Analysis 6 Questions With Fanny Lakoubay, Founder of LAL ART Advisory, About the Future of the Digital Art Market The nascent field offers collectors an opportunity to get into the market before prices go sky-high. By Min Chen, Aug 28, 2023
Law The Senate Finance Committee Demands Answers From Leon Black About Jeffrey Epstein’s Role Advising on His $1 Billion Art Collection The committee wants details on a $158 million payment to Epstein and an "art partnership" he created for Black. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 24, 2023
Politics An Idaho College Sparked National Outrage for Censoring Abortion-Themed Artworks. Now, the Exhibition Has Found a New Home The college censored works by artists Katrina Majkut, Michelle Hartney, and Lydia Nobles. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 23, 2023
On View ‘I Never Wanted to Be Avant-Garde’: Heji Shin Doesn’t Claim Her Provocative Photographs Are Intellectual, But Many of Her Biggest Fans Are You won't find any naked bodies in “The Big Nudes” the artist's new show 52 Walker. Then again maybe you will. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 18, 2023
Law The U.S. Has Returned 266 Ancient Artifacts, Including Roman Coins and Etruscan Tile Paintings, to Italy The objects were variously connected to Italian smugglers, the disgraced dealer Robin Symes, and the collector Shelby White. By Artnet News, Aug 16, 2023
Museums After a 25-Year Dispute, the Chrysler Museum Will Return the Neoclassical Masterpiece ‘Wounded Indian’ to Its Rightful Owner The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association thought the sculpture had been destroyed when its longtime headquarters was demolished in the late 1950s. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 14, 2023
Galleries How Has the Art World Changed Since 1983? On the 40th Anniversary of His Gallery, Thaddaeus Ropac Has Some Ideas The stalwart gallerist on shifting art-world centers, tastes, and the enduring vision for his gallery. By Hili Perlson, Aug 14, 2023
People Painter Brice Marden, Whose Loping Lines and Brash Abstractions Defied the Artistic Trends of His Time, Has Died at 84 His daughter announced the news on Instagram, saying, "Dad died peacefully last night at home." By Sarah Cascone, Aug 10, 2023
Science & Tech Can a Digital Artwork Outlast a 19th-Century Painting? The Answer Is Complicated as Artists, Dealers, and Conservators Battle Obsolescence in the Field Some of today's digital and VR artists are working with tech that can become outdated and unusable after just a few months. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Aug 9, 2023
Pop Culture What do the ‘Vessel’ and Burning Man Have in Common? Both Barred Documentarian John Wilson From Filming On-Site The episode "How to Find a Public Restroom" took Wilson in typically unexpected directions. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 4, 2023
Art World Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Known Structure in Malibu Burned Down in a Wildfire. Now Comes the Chance to Rebuild The land where the famed architect erected the residence in 1940 has come on the market for $7.45 million. By Lee Carter, Aug 1, 2023
Pop Culture ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Are Facing Off at the Movies and in Memes—But It’s the Unexpected Similarities That Tell Us Something About Culture Now Underneath the warring aesthetics, the films have a lot in common. By Kate Brown, Jul 27, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Is There Anyone on Larry Gagosian’s Blacklist? The Mega-Dealer on His Moral Line + Other Stories Plus, the Young V&A is seeking new LGBTQ+ material and the U.K. wants to buy a Henry VIII tapestry from Spain. By Artnet News, Jul 26, 2023
Science & Tech Nefarious Data Collection Masking as Public Art? An A.I. Company Has Placed Mirrored Spheres Around the World in a Massive Eye-Scanning Project Worldcoin's effort has been criticized by the likes of Edward Snowden, who tweeted, "Don't catalogue eyeballs." By Min Chen, Jul 26, 2023
Art Fairs Art-Fair Welfare? Berlin Galleries Can Now Tap Government Subsidies to Attend Two Fairs Per Year A pilot program in Germany will give galleries as much as $13,000 annually to participate in fairs in Germany and abroad. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 25, 2023
