Art World Slow Down the Mega-Galleries, Empower Black Collectors, and 13 Other Changes Art-World Insiders Hope to See in 2021 We asked dealers, artists, and curators what they're hoping will change in the coming year, and how it might be achieved. By Artnet News, Jan 19, 2021
Art World After Trump’s Inauguration, Matthew Barney Installed a Giant Clock Counting Down His Days in Office. Now, It’s Finally Going Dark The clock has remained a mystery to many New Yorkers over the past four years. By Rachel Corbett, Jan 19, 2021
Art and Law UK Galleries Will Benefit From a Court Ruling Forcing Insurers to Pay Businesses for Losses Incurred During Lockdown Arts businesses will still likely have to fight to get their claims fully reimbursed. By Naomi Rea, Jan 18, 2021
Art and Law The UK Government Plans to Make It Harder to Remove Public Monuments to Controversial Figures One minister referred to demonstrators as "baying mobs." By Naomi Rea, Jan 18, 2021
Art World Editors’ Picks: 17 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a New Deitch-Gagosian Collaboration to a Look at the US Presidency There's lots to look forward to this week. By Artnet News, Jan 18, 2021
Art World One of Italy’s Leading Contemporary Art Museums Will Be Transformed Into a Vaccination Center Artist Claudia Comte is making a special audio work for those waiting in line for their shot. By Kate Brown, Jan 18, 2021
Art World Art Industry News: Artists Create Powerful Digital Tributes to Martin Luther King Jr. for the Billboard of a Brooklyn Institution + Other Stories Plus, some museums are reopening in Italy and how arts funding actually grew (a bit) under Trump. By Artnet News, Jan 18, 2021
Politics The Museum of London Has Acquired That Giant ‘Trump Baby’ Balloon for Its Collection of Protest Art The museum says the balloon was an important marker of the history of protest in the UK capital. By Naomi Rea, Jan 18, 2021
People What I Buy & Why: St. Louis Collector Susan Barrett on Her Most Gratifying Purchase and Why Amy Sherald Is ‘the Holy Grail’ The president of the art consultancy Barrett Barrera Projects opens up on her collecting habits. By Naomi Rea, Jan 18, 2021
Politics New York Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang Has a Plan to Boost the City’s Art Community: Subsidize TikTok Hype Houses He also promises an aggressive plan to put light shows on monuments. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 15, 2021
Art World Sandro Botticelli’s ‘Primavera’ Is a Mysterious Celebration of Spring. Here Are 4 Things You May Not Know About This Enigmatic Marvel For starters, the famed art historian Giorgio Vasari gave the painting its name. By Katie White, Jan 15, 2021
Art World From Rihanna’s Photo Shoot With Lorna Simpson to Futura’s Lawsuit Against the North Face: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news, fast. By Artnet News, Jan 15, 2021
Art World Hank Willis Thomas’s Poignant Memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Will Be Unveiled in Boston Next Fall The 22-foot-tall bronze monument depicts the couple mid-embrace. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 15, 2021
Art and Law Artist Nick Cave’s Controversial Upstate New York Artwork Has Found a New Home at the Brooklyn Museum The public artwork has been attacked by the mayor of a small town where it was installed. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 15, 2021
Art World Art Industry News: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Offers Aid to Capitol Curators Assessing Damaged Artworks + Other Stories Plus, the Dallas Art Fair moves from April to September and Howardena Pindell looks back at her influential report on museum representation. By Artnet News, Jan 15, 2021
