Art World A Performance Artist Will Be Handing Out $500 in Sanitized $1 Bills on a Literal Silver Platter in the Hamptons The performance is a comment on contagion and economic inequality. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 24, 2020
Politics How a Mysterious Figure Known Only as ‘American Artist’ Is Exposing Hidden Histories of Social Control in Surveillance and Policing American Artist has been sounding the alarm about the police's lethal relationship with Silicon Valley for years. It's past time we listened. By Tim Schneider, Jun 24, 2020
Art World The National Gallery of Australia Will Cut at Least 10 Percent of Its Staff as It Seeks to Recoup $1.5 Million The Canberra museum is trying to dig itself out of a financial hole. By Kate Brown, Jun 24, 2020
Art and Law Facebook, a Longtime Hub for the Illicit Antiquities Trade, Bans the Sale of Historic Artifacts on the Platform Ancient coins, manuscripts, mosaics, scrolls, and tombstones are all included in the ban. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 24, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Will Reopen to an Exhibition-Starved Public on August 29 + Other Stories Plus, Perrotin opens its fourth gallery space in Paris and SFMOMA staff members condemn the museum's leadership in an open letter. By Artnet News, Jun 24, 2020
Art World Haven’t Seen Arthur Jafa’s Masterpiece ‘Love Is the Message’ Yet? 15 Museums Around the World Will Now Broadcast It Free for 48 Hours Online Jafa's work found a captive audience when it first debuted in 2016. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 23, 2020
Art and Law The ACLU Is Suing Miami Beach for Censoring a Memorial Portrait of a Black Man Who Was Killed by Police The work briefly appeared as part of an exhibition in Miami Beach last May. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 23, 2020
Art and Law Charging Bull, Symbol of Wall Street’s Roaring Market, Will Remain in Place After a Vote Nixes New York Mayor de Blasio’s Plan to Move It The committee that oversees the installation of artworks on city-owned land voted unanimously against the mayor's plan. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 23, 2020
Art World The Guggenheim’s Curatorial Staff Call Out the Museum’s ‘Discriminatory Practices’ in a Scathing Letter to Leadership The letter, signed only by the museum's "Curatorial Department," calls on the museum to make its workplace more equitable. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 23, 2020
Art World Art and Tech Entrepreneur Sean Green Picks His Favorite Works From Artnet Galleries Checking in with the CEO and founder of ARTERNAL on some of his favorite things. By Artnet Gallery Network, Jun 23, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: Art Basel Acknowledges New Reality by Allowing Non-Physical Galleries Into Its Fair for the First Time + Other Stories Plus, Picasso's paint palette sells for $71,000 and the September 11 Memorial & Museum cuts back 60 percent of its staff. By Artnet News, Jun 23, 2020
Art World Boris Johnson Told UK Museums They Can Reopen on July 4—But Museum Directors Say They Need Longer to Prepare Leading museum directors have welcomed the decision, but have not given firm dates for reopening. By Naomi Rea, Jun 23, 2020
People The Art World Works From Home: Curator Natalie King Is Taking Podcast Lessons and Making Shakshuka While Developing New Zealand’s Venice Biennale Pavilion The Melbourne-based curator and academic is attending Zoom reading groups and diving deep into research from her home office. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 23, 2020
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 13 Events for Your Virtual Art Calendar This Week, From the Making of a Gerhard Richter Documentary to an Online Fair for Digital Art As the real world reopens, the art world stays busy online. By Artnet News, Jun 22, 2020
Art World Spain Has Been Hit by Yet Another Bungling Restorer, Who Turned This Beautiful Virgin Mary Painting Into an Unrecognizable Blob Restoration experts are now calling for greater regulation of the field. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 22, 2020
