Art World Art Industry News: A Former Payroll Manager Has Been Accused of Stealing $2 Million From the Art Institute of Chicago + Other Stories Plus, the head of London's Royal College of Art to step down after 15 years, and artist Yulia Tsvetkova flees Russia amid the country's LGBTQ crackdown. By Artnet News, Jan 18, 2023
Politics France’s Ministry of Culture Is Pushing Forward a Trio of Groundbreaking Laws That May Have Sweeping Effects on Restitution The proposed laws respectively address items looted during World War 2, human remains, and other looted objects, including those from the colonial era. By Devorah Lauter, Jan 18, 2023
Reviews An African Photography Biennale Makes a Case for Mali as a Creative Hub—But the Global Art World’s Bad Habits May Hold It Back Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung is artistic director of the 13th edition of Bamako Encounters. By Tobi Onabolu, Jan 18, 2023
Art World Joshua Tree‘s Invisible House, a Mirrored Marvel of Desert Architecture, Has Hit the Market for a Sizzling Sum The property is owned by Chris and Roberta Hanley, producers of films including ‘American Psycho’ and ‘The Virgin Suicides.’ By Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, Jan 17, 2023
Law Getty Images Is Suing the Company Behind Stable Diffusion, Saying the A.I. Generator Illegally Scraped Its Content The stock image platform says that the A.I. firm violated copyright laws. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 17, 2023
Archaeology Pompeii Has Reopened Its Infamous House of Vettii, Home to a Portrait of a Man Weighing His Penis and Other Erotic Frescoes The ancient murals have been undergoing restoration for the past 20 years. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 17, 2023
Pop Culture Sun Ra’s Legendary Album Art—Sometimes Handcrafted, Always Otherworldly—Has Been Compiled Into a Book for the First Time "Sun Ra: Art on Saturn" features a vast quantity of album covers that were handcrafted by Ra and his bandmates. By Min Chen, Jan 17, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: The British Museum and Greece Pump the Brakes on a Parthenon Marbles Deal + Other Stories Plus, Beirut Museum of Art breaks ground, and Italian artist Gianfranco Baruchello, a protégé of Marcel Duchamp, has died at age 98. By Artnet News, Jan 17, 2023
Art World Meow Wolf Will Open Its Fourth Immersive Art Outpost in Suburban Texas, Where It’s Promising ‘Caring’ Vibes The company’s latest branch will boast 29,000 square feet of exhibition space and 30 separate rooms. By Artnet News, Jan 17, 2023
Studio Visit See Inside Y.Z. Kami’s Chelsea Studio, Crammed With Every Paintbrush He’s Ever Used, as the Artist Preps for a Show at Gagosian The artist splits his time between studios in Chelsea and the Hudson Valley. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 17, 2023
Art World Here’s Your Guide to the Most Important Art Biennials Taking Place Around the World in 2023, From São Paulo to Sharjah Here's what you need to know about the major international art events slated for this year. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 16, 2023
Archaeology A 2,000-Year-Old Burial Chamber, Uncovered by Siberian Gravediggers, Reveals Clues About a Little-Known Scythian Culture The remains and artifacts contained in the tomb point to the transitional Tesinian civilization. By Min Chen, Jan 16, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Online Critics Lambast Hank Willis Thomas’s ‘Insulting’ Martin Luther King Monument + Other Stories Plus, the Dalai Lama spreads the message of hope through art and MoMA director Glenn Lowry weighs in on the future of democracy. By Artnet News, Jan 16, 2023
Books ‘It’s Not a Dying Art Form, Only a Changing One’: Marina Abramović on the Transformative Power of Opera Read the performance artist's contribution to the forthcoming book 'The Last Days of the Opera.' By Marina Abramović, Jan 16, 2023
Art World Here Are the Winning Photographs From Britain’s Biggest Portrait Competition, From Boxers to Beekeepers The Portrait of Britain award returns with 99 pictures winning the top prize at this year’s event, which is designed to highlight diversity within the U.K. By Artnet News, Jan 16, 2023
