Art World Smeared as ‘Disaster Tourism,’ documenta 14 Tried to Revive Athens’s Post-Crisis Art Scene. It May Have Worked There is a silver lining to Adam Szymczyk’s exhibition for the Greek capital as new spaces open and the number of younger collectors grows. By Hili Perlson, 7 hours ago
Art World With Two Museum Expansions, the Met Hopes to Both Reinvigorate the Past and Link It With Contemporary Art Architect Kulapat Yantrasast will helm the $70 million overhaul of the Rockefeller Wing. By Eileen Kinsella, 17 hours ago
Art World MoMA Has Changed Its Longstanding Retirement Policy to Keep Glenn Lowry as Director Through 2025 Lowry is set to become the museum's longest-serving director. By Henri Neuendorf, 24 hours ago
Politics Zoe Leonard Releases an Edition of Her Beloved ‘I Want a President’ Poem to Support an HIV Activist Group The artist's 1992 work has had a special resonance since the election of Donald Trump. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
People How I Got My Art Job: Naima Keith of California’s African American Museum on Quitting a PhD to Pursue Her Dreams The museum's deputy director got her start during a curatorial stint at the Hammer Museum. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 16, 2018
Exhibitions In Manila, a New Nam June Paik Show Is Taken as a Sign of the Growth of the Contemporary Art Market in the Philippines Co-organized with Gagosian and Leon Gallery International, the show marks the first time Paik’s work has been shown in the country. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 15, 2018
Art World Ron English Will Whitewash the $730,000 Banksy Mural He Just Bought to Protest the Removal of Street Art The artist says he plans to resell the whitewashed piece for $1 million. By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 15, 2018
Art Fairs Online Sales Are Growing But There’s Nowhere Like Paris Photo for Big-Ticket Purchases Richard Avedon’s revealing portrait of Andy Warhol and members of The Factory sold for a reported $1.7 million at the Grand Palais. By Claudia Barbieri Childs, Nov 15, 2018
Auctions The ‘Leonardo da Vinci of Diamonds’ Sets a $50 Million World Record at Christie’s Geneva It's the most per carat ever paid for a pink diamond. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 15, 2018
People An Artist Representing Grenada in the Venice Biennale Has Had to Launch a GoFundMe Campaign to Help Pay for the Pavilion Frank fled Grenada when he was 16. Now he’s representing the tiny country on the art world's biggest stage. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 15, 2018
Auctions Forget Masterpiece Theater—Sotheby’s Delivers a Sterling $362.6 Million Contemporary Art Sale Built From the Middle Market It was an impressive night that saw record after record drop for important artists with growing markets. By Tim Schneider, Nov 14, 2018
Art World ‘I Would Have Died’: See Artist Natalie White’s Heart-Wrenching Video for Planned Parenthood The work is part of the women's health nonprofit's UNSTOPPABLE video series. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 13, 2018
Art World Making a Statement, Five Major Museums Acquire 51 Works by African American Artists From the Souls Grown Deep Foundation The foundation supports self-taught black artists from the American South. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 13, 2018
Partner Content A New Exhibition at DAG Charts the Ways in Which Paris Influenced Indian Artists in the 20th Century “India’s French Connection,” which brings together 20 seminal Indian modernists, opens this week at DAG’s New York outpost. By artnet Gallery Network, Nov 12, 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
