Art & Exhibitions Susie Barstow, a 19th-Century Artist Who Hiked Mountains in Bloomers to Paint Stunning Landscapes, Finally Gets a Museum Retrospective The Thomas Cole National Historic Site revisits the forgotten legacy of the Hudson River School's women artists, with the first retrospective for Susie Barstow. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 4, 2023
Art & Exhibitions A Major Show of Contemporary African Photography at Tate Modern Considers the Medium As a Tool for World-Building. Here Are 5 Exhibiting Artists You Need to Know Osei Bonsu walks us through some of the show's most memorable images. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 4, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: London Mayor Sadiq Khan Says Greece and the U.K. Should ‘Share’ Parthenon Marbles + Other Stories Plus, the veteran Belgian gallery Zeno X is closing after 42 years and the Berlin Biennale has picked a curator for its next edition. By Artnet News, Jul 4, 2023
Art World A ‘Fight Between Control and Utter Freedom’: Artist Cai Guo-Qiang Reflects on His Mind-Blowing Fireworks ‘Paintings’ The legendary Chinese artist created a rapturous daytime fireworks display to herald his major new survey show in Tokyo. By William Van Meter, Jul 4, 2023
Crime Three Suspects Who Were Part of a Burglary Ring That Heisted Millions Worth of Artworks Over Two Decades Have Pled Guilty Three other defendants will go to trial later this year. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 3, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Did Membership in a New York Cult Contribute to the Demise of Jackson Pollock? + Other Stories Plus, Skarstedt Gallery beefs up its team with new hires and American artist John Dugger has died. By Artnet News, Jul 3, 2023
NFTs Beeple’s New—and Very Risqué—NFT Is the Artist’s First Work to Enter a Museum’s Permanent Collection The artwork is also the first NFT in Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Artte Contemporanea's collection. By Artnet News, Jul 3, 2023
Art World A Special Edition of Charles and Ray Eames’s Innovative Shell Chair of 1950 Gets a Reissue—Complete With Its Original Cat Design The chair was a collaboration between Charles and Ray Eames and the legendary 'New Yorker' illustrator Saul Steinberg. By Artnet News, Jul 2, 2023
Auctions Phillips’s Revamped London Art Auction Misfired, Notching a Dismal $11.5 Million—With One Work Hammering for Just $127 The reinvented format did not redeem the sale, which closed out London auction week on a down note today. By Vivienne Chow, Jun 30, 2023
Art & Tech Can Impressionism’s Lack of Queer Representation Be Fixed… With A.I.? See How One Artist Uses the Tool to Offer an Alternate Art History ClownVamp presents 23 works at Canvas 3.0 By Richard Whiddington, Jun 30, 2023
Law & Politics ‘You’re a Big Imbecile’: Russian Artist Pyotr Pavlensky’s Trial Over a Leaked Video That Brought Down a Politician Concludes With a Tense Spectacle Artnet News attended the Paris trial, in which freedom of artistic expression was weighed against the right to privacy. By Anna Sansom, Jun 30, 2023
Style Björk’s Iconic Swan Dress, Which Once Stole the Oscar Red Carpet, Will Headline a London Show of Bold Fashion Designs The dress, which laid an egg at the Academy Awards, is the centerpiece of 'Rebel' at London's Design Museum. By Lee Carter, Jun 29, 2023
Museums & Institutions British Museum Staff Plan Another Weeklong Strike, Calling the Institution’s Rebuff of Its Demands ‘Deeply Insulting’ The government approved a lump payment to striking civil servants—but the British Museum left it out of their equation. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 29, 2023
Politics Historians Are Calling Out Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution for Hosting a ‘Dangerous’ Right-Wing Group The museum has rented its space to Moms for Liberty, an organization that supports book bans and anti-LGBTQ curriculums. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 29, 2023
Crime ‘I’m So Sorry for This Stupid Foolishness’: A Helsinki Deputy Mayor Was Busted Painting Graffiti in a Railway Tunnel It will cost the city a reported $3,830 to remove the mayor's handiwork. By Brian Boucher, Jun 29, 2023