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People

The Artist Behind Wall Street’s ‘Charging Bull’ Is Seeing Red Over the Sculpture’s Planned Relocation

Arturo Di Modica isn't buying the city's explanation for moving his 'Charging Bull' to a spot outside the New York Stock Exchange.

By Brian Boucher, 5 hours ago

On View

Artist JR Teamed Up With Current and Former Inmates to Create a Mural at a Supermax Prison

Using the artist’s app, viewers can hear audio recordings made by those incarcerated at the Southern California facility.

By Artnet News, 14 hours ago

Exhibitions

The Baltimore Museum Will Exclusively Acquire Work by Women Artists in 2020 in an Effort to ‘Rectify Centuries of Imbalance’

Its exhibition programming will also center around women artists.

By Eileen Kinsella, 18 hours ago

People

‘I’m Leaving It to the Artists to Create This Thing’: Swizz Beatz on His Mysterious New App for Letting Creatives Sell Their Own Art

As always, the hip-hop producer and art collector has big plans for the art world.

By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago

People

A Gallery Attendant at a Scottish Museum Has Long Made Art on the Side. Now He Just Won One of His Country’s Biggest Art Prizes

Michael Youds, a gallery attendant at the Scottish National Galleries, won the Scottish Portrait Award, one of Scotland’s biggest art prizes.

By Maxwell Williams, Nov 15, 2019

Politics

Why Did the US Deny Kurdish Artist Zehra Doğan’s Visa? She Doesn’t Know—and She’s Not the Only One Affected

"They made me feel like a criminal," the artist said of the visa application process.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 15, 2019

Politics

Venice’s Regional Council Voted Against Climate-Change Measures This Week. Only Minutes Later, Their Chambers Flooded

The city is experiencing its worst flooding in half a century.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 15, 2019

Auctions

A Triumphant Basquiat and an Unexpected Norman Rockwell Help Boost Phillips to a Strong $108 Million Evening Sale

Meanwhile, French artist Julie Curtiss cements her place as a market darling.

By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 14, 2019

Market

A Three-Story Mural Keith Haring Created for a Catholic Youth Center Sold for $3.9 Million—to the Chagrin of the Artist’s Foundation

The 85-foot mural was taken down from the walls where Haring painted it in the early 1980s.

By Caroline Goldstein, Nov 14, 2019

Art and Law

A British Court Just Froze the Assets of Inigo Philbrick, a Dealer Accused of Holding $14 Million Worth of Art Hostage

The request came from German financial company FAP, which is suing Philbrick in the US.

By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 13, 2019

Exhibitions

Steve McQueen’s Photos of Thousands of London Third-Graders Have Triggered a Flood of Field Trips to Tate Britain

The artist and filmmaker's new project involves more than 3,000 schools. For two beneath the shadow of Grenfell Tower it is especially poignant.

By Javier Pes, Nov 12, 2019

Events and Parties

Editors’ Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week

Here's what's happening this week.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 11, 2019

Art World

A Street Artist’s Mural of Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Is Going Viral Because the Internet Thinks It Looks Like Vladimir Putin

Critics are mocking the artwork, but the artist is focusing on the message.

By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 11, 2019

Labor Organizers Have Filed a Complaint Against the Marciano Art Foundation Over Its Abrupt Closure in the Wake of Unionization Efforts

Artists Frances Stark and Sadie Barnette are publicly condemning the foundation’s move.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 11, 2019

The Artist Behind Wall Street’s ‘Charging Bull’ Is Seeing Red Over the Sculpture’s Planned Relocation

Artist JR Teamed Up With Current and Former Inmates to Create a Mural at a Supermax Prison

The Baltimore Museum Will Exclusively Acquire Work by Women Artists in 2020 in an Effort to ‘Rectify Centuries of Imbalance’

‘I’m Leaving It to the Artists to Create This Thing’: Swizz Beatz on His Mysterious New App for Letting Creatives Sell Their Own Art

A Gallery Attendant at a Scottish Museum Has Long Made Art on the Side. Now He Just Won One of His Country’s Biggest Art Prizes

Why Did the US Deny Kurdish Artist Zehra Doğan’s Visa? She Doesn’t Know—and She’s Not the Only One Affected

Venice’s Regional Council Voted Against Climate-Change Measures This Week. Only Minutes Later, Their Chambers Flooded

A Triumphant Basquiat and an Unexpected Norman Rockwell Help Boost Phillips to a Strong $108 Million Evening Sale

A Three-Story Mural Keith Haring Created for a Catholic Youth Center Sold for $3.9 Million—to the Chagrin of the Artist’s Foundation

A British Court Just Froze the Assets of Inigo Philbrick, a Dealer Accused of Holding $14 Million Worth of Art Hostage

Steve McQueen’s Photos of Thousands of London Third-Graders Have Triggered a Flood of Field Trips to Tate Britain

Editors’ Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week

A Street Artist’s Mural of Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Is Going Viral Because the Internet Thinks It Looks Like Vladimir Putin

A Vandal Used Spray Paint to Compare Jeff Koons’s Controversial Paris Sculpture to 11 Anuses, and It’s Hard to Un-See

Labor Organizers Have Filed a Complaint Against the Marciano Art Foundation Over Its Abrupt Closure in the Wake of Unionization Efforts

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