In a Landmark Decision, London’s National Portrait Gallery Drops a $1.3 Million Gift from the Sacklers

Politics

In a Landmark Decision, London’s National Portrait Gallery Drops a $1.3 Million Gift from the Sacklers

The gallery is the first major art museum to put a donation from the Sackler family on hold, indefinitely.

By Kate Brown & Javier Pes, Mar 19, 2019

Politics

Trump’s 2020 Budget Is the Largest in Federal History—and It Would Entirely Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts

It's the third straight year Trump has tried to shut down the agency.

By Sarah Cascone, Mar 18, 2019

Opinion

The Gray Market: What the ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ College Admission Scandal Has to Do With the Art World (and Other Insights)

Our columnist connects CalArts $50,850 annual tuition to the celebrity-ensnaring college-admissions scandal and an American aristocracy.

By Tim Schneider, Mar 17, 2019

Politics

A Texas Teenager Fooled This Conservative Lawmaker Into Posing With His Anti-Trump Painting. See the Video Here

The 17-year-old infiltrated a Tea Party event to get his message to Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick.

By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 15, 2019

Politics

In a Landmark Resolution, German Culture Ministers Pledge to Lay the Groundwork to Return Colonial-Era Art

The move comes amid mounting pressure on the country to take responsibility for its colonial past.

By Kate Brown, Mar 14, 2019

Politics

Silicon Valley Just Got the Green Light to Build a Monument to Itself. What Should It Be?

The project will be a gift to the city from the nonprofit San Jose Light Tower Corporation.

By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 14, 2019

Opinion

It Takes Many Non-Artists to Make Great Art Possible. That’s Why Our Organization Is Launching a New Award for Administrators

The thinking behind United States Artists’ new Berresford Prize.

By Deana Haggag & Lynnette Miranda, Mar 14, 2019

Politics

‘It’s a Nightmare’: The Venezuelan Art Community Struggles to Stay Afloat Amid a National Political Upheaval

Artists and dealers are trying to make sense of a rapidly escalating crisis.

By Brian Boucher, Mar 13, 2019

Politics

Pro-Trump Artist Julian Raven Is Waging Legal War Against the Smithsonian for Rejecting His Magnum Opus

'Unashamed and Unafraid' was recently featured onstage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 13, 2019

Opinion

From Donald Sutherland’s Sleazy Gauguin to a Classic Caravaggio, How 3 Biopics Romanticize Artists’ (Often Unforgivable) Dark Sides

Part 3 of A History of Artist Biopics, on the '70s and '80s.

By Ben Davis, Mar 13, 2019

Opinion

The Gray Market: Why Michael Jackson and ‘Leaving Neverland’ Matter to the Art World (and Other Insights)

Our columnist draws uncomfortable parallels between the art world and Michael Jackson's legacy in the wake of the harrowing new documentary.

By Tim Schneider, Mar 10, 2019

Opinion

Art Historian Darby English Untangles the Politics of Kerry James Marshall’s Portrait of a Black Police Officer

A close reading of the painting appears in English's new book "To Describe a Life: Essays at the Intersection of Art and Race Terror."

By Darby English, Mar 10, 2019

Politics

Majority Frieze Stakeholder Endeavor Quietly Returns Saudi Arabia’s $400 Million Investment

The relationship between the American company and the Saudi investors soured after the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 8, 2019

Politics

Italy Has a Change of Heart, Is Now ‘Happy’ Lend Its Leonardo da Vinci Works to France for Anniversary Exhibition

The resolution coincides with a broader thaw of diplomatic tensions between the two nations.

By Kate Brown, Mar 4, 2019

Opinion

The Gray Market: Why Damien Hirst’s $200,000-Per-Weekend ‘Empathy Suite’ Is Like ‘Salvator Mundi’ (and Other Insights)

Our columnist explores the business behind Damien Hirst's wild Las Vegas suite and SFMOMA's choice to deaccession a major Mark Rothko.

By Tim Schneider, Mar 3, 2019