On View David Hammons’s Homage to Gordon Matta-Clark Began as a Quick Sketch. Now It’ll Be a Monumental Fixture of New York’s Landscape The artwork will welcome people on New York's Hudson River. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 26, 2021
Pop Culture A Pair of ‘Nike Air Yeezy’ Sneakers Kanye West Wore to the Grammys Just Sold for $1.8 Million at Sotheby’s The buyer was a sneaker investment platform called Rares. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 26, 2021
People Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei Will Release a Memoir About His Father’s Exile From China, and His Own Detainment The artist recalls his childhood in exile in his new memoir, coming out in November. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 26, 2021
Auctions Mad Dog Jones Is the Most Expensive Living Canadian Artist After Phillips’s $4.1 Million Sale of His Self-Replicating NFT Bidding started at $100 two weeks ago. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 23, 2021
On View Sculptor Alex Da Corte Brought a Bright Blue Big Bird to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Rooftop—See Images Here "It's a surrogate for where we are collectively at this moment," the show's curator says. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 23, 2021
Sustainability How Can an Artist Making Weighty Work Go Carbon Negative? Karen LaMonte Has a Blueprint (It’s Cheaper Than You Think) She quickly learned that not all carbon offsets are created equal. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 22, 2021
Art World The Motion Picture Academy Invited 7 Artists to Reimagine the Iconic Oscar Trophy—See Images Here The artists were hired as part of a promotional campaign. By Artnet News, Apr 21, 2021
Art & Tech Even Street Artists Don’t Like Seeing Their Work Tagged. Now, Chemists Have Developed New Methods to Clean Murals of Graffiti The chemistry is complicated, but the resulting product is easy to use and could revolutionize the field of street art restoration. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 21, 2021
Art World The Migrant Ship That Christoph Büchel Controversially Displayed at the Venice Biennale Has Returned to Sicily, Where It Will Become a Memorial More than 1,000 African migrants died when the ship capsized in 2015. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 21, 2021
Auctions Sotheby’s Just Launched a Science and Pop Culture Department, Citing Growing Hunger for Dinosaur Bones and Space Suits Sotheby's new division will be helmed by Cassandra Hatton, a former books and manuscript specialist with omnivorous taste. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 21, 2021
Politics Chicago Will Turbocharge Its Public Art Budget by 15,000 Percent as Part of a New $60 Million Cultural Recovery Program It's the city’s largest support plan for the arts sector in years. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 20, 2021
Auctions Surging Demand for Young Artists Powered Sotheby’s $122.5 Million Contemporary Art Sale in Hong Kong The 45-lot sale saw records set for Avery Singer, Salman Toor, and others. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 19, 2021
Museums & Institutions New Yorkers Can Now Get Vaccinated Under the Famous Blue Whale at the American Museum of Natural History Anyone who gets a vaccine on site will also receive a complimentary general admission voucher for up to four guests. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 19, 2021
Art & Exhibitions After Initially Declining to Participate, David Hammons Unexpectedly Added Never-Before-Seen Works to His Drawing Center Show The artist added six works from his personal collection—including one made this year. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 19, 2021
Art & Exhibitions What If an Artist Were Your History Teacher? A New Photography Exhibition at the Guggenheim Questions How We Depict the Past "Off the Record" is curator Ashley James's first show at the museum. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 18, 2021
