Art History Munch Created a Chaste Version of His Infamous ‘Madonna’ Painting Hidden Beneath the Racy One He’s Famous For The artist’s erotic depiction of the Virgin Mary was more conventional at first, it turns out. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 4, 2021
Law A Judge Paves the Way for Scholar Marc Restellini’s Lawsuit Over Ownership of Valuable Modigliani Research to Move Forward The court dismissed the Wildenstein-Plattner Institute's counterclaims against Restellini of copyright infringement. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 4, 2021
Art World Art Industry News: George Lucas’s Museum Has Been on a Buying Spree of Thrilling Art by the Likes of Frida Kahlo and Alice Neel + Other Stories Plus, Givenchy teams up with artist Josh Smith, and a stolen Klimt found behind a garden wall makes its museum debut. By Artnet News, Oct 4, 2021
Pop Culture For Two Decades, Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch Has Quietly Been Making Quirky, Creepy Collage Art. Here’s What They Look Like The filmmaker's creations are the subject of a new book and exhibition, both of which launched this week. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 4, 2021
Art World On the National Mall, The Largest Participatory Art Project in a Quarter Century Makes Tangible the Human Toll of COVID-19 Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg explains what drove her to bring the immense work back for a second year. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 1, 2021
Art World From the New MacArthur ‘Geniuses’ to a Gratuitously Well-Endowed Italian Sculpture: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news, fast. By Artnet News, Oct 1, 2021
Law The Complicated Story Behind Jasper Johns’s Dispute With a Cameroonian Teen Over a Drawing of a Knee (It Has a Happy Ending) The drawing is featured in the 91-year-old artist's career-capping retrospective at the Whitney. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 1, 2021
Museums 7 Exhibits From L.A.’s Academy Museum That Show How It Rethinks Hollywood History, From Boundary-Breaking Oscar Fashion to Problematic Makeup Collections curator Nathalie Morris explains the stories of some of the carefully considered objects on display. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 1, 2021
Art World London Unveils Its First Public Monument Celebrating the Windrush Generation of Caribbean Migrants to the U.K. The sculptures by Veronica Ryan have been installed in the East London borough of Hackney. By Naomi Rea, Oct 1, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions Documenta 15 Unveils Its Artist List for 2022, Including Jimmie Durham, Dan Perjovschi, and Lots of Collectives Ruangrupa released this list using a newspaper whose proceeds benefit the homeless. By Kate Brown, Oct 1, 2021
Art World An Artist’s Busts of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and John Lewis Go Up in New York’s Union Square The families of Floyd and Taylor are supporting the public art exhibition. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 1, 2021
Art World Art Industry News: Model Emily Ratajkowski Loses Copyright Battle Against a Photographer + Other Stories Plus, the Met will return Nepalese sculptures, and the Gallery Climate Coalition is headed to Frieze. By Artnet News, Oct 1, 2021
Archaeology An Ancient Middle Eastern City Destroyed by a Meteor May Have Inspired the Bible’s Tale of Sodom and Gomorrah, a New Study Says Experts have been studying the city's remains for 15 years. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 30, 2021
Art World ‘I Have One Foot in the Subconscious and One In Reality’: As His L-Train Murals Debut, Watch Marcel Dzama Explain The Dark Side of His Whimsical Art As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 30, 2021
Politics Afghan Artists Watch, and Worry, as Taliban Promises a Framework Rooted in Islamic Law to Evaluate Cultural Production Per international reports, artists are hiding, and even destroying, their work for fear that they might be raided by enforcers. By Artnet News, Sep 30, 2021
