On View ‘It Honors Millions of Ancestors’: Watch Artist Kara Walker Build a Mobile Musical Monument to Enslaved People As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Artnet News, May 19, 2022
Museums At 90, Gerhard Richter Comes Out of Retirement With a Show of New Paintings and Photographs in Switzerland—See Them Here The German artist hasn't been able to stop painting. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 19, 2022
Science & Tech A Scale Model of the Solar System Covering Six Miles of Terrain Shows Just How Puny and Fragile the Earth Really Is Artist Oliver Jeffers wants us to acknowledge that we are alone in space. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 19, 2022
Politics ‘No One Should Have the Power to Kill Us All’: Artist Pedro Reyes Is Mounting a Global Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Reyes's installations are on view now at Frieze New York and in Times Square. By Sarah Cascone, May 19, 2022
Archaeology Want to Smell Like Cleopatra? Researchers Are Combining Ancient and Ultra-Modern Techniques to Recreate Historical Scents Old pots, ancient trash pits, and even human teeth are treasure troves of evidence. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 19, 2022
Art World The Forecast Is Gloriously Stormy for Carla Chan’s Elemental Offerings at Frieze The Hong Kong artist harnesses turbulent weather in stunning digital projects for La Prairie. By Artnet News in Partnership With La Prairie, May 19, 2022
Archaeology Archaeologists Have Discovered the 4,000-Year-Old Tomb of an Egyptian Dignitary Who Guarded Royal Documents The unfinished decoration suggests he died before the tomb was completed. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 19, 2022
Art World Womp Womp: Turns Out This Mural Londoners Thought Was a Banksy Is Actually Just a Tribute by a Local Fan Artist A Banksy work in the same spot disappeared nine years ago. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 19, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: Actor Seth Green Pleas for His Stolen Bored Apes, Announcing ‘Frens It Happened to Me’ + Other Stories Plus, auction star Ernie Barnes gets new gallery representation, and Gurr Johns launches a new art-lending business. By Artnet News, May 19, 2022
Museums The Whitney’s Union and Supporters Protested Outside the Museum’s Annual Gala Following a ‘Lowballed’ Wage Offer The offer was "tone-deaf in terms of what is going on in this whole sector," said the union's president. By Annie Armstrong, May 18, 2022
People Digital Art Star Refik Anadol’s First Supporters Were in the Tech World. All of a Sudden, His Work Has Become White-Hot at Auction, Too The former artist-in-residence at Google says developing new ideas requires working across disciplinary boundaries. By Dorian Batycka, May 18, 2022
Museums Prominent Indigenous Art Curator Sandra Benites Quits One of Brazil’s Top Museums Amid Accusations of Censorship The controversy surrounds photographs of the Landless Workers Movement (MST), a left-leaning agricultural movement. By Dorian Batycka, May 18, 2022
Art World A Statue of Margaret Thatcher Went Up in Her Hometown Over the Weekend. Two Hours Later, It Had Been Egged The statue has split public opinion since it was announced two years ago. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 18, 2022
Museums Newfields, the Indiana Museum and Entertainment Complex, Names a New Leader After Its Last CEO’s Turbulent Ouster Its new head has more than two decades experience working in higher education. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 18, 2022
Art World Snapchat Founder Evan Spiegel and Supermodel Miranda Kerr Will Pay the Student Debt of Otis College of Art’s Graduating Class The donation exceeds $10 million, making it the largest in the school's history. By Sarah Cascone, May 18, 2022
