Law & Politics Ariana Grande Has Settled Her Legal Battle With the Artist Who Claimed Her Music Video Ripped Off His Empowering Candle Paintings The video remains online with its imagery unchanged. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 21, 2019
People History’s First Female Filmmaker Has Been Rescued From Obscurity Thanks to an Enlightening New Jodie Foster-Narrated Documentary Alice Guy-Blaché, the director of nearly 1,000 early films, created what may be the world's first narrative movie. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 20, 2019
Events and Parties Francis Ford Coppola Likens Himself to Michelangelo as He Releases the Final Cut of ‘Apocalypse Now’ Francis Ford Coppola spoke about the creative process ahead of the release of a new cut of the renowned film this week. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 15, 2019
People Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Are Opening an Art and Music Center in Upstate New York to Build a ‘Global Creative Community’ The space will showcase the couple's art collection and teach emerging artists about the business side of the industry. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 13, 2019
People Thanks to an Old Photograph, an Explorer Believes He Can Solve the Mystery of Amelia Earhart’s Disappearance Once and for All Explorer Robert Ballard, who found the wreck of the Titanic, may finally solve the mystery of Earhart's disappearance. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 13, 2019
Art World Singer Billie Eilish Cancelled Her New Fashion Collection After a Design Collaborator Admitted to Stealing an Artist’s Work The design brand Siberia Hills says Eilish didn't know about the copying. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 12, 2019
People Mick Jagger Will Play a Crooked Art Collector in a New ‘Erotic Neo-Noir Thriller’ Movie About a Painting Heist Donald Sutherland co-stars as a reclusive artist in the mold of J.D. Salinger. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 23, 2019
Law & Politics The Andy Warhol Foundation Has Won Out Against a Photographer Who Claimed the Pop Artist Pilfered Her Portrait of Prince Photographer Lynn Goldsmith has vowed to appeal. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 2, 2019
People Barbados’s Prime Minister Wants to Open a Museum to Celebrate Rihanna and Her Work, Work, Work, Work, Work Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley says talks to establish the museum are already underway. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 14, 2019
Auctions A-Rod Is Selling Basquiat and Richard Prince Works at Phillips to Start a New Collection With Fiancée Jennifer Lopez The star athlete says he's starting a new chapter as a collector. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 13, 2019
Law & Politics Billie Eilish’s New Music Video Looks a Lot Like a Shoot From Maurizio Cattelan’s Toiletpaper Magazine—See the Striking Resemblance Here Director Dave Meyers has been sued twice for allegedly plagiarizing the work of artists in music videos for Kendrick Lamar and Ariana Grande. By Naomi Rea, Jun 11, 2019
Law & Politics Madonna Loses a Lawsuit Against Her Ex Art Advisor, Greenlighting the Sale of Her Lingerie and Breakup Letter From Tupac Shakur The judge ruled that the statute of limitations had run out for Madonna to reclaim her possessions. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 5, 2019
Art World Watch the Trailer for ‘The Goldfinch,’ a Hotly Anticipated Coming-of-Age Saga That Kicks Off With a Bombing at the Met The film based on Dona Tartt's Pulitzer Prize-winning book stars Ansel Elgort and Nicole Kidman. By Sarah Cascone, May 29, 2019
Politics Robert Mueller Spoke Out About His Investigation the Day After Jim Carrey Urged Him With This Drawing. Coincidence? We Think Not If Trump is impeached, it may all be because of Carrey. By Sarah Cascone, May 29, 2019
Law & Politics Cantaloupe Boobs? Numerous Artists Are Accusing Chris Brown of Ripping Off Their Work in His Bawdy New Music Video A shapely beach bum? Before they appeared in Chris Brown's new music video, these visual puns were works of art. By Sarah Cascone, May 22, 2019