People ‘Black Panther’ Actress Angela Bassett Is Curating a Show of Afro-Surrealist Collages in LA Artist Chelle Barbour celebrates the "black woman as her muse," Bassett says. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 11, 2018
People Kanye West Offers a Lesson in Postmodernism, Saying He’ll Teach a Class at the Art Institute of Chicago That Doesn’t Exist On the other hand, he is taking inspiration from Kerry James Marshall. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 10, 2018
People ‘Direct Action Is Our Only Hope’: Opioid Crisis Activist Nan Goldin on Why People Need to Go Offline to Fight for Their Beliefs For eight months, Goldin has dedicated herself to speaking out againt the Sackler family's influence in art museums. By Kate Brown, Sep 3, 2018
People Picasso’s Former Muse Françoise Gilot, Now 96, Debuts Worldly Drawings of Her Own—See Them Here The newly released sketchbooks chart the artist's travels in Senegal, India, and Venice. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 2, 2018
People ‘We Can Move Mountains With Very Few Resources’: The Drawing Center’s New Director Laura Hoptman on the Big Potential of a Small Museum Like the Drawing Center's founder, Hoptman worked in the drawing department at MoMA. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 27, 2018
People The Mugrabi Family’s Storied Art Collection Has Become a Focal Point in Nasty Divorce Proceedings The family is rumored to own the world's foremost collection of works by Andy Warhol. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 20, 2018
People Killer Mike, the High Museum’s Newest Board Member, on How He Wants to Make Art More Accessible to the Working Class The rapper and activist is the latest hip-hop artist to cross over into the art world. By Henri Neuendorf, Aug 16, 2018
People Returning to His Roots, Dealer Andrew Fabricant Joins Gagosian, Leaving Richard Gray Gallery After 22 Years The 63-year-old dealer has a reputation as a market expert with deep connections. By Henri Neuendorf, Aug 16, 2018
People Who Won Damien Hirst’s Instagram Caption Contest? The Vulgarian Who Aimed the Crudest, Most Concise Insult at the Artist The artist went with brevity—and irreverence—in choosing the winner of a "Veil Painting" print. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 16, 2018
People 9 Hyper-Relevant Andy Warhol Quotes That Prove the Pop Artist Is Still 90 Years Young The Pop art great is as quotable as ever. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 5, 2018
People How a Little-Known Nonprofit Is Bringing Social Practice Art to New York’s Most Elite Museums—and Beyond The Kenan Trust has given $6 million to promote art that furthers social justice, from the Met and the Guggenheim to the Laundromat Project. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 31, 2018
People MoMA PS1’s Klaus Biesenbach, a Champion of the Avant-Garde and Celebrities Alike, Will Now Lead MOCA LA In a double loss for MoMA, its curator Laura Hoptman has also been named director of the Drawing Center. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 31, 2018
People Meet Tyler Mitchell, the 23-Year-Old Who Will Be the First Black Photographer to Shoot a ‘Vogue’ Cover—Thanks to Beyoncé The artist currently has work on view at the Aperture Foundation in New York. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 31, 2018
People ‘Oksana Shachko Invented a Grammar of Activism’: How the Co-Founder of FEMEN Used Art as a Powerful Feminist Statement In recent years Shachko was working as a full-time artist painting transgressive religious icons. By Naomi Rea, Jul 26, 2018
People Will Jennifer Lawrence Play Anna Delvey? As the Art-World Scammer’s Riveting Saga Heads to Netflix, New Details Emerge The "Hunger Games" actress is whispered to be in the running to play the scammer in a possible film, even as Shonda Rhimes's Netflix series gets the go-ahead. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 25, 2018
