People Sonia Gechtoff, Pioneering But Overlooked Artist of the Bay Area Ab-Ex Movement, Dies at 91 Sonia Gechtoff was a key but little-recognized figure in the Abstract Expressionist movement. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 8, 2018
People How I Got My Art Job: The Museum Director Whose Secret Weapon Is… Being a Classically Trained Opera Singer Matthew McLendon says that his classical training in belting our arias "has informed everything I've done in my life." By Sarah Cascone, Feb 2, 2018
People James Franco’s High School Painted Over His Campus Mural Amid Allegations of Sexual Misconduct The actor painted the mural in 2014 in the school's student center. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 1, 2018
People Parisian Gallerist Jocelyn Wolff Just Shared 9 Confessions That Will Give Young Art Dealers Hope "I do not even have a Rimowa suitcase," writes the Paris-based art dealer. By Kate Brown, Feb 1, 2018
People Seattle University Removes Chuck Close Work in Response to Sexual Harassment Allegations Some observers wonder whether museums should include asterisks next to the names of accused artists. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 29, 2018
People Queens Museum Director Laura Raicovich Resigns Amid Political Differences With Board Raicovich's activism for immigrants and other progressive causes clashed with the museum's conservative board members. By Brian Boucher, Jan 26, 2018
People Megacollector Steve Cohen Is Betting It All on the Republican Party, Giving Millions to Keep Them in Power After a two-year ban from business for insider tradiing, Cohen has a plan to win allies in Congress. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 26, 2018
People Shattered Expectations: How a Feud With Ettore Sottsass’s Widow Led to the Cancellation of His Stedelijk Survey Sottsass's widow and gallery argue that the museum never offered a cohesive exhibition plan. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 24, 2018
People Painter Jack Whitten, an ‘Artist of Endless Inventiveness,’ Has Died at Age 78 The artist will be the subject of major museum surveys this year at the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 22, 2018
People How I Got My Art Job: The Head of United States Artists on Why Giving Away Money Is More Complex Than You Think Deanna Haggag could never have imagined how quickly her career in the arts would take off. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 19, 2018
People Agnes Gund, Anne Umland and Others Remember Pioneering Curator Kynaston McShine We asked some of McShine's friends and colleagues to reflect on his influence, legacy, and legendarily gruff exterior. By Julia Halperin, Jan 12, 2018
People Artists and Celebrities Unite to Battle Injustice at LA’s Sprawling INTO ACTION! Festival On the anniversary of the Trump inauguration and Women's March, figures from Dread Scott to Piper Perabo are coming together. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 11, 2018
People Remembering Kynaston McShine, the Visionary MoMA Curator Who Defined Some of Contemporary Art’s Most Radical Movements He organized some of the 20th century's most consequential exhibitions and was the first curator of color to work at a major American museum. By Julia Halperin, Jan 9, 2018
People Betty Woodman, Visionary Sculptor of Ceramic Vessels, Has Died at 87 "She stayed so vital, always experimenting," says her dealer, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn. By Brian Boucher, Jan 3, 2018
People Artist Tim Rollins, a Champion of Collaboration and a Powerful Evangelist for Art Education, Has Died at 62 The artist, who for more than three decades led the collective K.O.S., sought to challenge notions of who could make and appreciate art. By Julia Halperin, Dec 27, 2017
