Art World Artist Derrick Adams on How One of His Paintings Became a Central Plot Point in the TV Show ‘Empire’ The painting is wrapped in the drama as the show's fifth season draws to a close. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 30, 2019
Shows & Exhibitions Lena Dunham’s Hobby Is Painting Portraits of Kate Moss and Other Inspiring Women. Now She’s Showing Them for the First Time The works will be on sale next month and proceeds will go to charity. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 26, 2019
Auctions This Babe Ruth Baseball Card Found in a Piano Could Sell for Over $100,000 at Auction The card was found in 1992, but wasn't appraised until now. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 22, 2019
Art World Beyoncé Has Been Masterfully Remixing Art History for Years. Here Are Some of Her Greatest References, Decoded From the Italian Renaissance to Afro-Futurism, Beyoncé has taken elements from it all to create her own visual language. By Maria Brito, Apr 18, 2019
Events and Parties Art Market Darling KAWS Was the Star at the Glamorous 2019 Tribeca Ball The street artist was fêted at the gala, which raised more than $850,000. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 17, 2019
People Bob Dylan’s Art Is Getting a Very Dylanesque New Permanent Home—in a Whiskey Distillery in an Old Nashville Church Dylan's Heaven's Door Spirits is opening up the new center next fall. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 11, 2019
Auctions Here Are the 9 Most Ridiculous Items in Guns N’ Roses Guitarist Slash and His Ex-Wife’s ‘Uncoupling Auction,’ Ranked Julien's Auctions will sell off the former Guns N' Roses guitarist's belongings at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York. By Nan Stewert, Apr 9, 2019
Art World Is Justin Bieber the Anonymous Buyer of the Record-Setting KAWS Painting? Here’s Why We Beliebe It Could Be True Look, the evidence isn't bulletproof. But we think we're onto something. By Caroline Goldstein, Apr 5, 2019
Politics ‘You Are a Bastard’: Mussolini’s Granddaughter Enters a Twitter Feud With Jim Carrey Over His Drawing of the Dead Dictator Alessandra Mussolini is not pleased with how Carrey depicted her grandfather. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 2, 2019
People Does the Holy See? Pope Francis Collaborated With Domingo Zapata and Mr. Brainwash on a Painting at the Vatican The trio painted a canvas celebrating immigrants. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 22, 2019
People ‘I Had a Deep Synesthesia Response’: Artist Jacolby Satterwhite on Collaborating With Solange to Develop Her Latest Visual Album The visual album also features visual artists Rob Pruitt and Autumn Knight. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 8, 2019
People ‘We Hope She Likes It’: Fred Armisen Explains How He and Cate Blanchett Parodied Marina Abramovic and Ulay The mockmentary series Documentary Now! takes on the famed performance artist and her MoMA retrospective. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 8, 2019
Politics Meet Stewart Rahr, the Self-Proclaimed ‘Number One King of All Fun,’ Who Drove Up the Price of a Trump Portrait at Auction The pharmaceutical billionaire Stewart Rahr styles himself as a party animal. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 1, 2019
Politics Michael Cohen Just Told Congress That President Trump Directed His Charity to Buy Yet Another Portrait of Himself This is the third portrait of the president that Trump is accused of buying for himself through the Trump Foundation. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 27, 2019
Art World Mysterious Street Artist Plastic Jesus Installs a Frightening Sculpture of Actor Kevin Hart in LA Ahead of the Oscars The statue popped up on Hollywood Boulevard. By Melkorka Licea, Feb 21, 2019
