On View This California Winery Is Opening a Massive Sculpture Park With Works by Ai Weiwei, Yayoi Kusama, and More Blue-Chip Artists The park features major works by a veritable who's who of contemporary artists. By Eileen Kinsella, 1 day ago
On View Las Vegas Is Really High On Its New Cannabis Museum—and Its Giant ‘Hittable’ Bong It also features the actual "Red Shark" Chevrolet Caprice from 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.' By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Auctions Damien Hirst’s Former Financial Wizard Conjures More Than $13 Million for His Art Collection at Sotheby’s London Most of the work was by Hirst, but Lucio Fontana had the top selling lot. By Henri Neuendorf, 1 day ago
Art World In a Turnabout, the Met Plans to Hand Over the Breuer Building to the Frick in 2020—Three Years Before Its Lease Is Up The Met will refocus its Modern and contemporary art efforts on its Fifth Avenue flagship. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Art and Law Who Owns Graffiti? A Judge Allows a Street Artist’s Lawsuit Against General Motors to Move Forward The decision could set a precedent for how we depict buildings that contain street art. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Exhibitions How Artist John Akomfrah Used Archival Film Footage to Tell the Forgotten Story of African Soldiers in the First World War The artist has created an elegiac film for the anniversary of World War I. By Javier Pes, 2 days ago
Politics Fired Before Her Show Devoted to Police Shootings of African Americans, CSU Long Beach Museum Director Vows to Fight Her ‘Shocking’ Dismissal Was Kimberli Meyer's firing connected to lauren woods's anti-racist artwork? By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago
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, 2 days ago
Galleries Hauser & Wirth Is Now Launching a Glossy New Art Magazine Too, Called ‘Ursula’ Veteran New York Times journalist Randy Kennedy is executive editor. By Eileen Kinsella, 2 days ago
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
Reviews Biennials Have Been Accused of Being Too Unwieldy—So the Busan Biennial Hired an Editor Instead of a Curator Jörg Heiser's debut biennial is (perhaps unsurprisingly) tightly edited and well argued. By Hili Perlson, Sep 19, 2018
Art World The First Bangkok Art Biennial Will Fill the City’s Ancient Temples With Art by Yayoi Kusama and Other Contemporary Stars Elmgreen & Dragset, Yayoi Kusama, and Marina Abramovic join 75 artists at the inaugural edition of the biennial. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 19, 2018
Art World After a Year of Renovations, El Museo del Barrio Reopens With a $5 Million Makeover and New Leadership The museum looks to start a new chapter after years of turmoil. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 18, 2018
People Josh Roth, Who Brought Artists Into Hollywood Through the UTA Talent Agency, Has Died at Age 40 Roth believed that United Talent Agency could do for artists what it does for celebrities. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 17, 2018
Exhibitions The Artists Who Yanked Their Work From London’s Design Museum Over Arms Funding Are Staging a Show to Protest Tainted Arts Sponsorship The Guerrilla Girls, Shepard Fairey, and Tania Bruguera lend work to the sequel to the Design Museum’s exhibition. By Javier Pes, Sep 17, 2018
