Art World After Selling an AI Portrait for More Than $430,000, the Obvious Collective Has a New Trick: Mashing Up Cave Art and Graffiti Is this the future of art? By Sarah Cascone, Dec 3, 2020
Auctions Phillips’s First Joint Sale With Poly Auction in Hong Kong Reaped a Solid $50 Million and Set a Flurry of Records for Up-and-Coming Artists New records were set for Lucas Arruda, Bernard Frize, Salman Toor, and Matthew Wong. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 3, 2020
Art World Tate Will Cut Another 120 Employees as It Works to Get Out From Under Budgetary Pressures The Tate has already eliminated 295 positions throughout the year. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 3, 2020
Auctions Buoyed by Demand for Young Stars, Christie’s Hybrid New York and Hong Kong Auction Fetched a Healthy $119 Million New records were set for Amoako Boafo, Shara Hughes, and Dana Schutz, among others. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 2, 2020
Art World Prominent Architects Are Calling on MoMA to Remove Philip Johnson’s Name From Its Walls Over His Ties to Fascism Seven of the 10 architects in an upcoming exhibition at the museum were among the signatories of an open letter. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 2, 2020
Art World Christoph Büchel’s Migrant Ship Sparked Outrage at the 2019 Venice Biennale. Now, the Town He Borrowed It From Wants It Back Venice Biennale organizers say they, too, want the artist to "respect the commitment he made" and remove the ship from the Arsenale. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 2, 2020
Law & Politics Six Black Photojournalists Are Suing BuzzFeed for Publishing Their Instagram Images of This Summer’s Protests Without Consent Buzzfeed has since removed the photographers' images from the article. By Artnet News, Dec 1, 2020
On View MoMA’s ‘New Photography’ Show Spotlights Young Photographers Making the Medium Tactile. There’s Just One Problem: It’s Online Only “Companion Pieces: New Photography 2020” is on view through MoMA’s Online Magazine now through March 21, 2021. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 30, 2020
On View The Late Artist Aminah Robinson Dedicated Her Life to Recovering America’s Lost History. At Last, She’s Finding a Bigger Audience A sprawling show of her work is on view at the Columbus Museum of Art, an institution that was close to her heart. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 29, 2020
Art World A Group of Brooklyn Artists Is Opening a Neighborhood Dive Bar and Art Gallery to Revive Community in the Isolation Era Brian Whiteley, Jen Catron, Paul Outlaw, and Joseph Latimore opened the Satellite Art Club, a members-only art bar, in October. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 26, 2020
Art Fairs Latin American Galleries Missing Out on Miami Beach Have Banded Together to Form Their Own Version of Art Basel in Mexico City The event was spearheaded by the gallery kurimanzutto. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 22, 2020
People How Master Portraitist Jess T. Dugan Empowers Subjects to Open Up for Remarkably Intimate Photographs Dugan belongs to a new generation of queer photographers focused on empowering their subjects. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 22, 2020
Auctions The Secret Buyer of the Royal Opera House’s £13 Million David Hockney Is Its Own Board Chair—and He’s Lending It Back David Ross purchased the artwork at Christie’s last month and will now lend it back to the British public. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 20, 2020
Law & Politics The ‘Toxic’ Legal Battle Over Zaha Hadid’s $132 Million Estate Has a Silver Lining: It Will Lead to the Establishment of a New Museum The executors of the late architect's estate have spent the past four years locked in bitter legal battle. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 20, 2020
People The Art World at Home: Curator Nellie Scott Is Fighting to Save the Studio of Pop Art Nun Corita Kent and Registering New Voters We caught up with the director of the Corita Art Center in Los Angeles. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 19, 2020
