Partner Content How 3 Chinese Artists Are Reinventing Centuries-Old Traditions With Their Latest Bodies of Work The exhibitions are taking place in Los Angeles, New York, and Weidingen, Germany. By Katie White, 2 days ago
Partner Content Photographer Isabel Muñoz on Finding Beauty in Unexpected Places, From the Congo to the Yakuza The Spanish photographer has a history of approaching unlikely subjects. By Sophie Neuendorf, 2 days ago
Art World Amid the Rise of Italy’s Far Right, Curator Francesco Bonami Has Founded His Own Satirical Italian-Art-First Political Party Bonami’s EXAGERAMOS! party will ban all non-Italian artists from participating in the Venice Biennale, among other edicts. By Taylor Dafoe, 3 days ago
Art World Did Archaeologists Just Find the Oldest Art Ever Made? A New Study Claims Archaic Humans Designed Patterns on Bones in China The ancient carvings show possible evidence of the first artistic use of the pigment ochre. By Sarah Cascone, 3 days ago
People How Does a Gallery Stay in Business for 35 Years? Lisa Spellman on 303 Gallery’s Staying Power and the Hardest Part of Being a Dealer The gallerist opens up about losing artists, accommodating selfie-takers, and that one time she found someone living inside a video installation. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 19, 2019
People Scarlett Johansson Told the Painter David Salle That Art ‘Should Be Immune to Political Correctness’—and a Firestorm Ensued The actress has been widely criticized for saying that she "should be allowed to play any person." By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 18, 2019
Art and Law A Lawyer Allegedly Convinced His Elderly Client to Sell Him a Brancusi for a Pittance. Now, the Collector Is Suing Him for $200 Million Stuart Pivar claims he was duped into selling a Brancusi bronze for far below market value. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 18, 2019
Exhibitions Artist Leo Villareal on His Epic Journey to Illuminate 15 London Bridges—and Why It Never Would Have Happened Without Burning Man The New York artist has completed the first phase of his project. Now, he just has 11 more bridges to go. By Javier Pes, Jul 18, 2019
Art World A Sprawling Show of Art by All-Star MacArthur Fellows, From Njideka Akunyili Crosby to Mark Bradford, Will Take Over Chicago in 2021 The show celebrates the 40th anniversary of the fellows program. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 18, 2019
On View ‘I Was a Feminist and I Didn’t Know It’: How Lady Pink Made a Space for Herself in the Boys Club of New York’s Graffiti Scene The artist is part of Roger Gastman's new street art exhibition in Brooklyn, "Beyond the Streets." By Sarah Cascone, Jul 18, 2019
Art and Law Ai Weiwei Wins a Legal Battle With Volkswagen Over an Ad That Featured His Refugee-Themed Art Installation Without Permission The artist will receive $260,000 from the company. By Javier Pes, Jul 17, 2019
Market The Biennale Paris Will Go On Despite Strife Over the Decision to Admit Dealers Under Criminal Investigation One co-president of the vetting committee withdrew in protest, but the remaining members will carry on. By Naomi Rea, Jul 17, 2019
People Lowry Burgess, the Godfather of Space Art, Talks About His Plan to Shoot an ‘Ark’ Into Space Burgess is sending a mini-museum to the moon in 2021. By Tanner West, Jul 16, 2019
People A New Book of Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotations Sheds Light on the Artist’s Playful Relationship to Language 'Basquiat-isms' was edited by the artist's longtime collector Larry Warsh. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 16, 2019
Art World For the First Time in Over 50 Years, Egypt’s Famous ‘Bent Pyramid’ Is Now Open to the Public Researchers discovered ancient tools, sarcophagi, and mummies in the structure, which is one of the oldest pyramids in the world. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 16, 2019
