People Kanye Goes on a Rant During His Impromptu Visit to the ‘Best Art Design School in the World’ The rapper lectured students to be more kind to Elon Musk. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 4, 2018
People Damien Hirst Lays Off 50 Employees From His Production Company to ‘Focus on His Art’ The artist once had as many as 250 people working for him, but now he wants to "focus on his art." By Sarah Cascone, Oct 1, 2018
People Max Hollein on How the Met Will Redefine the Entire Way We Think About Contemporary Art The freshly installed Met director spoke to Andrew Goldstein about his plans for new art, new technology, and new funding at the museum. By Andrew Goldstein, Sep 25, 2018
People New Met Director Max Hollein on How He Plans to Lead the Museum Into a More Egalitarian Future To mark the start of a new era, artnet News's editor-in-chief spoke to Hollein about how the Met can represent everyone, better. By Andrew Goldstein, Sep 23, 2018
People Josh Roth, Who Brought Artists Into Hollywood Through the UTA Talent Agency, Has Died at Age 40 Roth believed that United Talent Agency could do for artists what it does for celebrities. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 17, 2018
People Kanye West Shows Off Work by His Favorite Contemporary Artist on Instagram: Himself See all of Ye's drawings here. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 13, 2018
People Power Collecting Couple Jane and Marc Nathanson on the Origins of Their Flashy Art Cache—and Why They Plan to Give It All Away The couple has been collecting Pop prizes and other blue-chip works for decades. Now, they are trying to figure out where they will end up. By Maxwell Williams, Sep 12, 2018
People Souls Grown Deep Foundation Launches a New Paid Internship Program for Students of Color The grant program is one of a growing number that seeks to diversify the field. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 12, 2018
People ‘Black Panther’ Actress Angela Bassett Is Curating a Show of Afro-Surrealist Collages in LA Artist Chelle Barbour celebrates the "black woman as her muse," Bassett says. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 11, 2018
People Kanye West Offers a Lesson in Postmodernism, Saying He’ll Teach a Class at the Art Institute of Chicago That Doesn’t Exist On the other hand, he is taking inspiration from Kerry James Marshall. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 10, 2018
People ‘Direct Action Is Our Only Hope’: Opioid Crisis Activist Nan Goldin on Why People Need to Go Offline to Fight for Their Beliefs For eight months, Goldin has dedicated herself to speaking out againt the Sackler family's influence in art museums. By Kate Brown, Sep 3, 2018
People Picasso’s Former Muse Françoise Gilot, Now 96, Debuts Worldly Drawings of Her Own—See Them Here The newly released sketchbooks chart the artist's travels in Senegal, India, and Venice. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 2, 2018
People ‘We Can Move Mountains With Very Few Resources’: The Drawing Center’s New Director Laura Hoptman on the Big Potential of a Small Museum Like the Drawing Center's founder, Hoptman worked in the drawing department at MoMA. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 27, 2018
People The Mugrabi Family’s Storied Art Collection Has Become a Focal Point in Nasty Divorce Proceedings The family is rumored to own the world's foremost collection of works by Andy Warhol. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 20, 2018
People Killer Mike, the High Museum’s Newest Board Member, on How He Wants to Make Art More Accessible to the Working Class The rapper and activist is the latest hip-hop artist to cross over into the art world. By Henri Neuendorf, Aug 16, 2018