Museums & Institutions The Newly Renovated National Museum of Women in the Arts in D.C. Is Ready to Shake Up the Canon Even for a correspondent with a keen interest in feminist art history, the NMWA's inaugural shows are a revelation. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 19, 2023
People Palestinian Swedish Artist Tarik Kiswanson Has Won the Marcel Duchamp Prize, France’s Most Prestigious Art Award The exhibition of the nominees' work will be held at Artcurial after being moved from the Pompidou due to a worker strike. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 18, 2023
Museums & Institutions Yayoi Kusama Apologizes as Her Previous Racist Writings Surface, Clouding Her New San Francisco Museum Show The artist's writing is coming under closer scrutiny on the occasion of her SFMOMA show. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 16, 2023
Pop Culture ‘This Is a Five-Figure Show’: Meet the Artists Selling Their Wares at New York Comic Con Meet some of the artists selling their work at the mecca for all things pop culture. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 13, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Meet the 4 Artists Nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize, Now Showing at the Centre Pompidou Four artists contending with identity and migration have made the shortlist. By Anna Sansom, Oct 13, 2023
Pop Culture The Joyful Balloon Art Show That Was Featured in ‘Emily in Paris’ Is Opening in New York The show is taking over the old Immersive Van Gogh venue. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 12, 2023
Museums & Institutions Unionized Workers at New York’s Jewish Museum Ratified Their First Contract, Improving Pay and Time Off The contract includes average raises of 17.5 percent between now and 2026. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 12, 2023
Museums & Institutions Walmart Heir Alice Walton Donates $40 Million to Museums in Kansas, Puerto Rico, Delaware, and Beyond Walton's foundation will spread the funding between 64 U.S. institutions. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 11, 2023
People María Magdalena Campos-Pons and Raven Chacon Are Among the Artists Who Won the 2023 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants Campos-Pons just opened a major solo show at the Brooklyn Museum. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 10, 2023
Museums & Institutions Under Fire From Political Forces on the Left and Right, a Proposed Smithsonian Museum of American Latino Culture Hangs in the Balance The museum's director canceled a planned civil rights exhibition in favor of one about salsa music. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 5, 2023
Auctions The Collection of ‘Ghostbusters’ Director Ivan Reitman Heads to Christie’s, Led By a Rare Picasso Portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter 'Femme endormie' is estimated at $25 million to $35 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 4, 2023
Museums & Institutions Artist Nancy Baker Cahill’s New A.R. Work Unleashes a Surreal Interspecies Creature on the Terrace of the Whitney Museum The artist also opens her first solo museum show survey in Georgia later this month. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 4, 2023
On View Artist Lucy Sparrow Is Back in New York With a Pop-Up Bagel Shop Made Entirely of Felt—and She’s Sewing Sandwiches to Order The British artist's latest offering is inspired by New York's rich Jewish food culture. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 3, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Met Museum Will Expand Its Popular Costume Institute, Transforming Its Great Hall Gift Shop Into a New Gallery Space The museum also is launching a new dining facility that will remain open after hours. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 3, 2023
Auctions The Bizarre Saga of How an Isa Genzken Sculpture Wound Up on a German TV Show, Then a Sotheby’s Auction, Only to Be Mysteriously Yanked How did a valuable sculpture end up on TV? By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 2, 2023
