Art Fairs ‘You Don’t Just Pick Things That You Think Are Pretty’: Actress Brooke Shields on Curating at Miami Art Week Brooke Shields curated a group show of work from New York Academy of Art alumni on view now at Art Miami. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 7, 2018
Events and Parties Comedian Nore Davis Enlisted 11 Visual Artists and a Gallery to Launch His New Album During New York’s Comedy Festival The comedian studied at Pratt, Brooklyn's art and design school, before his stand up career. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 12, 2018
Politics Trump Only Spent $10,000 in Charity Money on a Portrait of Himself Because No One Else Wanted It, His Lawyers Say The attorney general contends that the painting's purchase was improper self-dealing. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 26, 2018
Art World The Smithsonian Unveils a Painstakingly Restored Pair of Dorothy’s Famous Ruby Slippers From ‘The Wizard of Oz’ The repairs cost over $300,000 and took 200 hours to complete. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 19, 2018
Art World Derek Jeter Finally Gets a Win: Red Grooms’s Kitschy Home Run Sculpture Will Be Removed From Miami’s Marlins Park The Marlins will have to pay $2.5 million if Grooms chooses to disavow the work in its new location. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 17, 2018
People ‘It’s Just Exploding’: Jim Carrey on His New Career as an Artist and Political Cartoonist The comedic actor-turned-artist spoke about his painting, his political cartoons, and the Trump administration at the New Yorker Festival. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 9, 2018
People Vanity Fair’s Best-Dressed List Is Full of Art-World Power Players This Year. Here’s Who They Are It probably has something to do with jurors Thelma Golden and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 8, 2018
Auctions Want a Painting by Frank Sinatra? Sotheby’s Will Now Sell His Art—Alongside His Microphones, Photographs, and Picasso The singer and his wife Barbara's belongings will be sold in a series of sales at Sotheby's. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 20, 2018
Politics Walk of Shame? A Guerrilla Artist Put Donald Trump’s Hollywood Star Behind Bars—Literally The star was recently destroyed by a vandal with a pickax. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 19, 2018
Auctions Sotheby’s Taps Star Hip-Hop Producer Swizz Beatz to Organize an Upcoming Contemporary Auction The hit-maker selected a rich and varied group of works. By Henri Neuendorf, Sep 12, 2018
People Kanye West Offers a Lesson in Postmodernism, Saying He’ll Teach a Class at the Art Institute of Chicago That Doesn’t Exist On the other hand, he is taking inspiration from Kerry James Marshall. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 10, 2018
Shows & Exhibitions Is Body Modification the Future of Fashion? This New Pop-Up Museum Envisions a Creepy Craze Celebrity PR guru Simon Huck has created an alternate high-end reality. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 5, 2018
Politics Sharon Stone Joins a Chorus of Nobel Laureates to Demand the Release of Jailed Bangladeshi Photographer Shahidul Alam Richard Branson, Jimmy Wales, and Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo are among the latest to call for the photographer's release. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 21, 2018
Politics What’s in Beyoncé’s Mom’s Art Collection? A Tour of Tina Knowles Lawson’s Hollywood Home Reveals All Beyoncé and Solange clearly got their love of art from their mom. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 7, 2018
Art World Cate Blanchett Will Play a Marina Abramović-Like Performance Artist in the Third Season of ‘Documentary Now’ The mockumentary turns its satirical gaze on the art world. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 2, 2018
