Crime Federal Authorities Charge Nine in a Suspected Robbery Ring That Nabbed Two Artworks by Pollock and Warhol Worth Millions The thieves also stole nine of Yogi Berra's World Series Rings. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 16, 2023
Art Fairs Art Basel Stops Requiring Candidates to Submit Full-Body Photos in Job Applications After a Feminist Artist’s Complaints The policy had been in place for years. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 15, 2023
Politics The Metropolitan Museum Is Helping Train a New Class of Men to Protect Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage The Met is collaborating with the Smithsonian to help with the army's Monuments Officer Training and Military Programs. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 14, 2023
Museums & Institutions Take It or Leave It: The Brooklyn Museum Makes Its Final Contract Offer to Union Employees—and They’re Not Happy About It The museum has given the union a deadline of June 30 to approve the offer. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 13, 2023
Art & Exhibitions 13 Must-See Museum Exhibitions in Europe This Summer, From Modernist Rediscoveries in Scandinavia to a Kusama Blockbuster in Bilbao Plus: Picasso in Malaga, Basquiat in Riehen, Mueck in Paris, and more. By Daniel Jameson, Jun 13, 2023
Pop Culture ‘Leopoldstadt’, Tom Stoppard’s Tale of Turn-of-the-Century Vienna With a Gustav Klimt Painting at the Center, Won the Tony for Best Play The record fifth win for the 85-year-old playwright prominently features a portrait by the great Viennese artist. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 13, 2023
Galleries Perrotin Gallery Is in Talks to Sell a Majority Stake to Investment Firm Colony to Fund Further Expansion Emmanuel Perrotin, who predicts increased gallery consolidation, even floated the idea of buying up rivals. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 12, 2023
Galleries Hauser and Wirth Announces Its New Paris Gallery’s Inaugural Show and Its Debut Director The gallery will open this fall, in time for the Paris + fair. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 11, 2023
On View Don’t Call It Lobby Art: A Manhattan Development Is Livening Up the Street With Larger-Than-Life Works by Christopher Wool and Charles Ray Brookfield Properties installed major new public works by the artists at its new Manhattan West development. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 9, 2023
Pop Culture The New Documentary ‘Copyright Infringement’ Unpacks the Art and Action Behind Artist Cj Hendry’s Beloved Scavenger Hunt Watch the Instagram sensation get chased across five cities in four countries in this new documentary film. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 8, 2023
People After His Art Dealings Got Him in Hot Water, Collector Michael Xufu Huang Is Staging His Comeback, Starting With a Major Upgrade to His X Museum in Beijing In an exclusive interview, Huang talks about his desire to 'form the new norm.' By Cathy Fan, Jun 8, 2023
Art Fairs After 15 Years, Governors Island Has Rejected Artist-Run Fair Portal This Year, as Demand for Exhibition Space Grows Organizers 4heads hope that they can find a new home for Portal, which has helped emerging artists to create stunning installations since 2008. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 7, 2023
Up Next Multimedia Artist Ebony G. Patterson Entwines Nature With Artifice in a Thought-Provoking New Exhibition at the New York Botanic Garden The garden becomes a place of mourning—yet ripe with the potential for rebirth—in the Jamaican artist's installation in the Bronx. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 6, 2023
Museums & Institutions After Five Years of Renovations—and Months of Labor Negotiations With Staff—New York’s Hispanic Society Finally Reopens The museum has modernized its turn-of-the-century Beaux Arts building, unionized workers, and is ready to welcome the world to its perch in Washington Heights. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 5, 2023
Law & Politics Lynn Goldsmith Told an Artist to Remove His Own Prince Paintings, Inspired by Her Lawsuit Against the Warhol Foundation, From Instagram The photographer said a Texas artist needed her permission to make a painting inspired by her court battle with the Warhol Foundation. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 2, 2023
