Politics Russian Forces Bombed an Art School in Ukraine, Where Hundreds of Civilians Had Taken Shelter It’s unclear if any of the 400 people hiding out at the G12 art school in Mariupol, including women, children and the elderly, have survived. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 21, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: A Band of Young Thieves Staged a Very Real $330,000 Heist on the Set of Netflix’s Hit Art-Thief Show ‘Lupin’ + Other Stories Plus, MoMA restores its contract with the NYPD, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts gets a $60 million gift. By Artnet News, Mar 21, 2022
Politics French Artist JR Enlisted 100 Local Volunteers to Unfurl a Massive Photograph of a Five-Year-Old Refugee in Ukraine A Ukrainian photographer, Artem Iurchenko, took the portrait of the little girl. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 20, 2022
Art World From Anna Delvey’s Art Pop Up to the Underground Museum’s Sudden Shuttering: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news, fast. By Artnet News, Mar 18, 2022
People The Artist Is Present—Again: Marina Abramović Is Restaging Her Best-Known Performance to Benefit Ukraine All proceeds will go to Direct Relief’s Ukraine aid efforts. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 18, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Mass Movement This week: NFTs try to break big, Robert Indiana's auction troubles, Lynne Drexler goes supersonic, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Mar 18, 2022
The Art Detective Russian Mega-Collectors Are Now Shut Out of the Art Market. But Their Influence Was Dwindling Long Before the War Sanctions are likely to have a minimal effect on the art market at large. But that doesn't mean they won't hit oligarchs where it hurts. By Katya Kazakina, Mar 18, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: You’ll Soon Have the Chance to Buy a Picasso Ceramic Once Owned by Ruth Bader Ginsburg + Other Stories Plus, Russia is recalling art on loan in all corners of the world, and the Venice Biennale will show new work by the late Kaari Upson. By Artnet News, Mar 18, 2022
The Art Angle ‘Visibility Means Survival’: How the Art World in Ukraine’s Besieged Capital Is Fighting Back This week, dispatches from two arts workers who have stayed in Ukraine as the war rages on. By Artnet News, Mar 18, 2022
People ‘I’ve Always Tried to Understand the Meaning of War’: Watch Artist An-My Lê Photograph Military Exercises at a Marine Camp As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 17, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: How Salary Transparency Could Transform the Museum World as We Know It + Other Stories Plus, David Zwirner now represents art star Michael Armitage, and the 9/11 Tribute Museum prepares to close permanently. By Artnet News, Mar 17, 2022
Auctions Bonhams, Sotheby’s, and Christie’s Have All Cancelled Their Upcoming Russian Art Auctions The houses are also imposing stricter scrutiny of buyers. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 16, 2022
Buyer's Guide Vienna’s Spark Art Fair Returns for Its Second Edition, Striking a Note of Resilient Optimism The Austrian fair focuses on individual presentations by international artists. By Sophie Neuendorf, Mar 16, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: Burkinabe Activist Francis Kéré Becomes the First Black Architect to Win the Pritzker Prize + Other Stories Plus, art-world scammer Anna Delvey isn't being deported yet after all, and billionaire Nicolas Berggruen opens another Venice art hub. By Artnet News, Mar 16, 2022
People ‘I Have No Right to Give Up’: 5 Ukrainian Artists on How the War Has Changed the Way They Approach Their Art Several of the artists we spoke with are sheltering with family as the conflict rages on. By Vivienne Chow, Mar 15, 2022