People A Volunteer Docent Told a Philadelphia Museum She Would Leave It ‘a Little Something’ in Her Will. She Surprised Them With $8 Million Estelle Rubens told the academy she'd leave it "a little something," but they had no idea what was coming. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 22, 2019
People Iranian Artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Who Surged to International Prominence With Her Intricate Mirror Works, Dies at 97 Her dazzling mirrored compositions were inspired by an Iranian mosque. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 22, 2019
People Who Is the Fashion Czarina and Art-World Socialite Miroslava Duma, Recently Named in the Mueller Report? Obviously we found an art angle on the biggest news story of 2019. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 19, 2019
People Artist Spencer Tunick Is Looking for an Army of Nude Models in New York City to Help Him Fight Facebook Censorship The artist is taking aim at the "community guidelines" of social media platforms, which he says stifle his creativity and censor his art. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 19, 2019
People Meet the Art Collectors Behind Galerie Magazine Who Just Bought the National Enquirer for $100 Million James and Lisa Cohen own work by Jennifer Bartlett, Roy Liechtenstein, Keith Haring, Sam Francis, Jean Dubuffet, and others. By artnet News, Apr 18, 2019
People ‘You Don’t Have to Be Rich’: How One Young German Entrepreneur Is Busting the Myth of the ‘Typical’ Art Collector Christian Kaspar Schwarm wants to create a new paradigm for art collectors. By Kate Brown, Apr 18, 2019
People TIME Names Artists David Hockney and Luchita Hurtado as Two of Its 100 Most Influential People of the Year See who made the cut. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 17, 2019
People ‘We Can Already See the Future’: Swizz Beatz on What Artists and Gallerists Can Learn From the Music Industry We spoke to the hip-hop producer and collector about his view of the art business in the final installment of a two-part interview. By Andrew Goldstein, Apr 17, 2019
People ‘Art Is for Everybody’: Hip-Hop Entrepreneur Swizz Beatz on How He Wants to Change the Art Business From the Bottom Up We spoke to the multitalented collector, producer, and businessman about his plans for No Commission—and beyond. By Andrew Goldstein, Apr 16, 2019
People 10 Influential Texas Collectors Who Are Setting the Tone for the State’s Art Scene These patrons come from across the Lone Star State, and their collecting interests vary widely. By Maxwell Williams, Apr 12, 2019
People What Do Ernest Hemingway, Queen Victoria, and Marlon Brando Have in Common? They Were Dedicated Doodlers—See Their Work Here Take a look inside a new book dedicated to the doodles of famous people. By artnet News, Apr 11, 2019
People Novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard Spent Too Much Money on a Munch Artwork at Auction and Now He’s Filled With Shame: A Q&A We spoke with the famed author about his new book on Munch, and how he does—and doesn't—identify with the Modernist painter. By Pac Pobric, Apr 11, 2019
People Bob Dylan’s Art Is Getting a Very Dylanesque New Permanent Home—in a Whiskey Distillery in an Old Nashville Church Dylan's Heaven's Door Spirits is opening up the new center next fall. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 11, 2019
People ‘Act First and Then Think’: Artist Angel Otero on How to Turn Failure Into Fuel for Creativity We visited the artist at his Brooklyn studio on the occasion of his new show at Lehmann Maupin. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 10, 2019
People ‘It Is a Culture of Fear’: Formerly Imprisoned Photographer Shahidul Alam on Art, Protest, and the Political Climate in Bangladesh In November, after an international outcry, Alam was released from a Bangladeshi prison, but the case is still ongoing. By Ben Davis, Apr 9, 2019
