Op-Ed Far-Right Media Turned My Art Into Fodder for the Anti-Choice Movement. Here’s How We Can Support Artists Navigating the Culture Wars Today The feminist artist reflects on what happens to art when partisan actors use it to advance their interests. By Aliza Shvarts, Mar 16, 2023
Art Criticism ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ Is a Truly Great Artist Documentary. Here’s What Makes It Work So Well The film, which explores the life of Nan Goldin, is directed by Laura Poitras. By Ben Davis, Mar 15, 2023
Artnet Auctions Shepard Fairey Talks Us Through 5 Prints From His Career (Now for Sale on Artnet Auctions) We spoke with the 'Hope' artist about the meaning behind works in the Shepard Fairey: Art as Activism sale, live for bidding through March 28, 2023. By Artnet Auctions, Mar 15, 2023
Archaeology A German Man Just Learning How to Use a Metal Detector Uncovered a Hoard of Buried Byzantine Jewelry and Silver Coins The discovery was made in what once was a Viking Age trade settlement. By Min Chen, Mar 15, 2023
Art History Who Was Leonardo da Vinci’s Mom, Actually? A Provocative New Book Suggests She Was a Slave From the Caucasus of Central Asia The book is based on a newly uncovered document that was supposedly written by da Vinci’s father in 1452. By Artnet News, Mar 15, 2023
Gallery Network This Year’s Photography Show by AIPAD Casts a Wide Net From Historic Images to NFTs—Here Are Some of the Highlights Presented by AIPAD and under new leadership, the fair host 44 of the world's top fine art photography galleries. By Artnet Gallery Network, Mar 15, 2023
Art World Banksy Created His Latest Artwork on a Rundown Farmhouse by the British Seaside—Only to Have It Immediately Destroyed Contractors overseeing the planned demolition say they had no idea the painting was the artist's work. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 15, 2023
Art World Artist and Activist Ai Weiwei’s Minimalist Apartment in New York’s Chelsea Art District Just Hit the Market for $2 Million Some of his artworks are part of the staging, but not part of the sale. By Mary Elizabeth Andriotis, Mar 15, 2023
Gallery Network Spotlight: Carlo Mollino Was a Master of Italian Midcentury Design—Now a Rare Desk by the Architect Is Heading to Auction Presented by Artcurial, Paris, March's Italian Design sale will include Mollino's desk for Casa editrice Lattes. By Artnet Gallery Network, Mar 15, 2023
Shows & Exhibitions The Republic of Benin Is Getting Its First-Ever National Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale The West African country’s pavilion will be organized by the curator and critic Azu Nwagbogu. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 15, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: The Centre Pompidou Has Sealed the Deal on Its New Museum in Saudi Arabia + Other Stories Plus, a judge dismisses the lawsuit against Peter Max's conservator and Frieze New York releases its exhibitor list. By Artnet News, Mar 15, 2023
The Gray Market Progress Helped Destroy Silicon Valley Bank. Stasis Should Shield the Art Market Our columnist explains why the death of Silicon Valley Bank makes the art market's traditionalism look wise for once. By Tim Schneider, Mar 15, 2023
Op-Ed We Have Colonized Potentiality: Artist Jordan Deal Reflects on Public Gathering as a Space of Sanctuary and Peril This is the latest in a series of essays commissioned from artists by PROTODISPATCH. By Jordan Deal, Mar 15, 2023
On View Desert X Arrives in Coachella Valley, Bringing Art That Reflects on Ecology. See Images of the Show Here Works by Tschabalala Self, Torkwase Dyson, and Tyre Nichols are included in the fourth iteration of the biennial exhibition. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 14, 2023
Opinion Kenny Schachter Pays a Mind-Bending Visit to Beeple’s New High-Tech Art Compound (Getting in Plenty of Trouble Along the Way) Our columnist found a lot more than he bargained for at the NFT artist's Charleston, South Carolina, headquarters. By Kenny Schachter, Mar 14, 2023
