People A Rolls-Royce Driver Plowed Over a $3 Million Damien Hirst Sculpture on the Palm Beach Lawn of a Prominent Collector Couple The sculpture is from Hirst's 2017 Venice blockbuster, 'Treasures From the Wreck of the Unbelievable.' By Sarah Cascone, Apr 11, 2023
Museums & Institutions ‘It’s Heartbreaking Work’: How Kehinde Wiley Recreated the Light of Renaissance Art to Reflect on America’s Dark Legacy of Racism "Kehinde Wiley: Archaeology of Silence" is on view now at the de Young Museum in San Francisco By Sarah Cascone, Apr 10, 2023
On View See Highlights From the Smithsonian’s Epic ‘Afrofuturism’ Show—From Octavia Butler’s Typewriter to Parliament-Funkadelic Costumes The exhibition celebrates generations of Black expression across music, literature, film, and fashion. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 10, 2023
Politics This Very Strange Painting Immortalizes Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s Freebie Luxury Vacations With a Republican Donor The billionaire also lent Thomas his private jet to attend the dedication of the statue of a nun at a New Jersey cemetery. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 7, 2023
Books The First-Ever Bob Dylan Monograph Surveys 60 Years of the Songwriter’s ‘Exploratory’ Paintings and Sculptures 'Retrospectrum' brings together more than 100 artworks that Dylan has created over the past six decades. By Min Chen, Apr 7, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Hong Kong Evening Sale Brings In a Respectable $85.5 Million, Fueled by a Strong Demand for Ultra-Contemporary Art Artist records were set for Matthew Wong, Pang Jiun, Loie Hollowell, among others. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 5, 2023
Crime The Oddball Sideshow for Trump’s Arraignment? The Case of a Movie Producer Who Allegedly Waltzed Into a West Village Townhouse to Steal 9 Paintings Raymond Bouderau appeared in the same courthouse as the former president to face charges of burglary. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 4, 2023
Analysis The Latest UBS Art Basel Report Puts the Global Art Market at $67.8 Billion, Indicating Modest Growth Amid Economic Uncertainty The art market, while still top-heavy, defied much of the ongoing global and economic volatility in 2022. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 3, 2023
Artnet News Pro Peter Doig’s Latest Work Is ‘the Most Talked About Show in London.’ But What’s Really Going on Behind the Scenes of His Art Market? From a notorious speculator to the possible involvement of a Russian consortium, the artist's market history is full of twists and turns. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 2, 2023
Politics Russia Has Added Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova to Its Most-Wanted List, Claiming Her NFT Art Is ‘Obscene’ The government wants to press criminal charges based on Tolokonnikova's 2021 digital artwork. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 30, 2023
Law & Politics The Producers of Art-World Satire ‘The Square’ Apologize to Artist Lola Arias for Using Her Name in the Film Without Her Consent The movie said Lola Arias made the titular artwork. She demanded the production company set the record straight. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 29, 2023
Art & Tech Children Who Are Exposed to Awe-Inspiring Art Are More Likely to Become Generous, Empathic Adults, a New Study Says The study found that children who viewed inspiring videos were more likely to help refugees. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 29, 2023
Museums & Institutions Mets Fans! Wear Your Hats Tomorrow and Get Free Admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Opening day of Major League Baseball is just around the corner. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 24, 2023
Law & Politics A U.S. Court Has Handed a Legal Victory to Digital Artist Kevin McCoy in an Ownership Challenge Over the First-Ever NFT The judge called the lawsuit an attempt to 'exploit' questions of open ownership. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 22, 2023
People Former Tom Sachs Employees Detail New Allegations of Meager Pay and Dehumanizing Work for the Artist and His Wife, Sarah Hoover Former employees claim the couple's outspoken progressive values masked the darker realities of working for them. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 21, 2023
