by Jill Magid, Pope.L, and other artists. By Lori Waxman, Jun 30, 2021
Politics Downtown New Yorkers Protest Governor Cuomo’s Plan for a $3 Million Monument to Essential Workers, Saying They Weren’t Consulted Residents say they would lose valuable green space in a local park. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 30, 2021
Op-Ed As the Art Industry Has Ballooned, So Has the Number of People Claiming to Be Expert Advisors. Here’s How to Tell If They Actually Are A collector's relationship with an art advisor can be extremely rewarding—or discouraging. By Megan Fox Kelly, Jun 29, 2021
Crime Authorities Have Recovered Picasso and Mondrian Paintings That Were Brazenly Stolen From a Greek Museum Nearly 10 Years Ago A Picasso portrait and a Mondrian landscape were stolen from Greece's National Gallery in 2012. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 29, 2021
Politics Artist Hamlet Lavastida Has Been Arrested in Havana as Cuban Officials Continue Their Crackdown on Artistic Expression Lavastida was arrested days after returning from a residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. By Kate Brown, Jun 28, 2021
Politics New York City Authorities Vote Unanimously to Remove Theodore Roosevelt’s Statue From the Museum of Natural History’s Steps After years of debate and controversy, a final decision has been reached. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 23, 2021
Know Your Rights Can I Sue My Colleague for Stealing My Idea for a Party? + Other Artists’-Rights Questions, Answered Plus, what should artists understand about the copyright dispute over Lizzo's hit single? And what's the deal with counterfeit NFTs? By Katarina Feder, Jun 22, 2021
Politics A Shanghai Art Space Closed After Showing a Video Ranking Women’s Looks by an Artist Known as ‘the Chinese Donald Trump’ Song Ta's 'Uglier and Uglier' has sparked a massive internet firestorm. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 22, 2021
Politics Belgium Will Seek a Partnership With the Democratic Republic of Congo to Begin Returning Plundered Artworks "They don't belong to us," a Belgian official said in reference to the objects. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 22, 2021
Op-Ed What Do the Inigo Philbrick Scandal and the NFT Craze Have in Common? They Can Help Us Rebuild the Art Market Two professors of sociology and visual arts administration explore how to build a better art world by thinking about the artist as a citizen. By Amy Whitaker & Fiona Greenland, Jun 22, 2021
Crime Italian Authorities Have Seized Nearly 800 Illicit Ancient Artifacts Worth $13 Million From a Single Belgian Collector The probe has been ongoing since 2017. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 22, 2021
Politics Restoring a Tradition Trump Skipped, Joe Biden Will Welcome Barack Obama to the White House to Unveil His Old Boss’s Portrait The tradition goes back 40 years. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 21, 2021
Politics London’s Royal Academy Has Pulled an Artist’s Work From Its Gift Shop After Online Backlash Over Her ‘Transphobic’ Views The Royal Academy has pulled an embroidery work from its shop after online commentators raised alarm about her views on gender. By Naomi Rea, Jun 17, 2021
Politics Artists and Activists Are Decrying Hungary’s Sweeping New Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws as a Grave Threat to Freedom of Expression Hungary's queer art community and human rights organizations have denounced the news. By Naomi Rea, Jun 16, 2021
