Art World From Dirty-Joke Theory to True Crime Classics, Here Are 17 Books That Have Inspired Some of Today’s Leading Artists From a philosophy of dirty jokes to a true-crime classic, artists share the surprising titles that have influenced them. By artnet News, Aug 2, 2018
Art World France Is Rolling Out a Multimillion-Dollar App to Give Young People Free Access to Cultural Goods and Events But the benefits of the program could come at the cost of privacy and personal data. By Naomi Rea, Aug 1, 2018
Art World El Anatsui Will Use a Humongous Sheet of Bottle Caps to Drape a Whole Museum for the Carnegie International This Fall Tavares Strachan, Park McArthur, and Mimi Cherono Ng'ok will also contribute site-specific works. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 1, 2018
Politics From Trump Funders to Pals of Putin, Here Are 10 Politically Intriguing Eastern European Art Collectors to Know artnet News has assembled dossiers on the art-world connections of men named in the "Kremlin Report," plus two others of note. By artnet News, Aug 1, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: After Second Arrest, Pussy Riot’s World Cup Stars Are Free (For Now) + Other Stories Plus, Jerry Saltz apologizes for offensive tweets and the UK Parliament realizes that over 220 works of art in its collection are missing. By artnet News, Aug 1, 2018
People How a Little-Known Nonprofit Is Bringing Social Practice Art to New York’s Most Elite Museums—and Beyond The Kenan Trust has given $6 million to promote art that furthers social justice, from the Met and the Guggenheim to the Laundromat Project. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 1, 2018
People MoMA PS1’s Klaus Biesenbach, a Champion of the Avant-Garde and Celebrities Alike, Will Now Lead MOCA LA In a double loss for MoMA, its curator Laura Hoptman has also been named director of the Drawing Center. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 31, 2018
Art World Pussy Riot Members Who Protested at the World Cup Are Freed—Then Immediately Arrested—Then Freed Again Police were waiting for the protesters outside the detention center. By Henri Neuendorf, Jul 31, 2018
Events and Parties ‘It’s Without Safety Nets’: Performa Will Honor the Invigorating, Arduous Process of Working With Christo and Jeanne-Claude RoseLee Goldberg will honor artist duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude at the 2018 Performa Gala. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 31, 2018
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 11 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week From Olafur Eliasson's solar-powered night walk to Susanna Nicchiarelli's biopic of Andy Warhol-muse Nico at Film Forum, here's what's worth checking out. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 31, 2018
Art World Art-World Architect and Collector Peter Marino Will Open a Private Art Foundation in the Hamptons Marino says his foundation "will make the Frick look shabby." By Henri Neuendorf, Jul 31, 2018
People Meet Tyler Mitchell, the 23-Year-Old Who Will Be the First Black Photographer to Shoot a ‘Vogue’ Cover—Thanks to Beyoncé The artist currently has work on view at the Aperture Foundation in New York. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 31, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Jim Carrey Explains His Cartoon-Fueled Crusade to Take Down Trump + Other Stories Plus, Beyoncé's bid to make photographic history at Vogue and the Norton Museum receives the largest gift in its history. By artnet News, Jul 31, 2018
Art and Law Following an 11-Year Legal Battle, Cranach’s Nazi-Looted Adam and Eve Paintings Will Remain at a California Museum The final decision in favor of the Norton Simon Museum represents a landmark ending to a complicated lawsuit that lasted over a decade. By Kate Brown, Jul 31, 2018
Politics Collector Leonard Lauder on How Vintage Postcards Can Help Us Understand Propaganda in the Present As an exhibition of his postcard collection opens at MFA Boston, the storied collector explains what draws him to these diminutive works. By Menachem Wecker, Jul 31, 2018
