Art World Oslo Tells Bjarne Melgaard He Can’t Build His Sci-Fi ‘Death House’ in the Place Where Munch Died The enfant terrible's prospective neighbors are not crazy about 'A House to Die In.' He's not giving up. By Kate Brown, Aug 23, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Statue of Liberty Staffers Illegally Turn Away Visitors in ‘Abolish ICE’ T-Shirts + Other Stories Plus, North Carolina votes to keep confederate monuments and Brett Gorvy shares more of his art-market secrets. By artnet News, Aug 23, 2018
Art World When Great Museums Make Grave Mistakes: What We Can Learn From History’s Worst Deaccessioning Debacles A new book points out that one museum traded three Monet masterpieces for a fake Hugo van der Goes painting. By Martin Gammon, Aug 23, 2018
Art World ‘This Is Not a Street’: Brussels Gets a Very Surreal Street Name in Honor of Magritte The artist-inspired street name is part of an effort to rebrand a former industrial area that hosts Art Brussels. By Kate Brown, Aug 22, 2018
Art World A Quiet English Village Becomes a Battleground After a Visitor Is ‘Bewildered’ to See Hitler’s Soldiers in the Streets The UK's National Trust is caught in the crossfire after a visitor complained of reenactors in German uniform during the Lacock at War event. By Javier Pes, Aug 22, 2018
Art World Archaeologists Thought They’d Find the Tomb of Alexander the Great. Instead They Found a Medical Marvel The mysterious black sarcophagus of Alexandria contained a mummy who underwent ancient brain surgery. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 22, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: A Keith Haring Sculpture Makes a Nasty Cameo in the Mugrabi Divorce + Other Stories Plus, a first look at Maya Hoffman's Frank Gehry-designed Luma Arles and an anti-Putin filmmaker's hunger strike reaches 100th day. By artnet News, Aug 22, 2018
Art World Art Basel Cities Director Cecilia Alemani Reveals the City-Spanning Highlights From the Inaugural Edition in Buenos Aires The 18 participating artists will scatter work across the city. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 22, 2018
Art World In a Historic Deal, Hong Kong’s M+ Museum Buys All of a Digital Collective’s Existing and Future Work Internet trailblazers Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries will deliver new works to curators every six months. By Naomi Rea, Aug 22, 2018
Art World Are These Artist-Designed Instagram Novels the Future of Reading? The New York Public Library Says ‘Hear Us Out’ The initiative kicks off with an Insta-optimized version of "Alice in Wonderland." By Sarah Cascone, Aug 22, 2018
Art World With an Erotic All-Woman ‘Last Supper,’ Ariana Grande Continues to Irreverently Riff on Renaissance Art Some 50 women joined the singer on stage to perform "God Is a Woman" at the MTV Video Music Awards. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 21, 2018
Art World Meet Artmyn, the Swiss Super-Scanner That Allows You to See Artworks That Would Otherwise Crumble Into Dust The company is one of many trying to crack the online art market. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 21, 2018
Art World This Microscopic E. Coli ‘Painting’ Just Might Make You Sick of the Mona Lisa—Literally The researchers hope the project could also have useful applications for controlling large populations of bacteria. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 21, 2018
Politics Sharon Stone Joins a Chorus of Nobel Laureates to Demand the Release of Jailed Bangladeshi Photographer Shahidul Alam Richard Branson, Jimmy Wales, and Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo are among the latest to call for the photographer's release. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 21, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Censored Show of Queer Art Draws Record Crowd of Thousands in Brazil + Other Stories Plus, a confederate statue is toppled by protesters in North Carolina and Holland Cotter shares his favorite work of art. By artnet News, Aug 21, 2018
