Art and Law A Stunning Legal Decision Just Upheld a $6.75 Million Victory for the Street Artists Whose Works Were Destroyed at the 5Pointz Graffiti Mecca The ruling shuts down the defendant's claims on practically every count. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 20, 2020
Art World ‘It Will Have a Chilling Effect’: Forensic Architecture’s Eyal Weizman on a Secretive Government Algorithm That Stopped Him Entering the US The artist and academic had planned to travel to the US with his family for exhibitions in Miami and San Francisco. By Javier Pes, Feb 20, 2020
On View ‘I’m a Big Believer in Odd Characters’: Watch Artist Jaimie Warren Talk About Her Love for Freddie Mercury and Yoda As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Feb 20, 2020
People ‘We Each Bring to the Table What the Other Is Lacking’: Photographers Alana Celii and Daniel Dorsa on Their Classic New York Love Story In Artnet News's Portraits of Love series, young creative couples offer insights into their partnerships. By Katie White, Feb 20, 2020
Art World High-Tech Radar May Have Just Led Researchers to Discover Nefertiti’s Secret Burial Chamber in King Tut’s Tomb If true, “it could be the biggest archaeological discovery ever." By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 20, 2020
Art Fairs Art Basel Launches Online Viewing Rooms to Help Dealers Reach Collectors Virtually After Canceling the Hong Kong Fair The company is hoping to lure VIPs with a specially built platform. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 20, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: Scientists Conclude That the Cracks on the Mona Lisa’s Surface Actually Make Her Safer + Other Stories Plus, the artist who ate Cattelan's banana opens a show of his own in New York and the Bronx Museum names a social justice curator. By Artnet News, Feb 20, 2020
People ‘When I See These Paintings, I See Myself’: Artist Jordan Casteel on How She Puts Herself Into Her Celebrated Portraits of Everyday People The painter says the real joy of her work is showing her portraits to her subjects. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 20, 2020
People This Remarkably Ordinary Woman Took Photos With Hundreds of Celebrities—and Her Scrapbook Is an Accidental Work of Art Maria Snoeys-Lagler posed with everyone from Bruce Willis to Angelina Jolie. The results are magical. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 19, 2020
Art Fairs Frieze Los Angeles Round-Up: Here’s Everything We Published on the Fair in One Place From celebrities to sales, we've got all the news right here. By Artnet News, Feb 19, 2020
Galleries The $450 Million Marron Collection Is the Art Market’s Ultimate Prize. Now, Three of the World’s Top Rival Galleries Are Joining Forces to Sell It The heirs' decision to avoid the auction block comes as a surprise to the art world. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 19, 2020
Politics France Charges Russian Performance Artist Pyotr Pavlensky With Invasion of Privacy Over Leaked Tape Pavlensky has a history of protest performance art. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 19, 2020
Art World Three Enchantingly Painted Houses in the Lost City of Pompeii Are Finally Open to the Public After a 40-Year Restoration Project A $113 million conservation effort rescued the ruins from, well, ruin. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 19, 2020
Art Fairs A New Armory Show Prize Will Award $10,000 to an Outstanding Female Artist With a Solo Booth at the Fair The prize is cosponsored by a French nonprofit dedicated to women in the arts. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 19, 2020
Art Fairs The Critic Who Accidentally Smashed a $19,000 Glass Sculpture at an Art Fair Says It Was ‘Devoid of Artistic Attributes’ Anyway The critic is an outspoken opponent of what she calls the “fraud” of contemporary art. By Javier Pes, Feb 19, 2020
