Law & Politics Students Plan to Sue the Glasgow School of Art for Canceling Their Degree Show and Cutting Off Studio Access During the Pandemic The school “failed to deliver the education they promised and kept thousands of pounds in student fees,” the cohort argues. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 12, 2021
Auctions Christie’s Will Become the First Major Auction House to Offer NFTs in Asia, With a Sale of CryptoPunks, Meebits, and Bored Apes The auction house sold a set of CryptoPunks for $16.9 million in May. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 12, 2021
Events and Parties The Team That Brought TEFAF to New York Is Launching a New Hybrid Exhibition Space and Fair in the Old Barneys Flagship Art House, as the new venture is called, will set up shop on Madison Avenue this fall. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 12, 2021
Museums & Institutions ICA London Director Stefan Kalmár on How British Politics—and Right-Wing Attacks—Sparked His Departure From the Museum Kalmár says the drumbeat of Brexit and the explosive rise of racism in its wake have left him no choice. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 10, 2021
Law & Politics A California Man Has Pleaded Guilty to Peddling Fake Richard Hambleton and Barkley Hendricks Paintings Jason Harrington will pay $1.1 million in restitution. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 10, 2021
Politics Trump Mandated a Hunting Image Be on All Fowl Hunting Licenses. A Proposed Change to That Plan Has Ruffled Some Feathers Artists found the requirement onerous. Hunters say it made them feel seen. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 10, 2021
Art World Banksy May Have Just Gone on an Art-Making Spree, With Murals and Installations Popping Up Across Five English Coast Towns Banksy appears to have been busy. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 9, 2021
Politics Plans for a Public Art Show in Florida Have Been Derailed After the Mayor Accused Two of the Artists of Being Communists The city commission voted to fund the show only if Cai Guo-Qiang and Sandra Ramos were dropped from the project. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 9, 2021
Art & Exhibitions Marina Abramović’s Latest Immersive Installation Will Take You on a Journey Through Her Life Story The pop-up show will be broken up into five rooms, each inspired by an object or idea that has influenced her work. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 6, 2021
Market Acquavella Galleries and Ex-Sotheby’s C.E.O. Bill Ruprecht Invest in NFT Platform MakersPlace as Part of a $30 Million Funding Round Eminem is also a new investor in the platform. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 4, 2021
Politics An Artist’s Memorial on the Site of Last Year’s Devastating Blast in Beirut Has Been Met With Sharp Criticism Nadim Karam's 'The Gesture' marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly explosion. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 3, 2021
Art & Exhibitions Grimes, Bon Iver, and Other Musicians Are Creating Immersive Art Experiences to Draw Attention to the Climate Crisis The installations will appear in a pop-up exhibition in Brooklyn. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 3, 2021
Pop Culture See the Hallucinatory Images of Space That Made the Shortlist for the Royal Observatory’s Astronomy Photograph of the Year An exhibition of the winning works will go on view next month at the National Maritime Museum in London. By Artnet News, Aug 3, 2021
Market Artificial Intelligence May Have Cracked the Code to Creating Low-Priced Works on Canvas Artifly was inspired by Christie's sale of AI-generated art by Obvious. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 2, 2021
Books How Not to Take a Picture: In a New Book, Alec Soth, Taryn Simon, and 200 Others Share the Subjects They Would Never, Ever Photograph Brainchild of Jason Fulford, 'Photo No-Nos,' was published this month. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 1, 2021
