People Jimmie Durham Is This Year’s Winner of the Venice Biennale Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement The artist has appeared in five previous editions of the Venice Biennale. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 4, 2019
Art World The Average Person Spends 27 Seconds Looking at a Work of Art. Now, 166 Museums Are Joining Forces to Ask You to Slow Down Museums in Australia, Canada, the UK, the US, and elsewhere are holding special events for Slow Art Day on April 6. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 4, 2019
Art World Art Industry News: Authorities Are Investigating an Alleged Van Gogh Forgery Ring + Other Stories Plus, Berlin's Jewish Museum will refuse further Sackler donations and investigators recover jewels stolen from a Roman museum six years ago. By artnet News, Apr 4, 2019
Art World In the Struggle to Close the Gender Pay Gap in the Art Market, Brazil Has Set a Surprising Example Why do Brazilian women artists set higher auction records than their male counterparts? By Henri Neuendorf, Apr 4, 2019
Art World Damien Hirst’s 60-Foot-Tall Demon Will Loom Over the Most Expensive, Art-Bedecked Hotel Renovation in Las Vegas’s History The resort is also unveiling the Hirst-designed "Empathy Suite," which costs upwards of $1 million for a three-night package. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 3, 2019
Art and Law In an Effort to Fight Money Laundering, the EU Parliament Wants to Scrap the Freeport System Beloved by Billionaire Art Collectors The recommendations comes after a yearlong investigation into financial crime. By Naomi Rea, Apr 3, 2019
Art World Art Industry News: LA Times Art Critic Slams LACMA’s New Shrunken Renovation Plan as ‘Absurd’ + Other Stories Plus, the Sackler family tries to get a lawsuit against them dismissed and Norman Foster's massive tulip skyscraper gets the green light in London. By artnet News, Apr 3, 2019
Art World Airbnb’s Newest Host Is the ‘Mona Lisa,’ and the Louvre’s Letting Two Special Guests Spend a Night at Her Place The museum is hosting a lucky pair of guests for one unforgettable night among the masterpieces to celebrate the 30th birthday of the Louvre Pyramid. By Kate Brown, Apr 3, 2019
Politics ‘You Are a Bastard’: Mussolini’s Granddaughter Enters a Twitter Feud With Jim Carrey Over His Drawing of the Dead Dictator Alessandra Mussolini is not pleased with how Carrey depicted her grandfather. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 2, 2019
Art World The Tallest Skyscraper in Europe Is Strangely Rising Above a Teeny, Tiny Town in Denmark The rural skyscraper will be visible from almost 40 miles away. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 2, 2019
Art World Divers Have Discovered an ‘Exceptional’ Trove of Artifacts Tied a Llama Sacrifice Ritual in South America’s Largest Lake The Tiwanaku state ritually sacrificed llamas on the Khoa reef. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 2, 2019
Art World Art Industry News: Even the Louvre Abu Dhabi Admits It Has No Clue Where ‘Salvator Mundi’ Is + Other Stories Plus, art critic Barbara Rose dishes on her marriage to Frank Stella and KAWS speaks up about his new auction record. By artnet News, Apr 2, 2019
Art World It’s Tough to Be a Museum Director These Days and 4 Other Takeaways From Qatar’s Star-Studded Culture Summit Museum directors and art-world luminaries from Qatar and around the world came out in force and dropped all kinds of hints about future plans for their institutions. By Javier Pes, Apr 2, 2019
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 17 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week There are also talks with Derrick Adams and about the late Carolee Schneemann. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 1, 2019
Art and Law London Dealer Mark Weiss Pays Sotheby’s $4.2 Million to Settle a Dispute Over an Allegedly Fake Frans Hals The purported Hals came from French dealer Guiliano Ruffini, who has sold numerous Old Masters that turned out to be fake. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 1, 2019
