Art World ‘Alicia Was a Bit of a Disruptor’: Street Artist Swoon What It Was Like to Collaborate With Alicia Keys on a New Project The project pushed Swoon to transition from her signature block prints to painting. By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago
Art and Law Landlords in a Tony Hamptons Town Must Fill Their Empty Storefronts With Works by Local Artists—Or Else Pay a Fine Southampton's mayor proposed the initiative, which is now a law, last summer. By Taylor Dafoe, 2 days ago
Art World Cheech Marin’s Long-Awaited Chicano Art Museum Secures City Approval and $1 Million in Annual Funding The California city of Riverside has approved plans and funding for the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture, and Industry. By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago
People What I Buy and Why: Art Dealer Edward Tyler Nahem on His Many Collecting Regrets, and the Painting He’d Nab from MoMA The veteran art dealer also tells us about the Titus Kaphar diptych over his couch. By Katie White, 2 days ago
Art World As Lockdowns Remain in Force Across Europe, Museums Are Grappling With the Reality of Several More Weeks of Closed Doors Cultural institutions in the UK and on the continent are facing extreme uncertainty. By Kate Brown, 2 days ago
Art World Art Industry News: Police Arrest 100 at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum Amid Protests Over New Lockdown Measures + Other Stories Plus, Paris's "artists square" is virtually empty and Moscow is displacing hundreds of artists from their studios. By Artnet News, 2 days ago
Art World A Museum in the Himalayas Has a Solution for the Tons of Trash Climbers Leave on Mount Everest: Turn It Into Art The museum is working to establish an art center with a recycling plant near the mountain. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 22, 2021
Art World From Bernie Sanders Memes to Art Basel’s Postponement: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news—fast. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 22, 2021
Art World The City of London Will Remove Statues of a Former Mayor and a 17th-Century Merchant, Both Slaveholders, From Its Headquarters The statues honor former Lord Mayor of London William Beckford and 17th-century merchant Sir John Cass. By Naomi Rea, Jan 22, 2021
Art World Wet Paint: Trump’s Last Art-World Fans Double Down, LA Galleries Eye Mexico During Lockdown, & More Juicy Art World Gossip What mega-gallery closed its Chelsea locations until further notice? What shuttered downtown spot is getting renovated? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Jan 22, 2021
Art World The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Is Considering Changing Its Name After a Local Newspaper Surfaced Its Founder’s Racist Legacy An investigative series by the "Kansas City Star" may lead to a name change for the city's biggest cultural institution. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 22, 2021
Art World Art Industry News: Texas Cop Caught Inside Capitol Riot Says He Was Just There to Admire the ‘Historical Art’ + Other Stories Plus, writer and curator Antwaun Sargent joins Gagosian as a director and a very adorable Manet painting of a dog goes to auction. By Artnet News, Jan 22, 2021
Art World Pandemic Be Damned, 1-54 Has Kicked Off the 2021 Art Fair Calendar With a Pop-Up in Paris (Despite Travel Restrictions and a 6 PM Curfew) The contemporary African art fair is on view at Christie's in Paris and online. By Anna Sansom, Jan 22, 2021
Politics Coal Miners. End-Is-Nighers. ‘Black Lives MAGA.’ Here’s What Photographer Ruddy Roye Saw Over Years of Shooting Trump Rallies Eyebeam’s Center for the Future of Journalism supported the new portfolio, published by the New York Review of Books. By Brian Boucher, Jan 22, 2021
People Why Tourmaline, Chronicler of Queer and Trans Histories, Has Devoted Her Debut Solo Show to Self-Portraits of Fantastic Pleasure For her debut exhibition at Chapter NY, Tourmaline places herself at the center of tableaux about pleasure. By Jessica Lynne, Jan 22, 2021
