Art World Hank Willis Thomas’s Poignant Memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King Will Be Unveiled in Boston Next Fall The 22-foot-tall bronze monument depicts the couple mid-embrace. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 15, 2021
Law & Politics Artist Nick Cave’s Controversial Upstate New York Artwork Has Found a New Home at the Brooklyn Museum The public artwork has been attacked by the mayor of a small town where it was installed. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 15, 2021
Art World What Is the Best Way to Reopen an Art Museum After Lockdown? A New Guide From the National Endowment for the Arts Offers Six Practical Tips Consult with health professionals, embrace transparency, and document the whole process, the NEA advises. By Artnet News, Jan 14, 2021
Art World The First Blue Pigment Discovered in 200 Years Is Finally Commercially Available. Here’s Why It Already Has a Loyal Following Made from rare earth elements, YInMn Blue is shockingly expensive. But that's not stopping everyone. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 14, 2021
Art World Marian Goodman Gallery Will Fund Research Fellowships for BIPOC Curators in Honor of the Late Okwui Enwezor The program was designed by artist Steve McQueen and developed in partnership with Independent Curators International. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 13, 2021
Law & Politics Street Artist Futura Is Suing the North Face Clothing Company for Allegedly Stealing His Signature Motif for a Line of Outerwear “The North Face seems like they care a lot about being cool,” says the artist’s lawyer. “This is probably the most uncool thing they have ever done.” By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 13, 2021
Art World The Smithsonian Has Scrapped Its $2 Billion Bjarke Ingels Redesign in Favor of a Far More Modest Overhaul After cancelling plans to open a museum in London with the V&A, the Smithsonian is now scaling back its expansion at home in DC. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 12, 2021
People 3 Eye-Opening Facts About the Life and Work of the Beloved, Tormented, and Widely Misunderstood Painter Francis Bacon French writer Yves Peyré has published new information about his artist friend in a recent monograph. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 12, 2021
Art World Paris Is Turning the Champs-Élysées Into an ‘Extraordinary Garden’ as Part of a $304 Million Renovation of the Historic Promenade The new undertaking is set to be partly unveiled in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics. By Artnet News, Jan 11, 2021
Art World Here’s Why Twitter Is Outraged Over Kamala Harris’s ‘Vogue’ Cover—and Why Even the Vice President-Elect Was Said to Be ‘Blindsided’ Social media users criticized the casualness of Tyler Mitchell's photograph. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 11, 2021
Art World ‘We’re Looking for Pathways to Justice, Repair, and Care’: Why This Arts Nonprofit Is Studying Every Single Monument in the US Philadelphia’s Monument Lab won a $4 million grant to conduct its research. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 8, 2021
Politics ‘The Police Didn’t Know What Was Going to Happen’: 5 Photographers on What It Was Like to Document the Storming of the US Capitol We spoke with a group of photojournalists about the chaotic scene. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 8, 2021
Art World Richard Serra’s Monumental Sculpture in the Qatari Desert Has Been Vandalized Yet Again The latest attack on the sculpture has prompted a new anti-vandalism campaign to protect public art. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 7, 2021
Art World Artist Ryder Ripps Sparked Outrage for Claiming He Designed the CIA’s ‘Terrible’ New Website. Turns Out, It Was All a Hoax The CIA says he had nothing to do with its site. The artist says everyone misunderstood the joke. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 7, 2021
Art World Artist Yinka Shonibare Will Sculpt a New Memorial in Leeds to a Black Immigrant Whose Death Sparked a Reckoning With UK Police The sculpture pays tribute to David Oluwale, a Nigerian immigrant who drowned in 1969. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 5, 2021