The Big Interview ‘Museums Are Contested Sites’: The Art Institute of Chicago’s James Rondeau on Why He Finds the Current Moment So Electrifying The director of the Art Institute of Chicago explains the thinking behind the museum's postponement of a show of Mimbres pottery. By Andrew Goldstein, 8 hours ago
Art and Law The Portland Museum of Art Wins Its $4.6 Million Lawsuit Against a Caretaker Accused of Coercing an Elderly Donor Into Changing Her Will The elderly woman signed over her estate to her caregiver—rather than the museum and her family—shortly before she died. By Sarah Cascone, 11 hours ago
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week From the Watermill Gala to the latest batch of summer group shows, here's what we recommend this week. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
Partner Content How 3 Chinese Artists Are Reinventing Centuries-Old Traditions With Their Latest Bodies of Work The exhibitions are taking place in Los Angeles, New York, and Weidingen, Germany. By Katie White, Jul 19, 2019
Partner Content Photographer Isabel Muñoz on Finding Beauty in Unexpected Places, From the Congo to the Yakuza The Spanish photographer has a history of approaching unlikely subjects. By Sophie Neuendorf, Jul 19, 2019
Art World Amid the Rise of Italy’s Far Right, Curator Francesco Bonami Has Founded His Own Satirical Italian-Art-First Political Party Bonami’s EXAGERAMOS! party will ban all non-Italian artists from participating in the Venice Biennale, among other edicts. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 19, 2019
People How Does a Gallery Stay in Business for 35 Years? Lisa Spellman on 303 Gallery’s Staying Power and the Hardest Part of Being a Dealer The gallerist opens up about losing artists, accommodating selfie-takers, and that one time she found someone living inside a video installation. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 19, 2019
People Scarlett Johansson Told the Painter David Salle That Art ‘Should Be Immune to Political Correctness’—and a Firestorm Ensued The actress has been widely criticized for saying that she "should be allowed to play any person." By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 18, 2019
Exhibitions Artist Leo Villareal on His Epic Journey to Illuminate 15 London Bridges—and Why It Never Would Have Happened Without Burning Man The New York artist has completed the first phase of his project. Now, he just has 11 more bridges to go. By Javier Pes, Jul 18, 2019
Art World A Sprawling Show of Art by All-Star MacArthur Fellows, From Njideka Akunyili Crosby to Mark Bradford, Will Take Over Chicago in 2021 The show celebrates the 40th anniversary of the fellows program. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 18, 2019
On View ‘I Was a Feminist and I Didn’t Know It’: How Lady Pink Made a Space for Herself in the Boys Club of New York’s Graffiti Scene The artist is part of Roger Gastman's new street art exhibition in Brooklyn, "Beyond the Streets." By Sarah Cascone, Jul 18, 2019
Art and Law Ai Weiwei Wins a Legal Battle With Volkswagen Over an Ad That Featured His Refugee-Themed Art Installation Without Permission The artist will receive $260,000 from the company. By Javier Pes, Jul 17, 2019
People Lowry Burgess, the Godfather of Space Art, Talks About His Plan to Shoot an ‘Ark’ Into Space Burgess is sending a mini-museum to the moon in 2021. By Tanner West, Jul 16, 2019
People A New Book of Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotations Sheds Light on the Artist’s Playful Relationship to Language 'Basquiat-isms' was edited by the artist's longtime collector Larry Warsh. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 16, 2019
Partner Content ‘Life Can Be a Monumental Struggle’: How Artist Jason Myers’s New Screen Print Series Takes on the Trials and Triumphs of Daily Life Myers collaborated with a master printer to create this series of large-scale silk screens. By artnet Gallery Network, Jul 16, 2019
