After Their Art Was Stolen on Campus, Yale MFA Students Demand That the University Take Responsibility for the Damages

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After Their Art Was Stolen on Campus, Yale MFA Students Demand That the University Take Responsibility for the Damages

Yale currently does not take responsibility for any theft of student property.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 22, 2022

Galleries

At 26, Cierra Britton Is Already Fulfilling Her Dream: Opening an Art Gallery Dedicated to Supporting Women of Color

After raising $30,000 in crowdfunding and launching on Juneteenth, Cierra Britton opened her first gallery on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

By Folasade Ologundudu, Nov 22, 2022

Art Collectors

What I Buy and Why: Venture Capitalist Jarl Mohn on How He Mounted a Three-Ton Michael Heizer Boulder in His Office

He splits his collections of Minimalist/Light and Space art and pieces by emerging and underrecognized L.A. artists between his New York and Los Angeles homes.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 22, 2022

Pop Culture

Meet Sunday Nobody, the Meme Artist Who Entombed a Bag of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos in a 3,000-Pound Sarcophagus Time Capsule

The sarcophagus is to be opened in 10,000 years.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 21, 2022

Politics

Activists Unfurled Red Banners in SFMOMA’s Atrium to Urge the Art World to Support Iran’s Women-Led Protests

Anonymous activists did the same thing at Guggenheim last month.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 21, 2022

Museums & Institutions

The Brooklyn Museum Is Expanding the Story of Art History With 200 Acquisitions Spanning Indigenous Textiles and Brand New Photography

The highlights include a cache of watercolors by Emily Sargent, John Singer Sargent's overlooked sister.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 21, 2022

Politics

More Than 1,500 Part-Time Faculty Are on Strike at the New School, Home of Parsons School of Design

Pickets have flooded the streets around the New York institution this week.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 18, 2022

Politics

Shirin Neshat, Nicky Nodjoumi, and Other Iranian Artists and Scholars Signed an Open Letter in Support of Student Protests in Tehran

Protests began two months ago in response of the death of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for violating Iran's hijab laws.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 18, 2022

Market

Meet Albert Willem, the Self-Taught Belgian Painter Whose Jokey Tableaux Are Suddenly Netting Six Figures at Auction

Although he only made his auction debut this year, Willem's works are selling for ten times above their high estimates.

By Annie Armstrong, Nov 16, 2022

Politics

Artist Julia Weist Is Protesting the R Rating of Her New Film by Advertising the Project on a Times Square Billboard

The film is inspired by research into historical censorship on the part of New York’s Motion Picture Division.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 16, 2022

Galleries

Germany Pumped More Than €30 Million of Public Money Into the Commercial Art Market During the Pandemic. Was It Actually Needed?

A report questioned whether galleries like Esther Schipper and Sprüth Magers should have benefited from the government program, which was not based on need.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 16, 2022

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