People Damien Hirst Lays Off 50 Employees From His Production Company to ‘Focus on His Art’ The artist once had as many as 250 people working for him, but now he wants to "focus on his art." By Sarah Cascone, Oct 1, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Collector Pulls Loans From Museum Amid Mapplethorpe Censorship Battle + Others Stories Plus, Tania Bruguera brings a meditation on the refugee crisis to Tate Modern and Shanghai gets yet another private museum. By artnet News, Oct 1, 2018
Art World From the World’s Most Perfect Private Museum to the Artist Who Attacked Marina Abramovic: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this weeks news—fast. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 28, 2018
Politics Meet the Artist Whose ‘KAVANOPE’ Poster Has Gone Totally Viral The widely disseminated poster is the work of illustrator Tracie Ching and appears to be an homage to Shepard Fairey's Obama 'Hope' image. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 28, 2018
Art World The Bronx Museum Is Launching a Manhattan Outpost to House Its Emerging Artist Program Past and present participants in the museum's Artist in the Marketplace program will have access to the space. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 28, 2018
Art World Archeologists Have Discovered a Mysterious Mayan Megalopolis Hidden Beneath the Guatemalan Jungle Laser scanning technology has revealed more than 61,000 ancient structures. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 28, 2018
Art and Law Ana Mendieta’s Estate Sues Amazon Studios, Claiming Its Remake of a Horror Classic Rips Off the Late Feminist Artist’s Work Director Luca Guadagnino has cited Mendieta and other feminist artists as an inspiration for the horror film "Suspiria." By Sarah Cascone, Sep 28, 2018
Art and Law A Judge Sentences Disgraced Dealer Ezra Chowaiki to 18 Months in Prison for Fleecing High-Profile Art Collectors of Millions The former ice cream salesman cooked up an elaborate scheme to defraud prominent victims. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 28, 2018
Art World Closed for Nearly 30 Years, the Chapel of the Holy Shroud Reopens in Italy Following Massive Restoration Efforts A 1997 fire almost destroyed the Baroque chapel. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 28, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Ai Weiwei Discusses the Chinese Government’s ‘Surreal’ Destruction of His Beijing Studio + Other Stories Plus, now Damien Hirst shuts his seaside restaurant and Val Kilmer gets sued over a golden tumbleweed sculpture. By artnet News, Sep 28, 2018
Art and Law The 5Pointz Developer Ordered to Pay Street Artists $6.8 Million for Whitewashing Their Work Is Now Pushing Back Gerald Wolkoff's attorneys argue that graffiti doesn't have the same legal protections as fine art. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 27, 2018
Art World How Alvar Aalto’s Undulating Glass Curves Inspired Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s Stunning New Manhattan Skyscraper Architect Roger Duffy discusses his design for the new luxury residence on East 57th Street and its reference to the modernist master. By In Partnership With 252 EAST 57, Sep 27, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Is This Uncanny Hand the Oldest Bronze Sculpture in Europe? + Other Stories Plus, a Pussy Riot member is released from the hospital after an alleged poisoning and Canada opens its first Indigenous sculpture park. By artnet News, Sep 27, 2018
Art World Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear to Silence Hallucinations and 10 Other Things We Learned in a New Book About Him Plus, the Russian government has been secretly hiding a long-lost drawing of "Starry Night" since the end of World War II. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 27, 2018
Art World The Getty Kicks Off an Ambitious New African American Art History Initiative by Acquiring Betye Saar’s Archive The Los Angeles artist is a pioneer of assemblage art. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 26, 2018
