Art & Exhibitions Lithuania’s Award-Winning Venice Biennale Pavilion Is Coming to an Abandoned Swimming Pool Just Outside Berlin The climate change-themed production will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 12, 2020
Law & Politics A Local Mayor Is Ordering the Removal of Nick Cave’s Pro-Truth Artwork Outside of Jack Shainman’s Upstate New York Outpost Not everyone in the village of Kinderhook is pleased with the artist's text piece about political propaganda. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 11, 2020
Art World People Are Understandably Furious Over This New Naked Statue of Pioneering Feminist Mary Wollstonecraft in London The internet wishes she were a bit less nude. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 10, 2020
Art & Exhibitions Two Landmark US Museum Shows Will Spotlight the Long Overlooked History of Modern and Avant-Garde Korean Art The Guggenheim and LACMA have ambitious surveys of 20th-century Korean art planned for 2022. By Artnet News, Nov 10, 2020
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 19 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Piece of Venice in New York to Mierle Laderman Ukeles in Conversation Online There's plenty of art to keep you busy this week. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 10, 2020
On View ‘It’s Memorializing How Unmemorable It Is’: Artist Michael Mandiberg on Painting Melancholy Portraits on Zoom Mandiberg’s “Zoom Paintings” are going on view this week in a virtual exhibition. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 10, 2020
Art World Following Reports of Toxic Leadership at the New Museum, a Collector Has Resigned From the Board of Its Nonprofit Affiliate Rhizome Seth Stolbun announced his resignation in a letter he published on Instagram. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 9, 2020
Analysis The Market for Chinese Art and Antiques Tumbled to a 10-Year Low in 2019, According to Our Exclusive Report Tensions between the US and China and political unrest in Hong Kong had much to do with the drop. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 9, 2020
Art World The Rhode Island School of Design Is Hiring 10 New Faculty Members Dedicated Entirely to Race and Decolonization Studies A major anonymous gift will fund salaries for the new positions for five years. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 5, 2020
Art Fairs Art Basel’s Parent Company Has Cleared a Path for James Murdoch’s Investment After Shareholders Threatened to Kill the Deal Murdoch will gain three seats on the board, while some Swiss leaders will step down next year. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 5, 2020
Art World Magnum Photos Has Suspended Photojournalist David Alan Harvey Following Allegations of Harassment It’s the first time in the agency’s history that a member has been suspended. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 5, 2020
Law & Politics California Arts Professionals Are Teaming Up With Local Mayors to Lobby for Eased Restrictions on Museums The state's restrictions on museums are among the most stringent in the country—and local lawmakers aren't pleased. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 4, 2020
People Patricia Marroquin Norby Is the Met’s First Curator of Native American Art. Here’s How She Navigates the Field’s Thorniest Issues The curator is in charge of the museum's new Indigenous art program. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 4, 2020
Politics Whoever Loses the US Presidential Election Will Be Immortalized in Artist Nina Katchadourian’s Graveyard for Political Signs The artist has enlisted first-time voters to plant lawn signs in her ongoing project, which started in 2008. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 3, 2020
Law & Politics In a Sign of Growing Art-Market Scrutiny, the US Treasury Department Issued a Warning to Art Businesses to Keep Track of Buyers’ Identities The advisory comes after a major congressional report found that two sanctioned Russian oligarchs used art to launder money in the US. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 3, 2020