NFTs Metakovan and Twobadour Joined Forces to Buy the $69.3 Million Beeple. Here’s What Their Split Tells Us About the Future of the NFT Market Metapurse has had to change course amid the bear market for NFTs. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 6, 2022
Museums & Institutions Two Years Ago, Museums Across the U.S. Promised to Address Diversity and Equity. Here’s Exactly What They Have Done So Far We surveyed museums from New York to Detroit to Los Angeles to get a sense of where equity initiatives stand. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 5, 2022
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: Why Art Biennial Superstars Exist in a Parallel Universe [Re-Air] Writers Ben Davis and Kate Brown discuss our Biennial Art Project. By Artnet News, Sep 2, 2022
Wet Paint New York’s Cool Art Kids Are Hanging Out in… the Financial District? Pat Steir Is Joining a Mega-Gallery, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip Plus, where did the Clintons go art-hopping in the Hamptons? And who is the latest addition to the Henry Street gallery hub? By Annie Armstrong, Aug 25, 2022
Pop Culture What Art Does Brad Pitt Collect? Here Are 8 Artists Whose Work We Know the ‘Bullet Train’ Actor Owns and Admires Brad Pitt has his own sculpture studio at home—but he's also built an enviable art collection over the past 15 years. By Vittoria Benzine, Aug 24, 2022
Politics Three Iraqi Artists Withdraw From the Berlin Biennale to Protest an Artwork Depicting Prisoners at Abu Ghraib The show's curators, who apologized for the artwork, have not said whether they will remove it from view. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 17, 2022
NFTs NFT Artists Are Not Selling ‘Digital Art Objects.’ They Are Selling a Story—One That Requires Constant Retelling And that story better keep the degens excited. By Ben Davis, Aug 16, 2022
Art World Who Goes to See a Big Regional Art Show? Here Are 3 Takeaways From Prospect New Orleans’s Candid Report on Visitor Attendance The “P.5. Impact Report” is a rare glimpse into the actual dynamics of a big art show. By Ben Davis, Aug 15, 2022
Art & Tech Apple Has Teamed Up With the Getty to Unleash Augmented-Reality Demons Inspired by William Blake at Its New London Store The work is the by tech-art duo Tin&Ed, with a soundtrack by Just Blaze. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 28, 2022
Politics The Seattle Chapter of the National Audubon Society Will Be Renamed to Break With Audubon’s Racist Legacy Audubon was accused of academic fraud and much worse. By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 27, 2022
The Gray Market Why Artists and Curators Are Essential to Building a Metaverse That Will Do More Than Make Mark Zuckerberg Rich (and Other Insights) Our columnist explains the folly of letting better headsets and other products determine when we're officially living rich virtual lives. By Tim Schneider, Jul 27, 2022
The Appraisal Does Barbara Kruger’s New Relevance in a Post-Truth America Mean Her Market Is Heating Up, Too? We Looked Into the Data We took to Artnet's Price Database to investigate. By Naomi Rea, Jul 26, 2022
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: Why Artist Jayson Musson Is Clowning a Humorless Art World Musson's new show, "His Art History," is on view now at Philadelphia's Fabric Workshop and Museum. By Artnet News, Jul 22, 2022
Reviews In Mexico City, an Immersive Frida Kahlo Extravaganza Is Running on the Fumes of Her Legend, Trading Art History for Pure Vibes It's like watching the 2002 Hollywood movie 'Frida,' only even less accurate and without plot, characters, or setting. By Ben Davis, Jul 21, 2022
The Gray Market DALL-E’s Astonishing Images Mask That Art Is Just Another Pawn in Silicon Valley’s Endgame (and Other Insights) Our columnist unravels how DALL-E and other A.I.-driven content generators fit into Big Tech’s grand business plan. By Tim Schneider, Jul 20, 2022