Art and Law In a Reversal, the Trump Administration Proposes a 25 Percent Tariff on Imported Chinese Art and Antiquities Art supplies, paintings, drawings, sculpture, and artifacts over 100 years old may all be subject to the import tax. By Taylor Dafoe, May 21, 2019
Politics New Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s First Order of Business Was to Hang This Powerful Artwork About ‘Redlining’ in Her Office The work was rushed over from a South Side museum in time for the mayor's inauguration. By Sarah Cascone, May 21, 2019
Art World This Drawing Has Just Been Identified as the Earliest Known Michelangelo Work to Date—and He Did It When He Was Just 12 A private British collector bought the work at a French auction house in 1989. By Caroline Goldstein, May 21, 2019
Art and Law Ai Weiwei Is Suing Volkswagen for Using His Installation of Refugee Life Jackets in an Advertisement The artist says he is taking the company to court as a last resort. By Sarah Cascone, May 21, 2019
Art World Art Industry News: Will Franchise-Hating Generation Z Be the Savior of Small Galleries? + Other Stories Plus, collectors Emily and Mitchell Rales are the buyers of that record-setting Lee Krasner painting and Leonora Carrington gets a biopic. By artnet News, May 21, 2019
People ‘We Are Always Speaking to a Mass Audience’: MoMA Curator Thomas Lax on the Advantages—and Challenges—of Art in the Digital Age The curator also tells us about how formative early experiences shaped his understanding of the world. By Terence Trouillot, May 21, 2019
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week Here's what's on our agenda this week. By Sarah Cascone, May 20, 2019
Art World Thanks to a $10 Million Gift, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles Will No Longer Charge General Admission Fellow LA institutions the Broad and the Hammer have also gone free in recent years. By Taylor Dafoe, May 20, 2019
Art World This Burning Man Artist Built a Temple and Set It on Fire This Weekend to Honor Victims of the Parkland Shooting. See Photos of the Blaze Here The work was funded by a $1 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies. By Sarah Cascone, May 20, 2019
Art World Art Industry News: Roberta Smith on Why She Loves Jeff Koons Even If His Art Makes You ‘Feel Creepy’ + Other Stories Plus, Democrats work to boost the NEA's budget and Art Basel Miami Beach plans a new section for monumental art. By artnet News, May 20, 2019
People At 31, the Painter Avery Singer Is a Bona Fide Art Star. She’s Trying Very Hard Not to Let That Get in Her Way Singer is included in this year's Venice Biennale—the latest in a steady stream of major institutional shows for the young artist. By Taylor Dafoe, May 20, 2019
Art World From the Rembrandt in the Rec Room to a Degas on a Bus, These 10 Priceless Artworks Were Found in the Unlikeliest Places Sometimes, you just have to know where to look. By Katie White, May 20, 2019
Art World ‘Warren Kanders, You Can’t Hide!’ Protesters March From the Whitney Museum to the Controversial Trustee’s Home Outside of Kanders's townhouse, activists pledged: "We'll be back." By Brian Boucher, May 18, 2019
Art World From Jeff Koons’s Bunny Bonanza to the Death of Pioneering Architect I.M. Pei: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news—fast. By Caroline Goldstein, May 17, 2019
Art World As the Experience Economy Booms, Meow Wolf Raises $158 Million to Expand Its Footprint Across America The immersive-art company is opening new ventures in Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Washington, DC. By Sarah Cascone, May 17, 2019
