Galleries Cindy Sherman Signs With Hauser and Wirth as Her Longtime Gallery Metro Pictures Announces Its Closure The news comes just days after Metro Pictures announced plans to close. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 8, 2021
On View ‘It’s About Time’: Street Art Trailblazer Lady Pink on Why She’s Painting Memorials to the Unsung Legends of Graffiti The show at the Museum of Graffiti honors the likes of KEL139, Caine One, Crash, and Erni Vales. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 8, 2021
Law & Politics A Battle in the Legal War Over Robert Indiana’s Legacy Ends as His Estate Settles With the Artist’s Longtime Representative But Indiana's estate is still in a fight with a publisher accused of manipulating the artist prior to his death. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 8, 2021
Market Male Artists Have Made Fortunes in the Exploding NFT Market. Now Feminist Artists Are Staking a Claim With Their Own Crypto-Art Drop Michele Pred, Bud Snow, and Wildcat Ebony Brown are marking International Women's Day by launching an NFT art sale. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 8, 2021
Galleries ‘It’s Just Time for Us to Go’: Metro Pictures Co-Founder Janelle Reiring on Closing the Legendary Gallery Amid a Rapidly Changing Art World Reiring reflects on how her role as a dealer changed over 40 years. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 8, 2021
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 14 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From International Women’s Day Celebrations to a Look at Artemisia Gentileschi’s Influences Plus, check out the latest edition of our Artnet Talks and see works by Brazilian artist Amelia Toledo. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 8, 2021
Art & Exhibitions The World’s First ‘Major’ NFT Art Exhibition Is About to Take Place in Beijing, Headlined by Beeple, Fewocious, and Mad Dog Jones As the NFT craze spreads, the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art is staging the first museum show dedicated to crypto art. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 5, 2021
Art Fairs FIAC’s Digital Edition Clicks With Buyers, Thanks to a Curated Approach and a ‘Chance Encounter’ Button That Emulates the Fun of IRL Fairs A round-up of sales and strategies from the online edition of the French fair. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 5, 2021
Law & Politics Harvard Can Keep Daguerreotypes Depicting Enslaved Africans, Despite Objections From One of the Subject’s Ancestors, a Court Has Ruled The photos belonged to the photographer, not the subjects, the judge ruled. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 5, 2021
Market South Korean Art Organizations Are Scrambling to Keep the Heirs of the Samsung Art Collection From Selling It Off to International Buyers The heirs are considering selling the collection to pay off their $9.7 billion tax bill. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 5, 2021
Art World To Mark the 2021 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, Check Out These Amazingly Meme-orable Animals and Their Silly Antics We’ve got pictures of a crooning chipmunk, a hungover penguin, and two bears doing the macarena. By Artnet News, Mar 4, 2021
Galleries Paintings of Nuclear Tests and a Burning Notre Dame Will Set the Tone for Damien Hirst’s Yearlong Gagosian Takeover Show "Damien has been fascinated with the idea of representing reality," says Gagosian director Millicent Wilner. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 4, 2021
Law & Politics Dissenting Artists Around the Globe Were Jailed and Killed at an Alarming Rate Last Year, According to a New Report The survey found that governments may be using the pandemic as a pretense to crack down on artists. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 3, 2021
Politics A Black Design Collective Will Temporarily Obscure Architect and Nazi Sympathizer Philip Johnson’s Name From a Gallery at MoMA The Black Reconstruction Collective will cover Johnson's name with a 10-by-10 foot textile bearing its manifesto. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 2, 2021
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 15 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Wikipedia Edit-a-Thons to a Virtual Visit With Kenny Scharf Plus, your last chance to see the late Joyce Pensato's studio recreated at Petzel. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 2, 2021
