Pop Culture New York’s ‘Hot Dog King’ Has Held Court Outside the Met Museum for Years. Now Fans Are Rallying to Stop the City From Ejecting Him A new petition calls on New York officials to “enforce their health codes fairly across the board.” By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 14, 2023
Gallery Network 7 Questions for Bijijoo, the Artistic Polymath Whose Colorful, TikTok-Famous Works Make Their London Debut This Week The artist has gained legions of followers who are drawn to his dynamic and enigmatic troupe of characters. By Artnet Gallery Network, Mar 14, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions ‘My Practice Is Play’: Trenton Doyle Hancock Has Gamed Out a Fully Functioning Basketball Court in a Houston Museum 'CAMH Court' will be on view through April 27 at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. By Min Chen, Mar 14, 2023
People Valuations: Nieuwe Instituut’s Director Aric Chen on Leading the Dutch National Museum and Becoming the World’s First ‘Zoöp’ We asked the general and artistic director of the Rotterdam museum about the things he values most—in art and in life. By Artnet News, Mar 14, 2023
Art World We Spoke to the ‘Anguished’ Barcelona Residents Fighting to Prevent the Completion of Gaudí’s Famed Sagrada Familia The locals' bag of tricks includes an alternative architectural plan for the entrance to the famous basilica. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Mar 14, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Tom Sachs’s Former Studio Employees Speak Out Against a ‘Cult-Like’ Workplace + Other Stories Plus, a survey reveals most U.K. artists make below minimum wage and a fake art dealer is indicted in a $1.8 million scam. By Artnet News, Mar 14, 2023
Galleries What Does It Take to Build a Successful Gallery in London? Two Generations of Emerging Dealers Hash It Out Vanessa Carlos and Freddie Powell on the trials and tribulations of pulling off an atypical commercial space. By Louise Benson, Mar 14, 2023
On View Four Artists Have Been Shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. See How Their Works Unpack Themes of Identity and Power Bieke Depoorter, Samuel Fosso, Arthur Jafa, and Frida Orupabo have been shortlisted for the £30,000 award. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 13, 2023
Art History Was Roy Lichtenstein an Appropriation Artist or Plagiarist? A New Documentary Probes the Ethics of His Multimillion-Dollar Comic Art Empire The film features comic artists whose work has been source material for the Pop artist. By Min Chen, Mar 13, 2023
Crime The Dealer Who Sold the World’s Most Expensive Coin Has Been Arrested for Falsifying the $4.2 Million Artifact’s Provenance An investigation found the coin, along with other ancient objects, were sold with forged provenance certificates. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 13, 2023
Style A Star Classical Musician With a 286-Year-Old Violin Needed Museum-Grade Transport. Rimowa Came to the Rescue Violinist Renaud Capuçon opted for a Rimowa case—with a built-in humidifier—to tote his precious cargo. By William Van Meter, Mar 13, 2023
Auctions The ‘Mona Lisa of the Deep’ and Hundreds of Other Treasures From a Gold Rush-Era Shipwreck Just Pulled In $1.1 Million at Auction The ship sank in 1857 while hauling gold from San Francisco to New York at the height of the California Gold Rush. By Lee Carter, Mar 13, 2023
Archaeology Excavations Around Leicester Cathedral in the U.K. Have Turned Up a Roman Shrine Archaeologists Call a ‘Cult Room’ The dig also uncovered Anglo-Saxon artifacts including coins and hair pins. By Artnet News, Mar 13, 2023
Pop Culture ‘The Exhibit’ Recap: Our Next Great Artists-to-Be Take a Swing at Making Social Media Interesting This week, the reality TV contestants tackled the subject of platforms and digital strategy. By Min Chen, Mar 13, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Rishi Sunak Says There Are ‘No Plans’ to Return the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece + Other Stories Plus, the Chinati Foundation gets a new head and a Prussian prince battles to recoup his family's art. By Artnet News, Mar 13, 2023
