People Swizz Beatz Is Giving Out Money to Artists So That They Can Put on Their Own Shows Artists from around the world, working in any medium, are encouraged to apply. By Taylor Dafoe, May 10, 2018
Art World Is It Even Possible to Comprehend a Work of Art Without Seeing a Woman Next to It (for Scale)? Examining an enduring and strange stock photo phenomenon. By Ben Davis & Julia Halperin, May 10, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Cardinal Dolan Gives the Met Gala (and Rihanna) His Blessing + More Must-Read Stories Plus, a corporation sues Frida Kahlo's relatives and Finnish activists want to build a frozen "Mount Trumpmore" in the Arctic. By artnet News, May 10, 2018
People Per Kirkeby, Polymathic Danish Artist Who Mixed Neo-Expressionism and Nature, Has Died The painter, poet, filmmaker and sculptor was 79 years old. By Naomi Rea, May 10, 2018
Art World Marina Abramović and Ulay Are Reuniting to Write a Joint Memoir The famed duo will collaborate once again. By Sarah Cascone, May 10, 2018
Politics Greenpeace Dismantled a VW Car at the V&A Museum in a Protest Against Diesel Fuel Responding to the show "The Future Starts Here," the action was called "The Future Doesn't Start Here." By Sarah Cascone, May 9, 2018
Art World Frieze New York Will Compensate Galleries Amid Complaints That Sweltering Heat Dampened Sales Frieze is planning "radical change" to deal with the extreme weather conditions that often plague the fair. By Henri Neuendorf, May 9, 2018
Art World LACMA and Arizona State University Team Up for a New Grad Program Aimed at Diversifying Museum Leadership The program helps young curators to work and study at the same time. By Henri Neuendorf, May 9, 2018
Politics Cuba Abruptly Turns Away Artists as ‘Dozens of Agents’ Prowl Havana’s Alternative Biennial The organizers of the #00Bienal de La Habana have attracted international solidarity, and the scrutiny of authorities. By Sarah Cascone, May 9, 2018
Art and Law The Art World Has No Shortage of Legal Disputes. A New Court Wants to Help. The Court of Arbitration for Art, opening in June in The Hague, offers expert decisions at a fraction of the cost of the conventional system. By Kate Brown, May 9, 2018
People Met CEO Daniel Weiss on the Met Breuer’s Future, and Whether Affirmative Action Has a Place in the Museum World The Met CEO discusses the role of the encyclopedic museum in an increasingly restive society hungry for change. By Andrew Goldstein, May 9, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Russian Art Collector Tied to Shadowy Payments to Trump’s Lawyer + More Must-Read Stories Plus, Piers Morgan did not at all enjoy the Met Ball and the School of Visual Arts removes instructors amid misconduct allegations. By artnet News, May 9, 2018
Art World A Patriotic British Nobleman Wants to Build a 200-Foot-Tall Monument to Queen Elizabeth Viscount Devonport has commissioned three artists to create ambitious proposals. By Javier Pes, May 9, 2018
Art and Law Judge Throws Out a Collector’s Claim to Halt Sotheby’s Planned Sale of a $30 Million Basquiat Hubert Neumann was unable to convince a judge that he had a right to the painting. By Eileen Kinsella, May 8, 2018
Art and Law German Prosecutors Reject Parole for Disgraced Art Advisor Helge Achenbach He faces the prospect of serving his entire six-year sentence behind bars. By Henri Neuendorf, May 8, 2018
