Art World Welcome to Klaus Angeles: 5 Pieces of Advice for MOCA LA’s Incoming Director Klaus Biesenbach Biesenbach wasn't the only New Yorker considered for the job. By Janelle Zara, Aug 16, 2018
Events and Parties Do You Need to Be Naked to Truly Appreciate a Work of Art? We Joined a Nudist Museum Tour to Investigate artnet News joins a group of naturists on a “clothes-optional” visit to the Towner Gallery. By Naomi Rea, Aug 16, 2018
Art World Amid Record Heat, England’s Bone-Dry Soil Is Revealing the Long-Hidden Patterns of Ancient Buried Ruins See the aerial photographs that reveal what has been uncovered by the heatwave. By Javier Pes, Aug 15, 2018
Art World The Art of Recovery: How a Radical Public Art Experiment Is Reshaping Sicily 50 Years After a Devastating Earthquake Organizers hope that the rebuilt town of Gibellina will be Italy's answer to Marfa. By Patricia Zohn, Aug 15, 2018
Art World Kris Jenner ‘Art Shamed’ Khloe Kardashian for Not Recognizing a Jeff Koons. The Irony? It’s Not Even a Jeff Koons! A little sleuthing suggests that there's more than enough art shame to go around at the Kardashian household. By Ben Davis, Aug 15, 2018
Art World Peter Jackson’s Movie Museum Is Scrapped Due to Epic Costs, But the ‘Hobbit’ Director Isn’t Giving Up on His Quest As the Oscar-winning director pulls out of the $88 million project, New Zealand's national museum is handed a golden opportunity. By Javier Pes, Aug 15, 2018
Politics Tania Bruguera and Other Artists Are Protesting a New Cuban Law That Requires Government Approval of Creative Production Coco Fusco is also among the artists opposing the new legislation. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 15, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Is ‘Art Shaming’ as Cruel as Khloe Kardashian Thinks It Is? Or Should We Do It More? + Other Stories Plus, a Yayoi Kusama biopic is set to release this September and Carrie Mae Weems captures Spike Lee for Time magazine. By artnet News, Aug 15, 2018
Art World Taiwan’s Supersized Loudspeakers Once Broadcast Anti-Communist Propaganda to China. Now, They’re the Island’s Newest Sound Art Installation The 30-foot-tall loudspeakers were built to broadcast propaganda to the mainland during the Cold War. By Javier Pes, Aug 15, 2018
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 11 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week Your last chance for shows at FLAG Art Foundation, Sargent's Daughters, Monya Rowe, and more. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 14, 2018
Art World The UK Wants to Build an Underground Highway Near Stonehenge. Archeologists Say, Hmm, Let’s Not, Shall We? Critics say that digging the tunnel road could destabilize the ancient monument's massive stone slabs. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 14, 2018
Art World The Actor Who Played Robocop Is Now an Art Historian, and He’s Returning to Detroit to Face a New Threat: ‘The Crisis of Beauty’ Actor and art historian Peter Weller is participating in this fall's Culture Lab Detroit conference with Amy Sherald, Anicka Yi, and others. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 14, 2018
Art and Law The Battle Over the Norton Simon Museum’s Nazi-Looted Cranach Paintings Isn’t Over as Lawyers File for a Rehearing Despite the latest ruling in favor of the museum, the paintings' ultimate fate is still unknown. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 14, 2018
Art World Another Ancient Sphinx Is Discovered Near the Valley of the Kings, Adding Fuel for Egypt’s Tourism Rebound The new discovery is a smaller relative of the mythical creatures. By Naomi Rea, Aug 14, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: New Book Claims the Tate ‘Perpetuates the Dominance of Male Artists’ + Other Stories Plus, Chelsea Manning is guest of honor at London's ICA and artists respond to the voting down of Argentina's abortion bill. By artnet News, Aug 14, 2018
