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
Art & 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
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
Pop Culture ‘The Exhibit’ Recap: The Reality TV Battle Royale to Find the Next Great Artist Launches With a Clash of Egos and a ‘Botticelli Banana’ In the first episode, contestants created work around the theme of gender. By Min Chen, Mar 6, 2023
Art Detective A Wall Street Billionaire Shot Himself in His Family Office. His Death Is Reverberating in the Museum World, and the Art Market The legacy of the late buyout tycoon and philanthropist Thomas H. Lee is in the process of being written. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 3, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: The Doig Defection This week: a different type of Peter Doig solo show, a job posting for the ages, the quick COVID recovery of California's creative class, and much more. By Artnet News, Mar 3, 2023
NFTs So-Called ‘Open Editions’ Are Suddenly Reigniting the Wintry NFT Market. Here’s Why They’ve Become So Popular With Collectors Projects by Jack Butcher and Kevin Abosch, among others, have helped spur the popularity of open editions. By Richard Whiddington, Feb 24, 2023
Art World Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Oceanfront Home, Where Architecture and Surf Join in ‘Natural Melody,’ Has Sold for $22 Million The architect designed the California home to resemble a ship's bow cutting through water. By Lee Carter, Feb 24, 2023
Politics French Artist Jean-Pierre Raynaud Made a Rendition of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ to Donate to Ukraine on the One-Year Anniversary of the War Ukraine's ambassador to France will accept the painting on behalf of his country. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 24, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Wrap Party This week: a look back at Frieze L.A., a deeper gaze into Peter Doig’s solo act, Ernie Barnes rises again, and much more. By Artnet News, Feb 24, 2023
Wet Paint More Details on Peter Doig’s Defection from Michael Werner Gallery, the Rubells’ Next Artist in Residence Revealed, and More Juicy Art World Gossip Plus, who all showed up for the Art World Series of Poker? Whose been selling fake Birkin bags to the art set? By Annie Armstrong, Feb 23, 2023
Art World A Rural English Manor Immortalized by Virginia Woolf as a Place Where ‘No Sound Whatever Reaches Your Ear’ Is on the Market for $3.1 Million The property dates back to 1280 and comes with a moat. By Lee Carter, Feb 23, 2023
People ‘We’re Using These Bodies to Talk About Something Else’: Watch Carrie Mae Weems Explain Her Work That Has Students Restage Traumatic Historical Events As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Feb 23, 2023
Pop Culture The Victoria & Albert Museum Says ‘Let’s Dance’ to David Bowie, Agreeing to Acquire the Iconic Musician’s Complete Archives Some 80,000 items from the musician's career will be available at the new David Bowie Center for the Study of Performing Arts. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 23, 2023