People The Cooper Hewitt Director Who Was Ousted Over Her Wedding Fires Back, Claiming She Fell Victim to a ‘Discriminatory’ Investigation Six museum trustees have resigned in a show of support of Caroline Baumann. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 24, 2020
Art World Legendary Art Philanthropist Agnes Gund Is Lauded as a Quiet, Yet Powerful, Force for Good in a New Documentary Directed by her daughter, the film also includes cameos from artists like Glenn Ligon and Catherine Opie. By Caroline Goldstein, Feb 21, 2020
Art and Law The Met Just Returned a Prized Silver Cup, Stolen During WWII, to Its Rightful Heirs After Almost 80 Years The object was taken from a German-born Jewish banker before he and his wife were murdered at concentration camps. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 21, 2020
Art World From a Big Legal Win for Graffiti Artists to the Latest Immigration Ban Backlash: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news—fast. By Caroline Goldstein, Feb 21, 2020
Art World A Cash Dash, Mounting Frustration, and a Burst of Online Shows: Here's How China's Art World Is Dealing With Being on Lockdown Some 58 million people have been barred from leaving their homes. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 21, 2020
People The Street Artist Mr. Brainwash Is Opening Up a Museum Dedicated to Himself (and Other Artists He Admires) in Los Angeles The pop-up space will open at the former Paley Center for Media. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 21, 2020
Art World With a $12.5 Million Revamp, the Massachusetts College of Art and Design Has Turned Its Galleries Into a Contemporary Art Museum The MassArt Art Museum is opening to the public this weekend. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 21, 2020
Art World The Bumbling Thieves Who Stole an Enormous $4.3 Million Gold Coin From a Berlin Museum—and Probably Melted It Down—Are Heading to Prison The high-profile heist involved a skateboard and a wheelbarrow. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 21, 2020
On View Painter Gladys Nilsson Got Her Start as a Member of Chicago’s Hairy Who. Now, at 79, She’s Ready to Shine on Her Own Dual New York shows at Matthew Marks and Garth Greenan explore five decades of her wild, ecstatic paintings. By Caroline Goldstein, Feb 21, 2020
On View For One Week Only Raphael’s Great Tapestries Have Returned to the Sistine Chapel—See Them Here The extraordinary exhibition is enough to make a museum director want to "whoop and sing," despite the chapel's rule of silence. By Kate Brown, Feb 21, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: Philadelphia Museum of Art Is Now Accused of Shielding a Staffer Who Manhandled Subordinates + Other Stories Plus, an art collector sues Princeton over a deal gone wrong, and can LACMA actually afford its $750 million renovation? By Artnet News, Feb 21, 2020
Events and Parties With Edgy Performances and a Live Film, Hermès Hosted an Art-Filled Evening for A-Listers to Close Out New York Fashion Week Naomi Campbell and Martha Stewart made themselves visible at the rollicking celebration. By Noor Brara, Feb 21, 2020
Art World An Alexander Calder ‘Sanctuary’ Is Coming to Philadelphia to Showcase the Sculptor’s Work in Permanent Galleries and Gardens The space will showcase works from the Calder Foundation. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 21, 2020
Art World Wet Paint: Daughter Behind $450 Million Art Trove Is Pals With Tiffany Trump, Poker Pro Banned During Frieze, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip Which tech billionaires hit up the Los Angeles fairs? Which artist has split from influential dealer Anton Kern? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Feb 20, 2020
Politics In India, One Man Literally Prays to an Uncanny Sculpture He Made of Donald Trump It remains to be seen if the president, who visits the country this month, will meet his biggest fan. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 20, 2020
