On View Textile Designer Dorothy Liebes, Whose Masterful Use of Color Transformed American Interiors, Finally Gets Her Due at a Major Museum Show The exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt aims to rectify the artist's erasure from the history of U.S. design. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 11, 2023
Auctions Phillips Reports a Sharp Drop in Global Sales, With Private Sales Slumping to One-Third of Last Year’s Total Coming off a peak year, the newly challening environment has hit auction houses hard. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 10, 2023
On View See Works by Eric Fischl, Carrie Mae Weems, and More in a Knockout Show on the Surprising Links Between Art and Boxing The show features 100 artworks spread out across The Church in Sag Harbor and Flag Art Foundation in Chelsea. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 10, 2023
People Painter Brice Marden, Whose Loping Lines and Brash Abstractions Defied the Artistic Trends of His Time, Has Died at 84 His daughter announced the news on Instagram, saying, "Dad died peacefully last night at home." By Sarah Cascone, Aug 10, 2023
Pop Culture The Opening of a New Virtual Holocaust Museum in Fortnite Has Been Delayed After White-Supremacist Nick Fuentes Rallied Antisemites to Attack It The museum's launch is being delayed after negative attention from far-right trolls. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 10, 2023
People Known as a Deep-Pocketed, ‘Aggressive’ Chinese Collector, Ding Yixiao Has Now Been Blacklisted by the Art Market. What Happened? The collector's eponymous museum in China is shuttered and he is at odds with at least one auction house. By Eileen Kinsella & Vivienne Chow, Aug 10, 2023
Law & Politics The British Museum Has Reached a Settlement With a Translator Whose Work Was Used in an Exhibition Without Her Permission The museum only agreed to credit Yilin Wang for her copyrighted translation after she raised money to hire a lawyer. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 8, 2023
On View See the Luminous Paintings Monet Made During His Many Trips to the French Riviera, Now on View at a Show in Monaco Monet was first invited by Renoir on a trip to the Riviera in December 1883. By Adam Schrader, Aug 8, 2023
Archaeology & History Greece Will Curb Rampant Tourism at the Acropolis to Protect It Against Damage and Overcrowding The ancient hilltop citadel is the nation's most popular archaeological site. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 7, 2023
Galleries JTT, the New York Gallery Known for Minting Star Artists, Is Closing After More Than a Decade The gallery helped discover artists such as Issy Wood, Sable Elyse Smith, and Jamian Juliano-Villani. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 4, 2023
Pop Culture What do the ‘Vessel’ and Burning Man Have in Common? Both Barred Documentarian John Wilson From Filming On-Site The episode "How to Find a Public Restroom" took Wilson in typically unexpected directions. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 4, 2023
Museums & Institutions The National Gallery in Washington, D.C., Has Acquired a Monumental Simone Leigh Sculpture From Her Historic Venice Biennale Pavilion The museum snapped up a new edition of one of Leigh's monumental sculptures. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 3, 2023
Art World The Artist Xu Zhen—Prankster, Publisher, and Museum Founder—Has Returned to the Exhibition Stage With a New Show in China That Captures Our Need for Connection China's leading Gen X artist reflects on his winding path from conceptualism to generalism in the art world. By Cathy Fan, Aug 2, 2023
Museums & Institutions Inflation Hits Museums, as the Guggenheim Becomes the Latest New York Institution to Hike Prices The Guggenheim's new admission is a 20 percent increase. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 2, 2023
Art & Tech Want to Wear Van Gogh’s Hat? A New App From the Met Invites Users to Virtually Interact With the Museum’s Costumes and Collections The augmented reality app lets your Roblox avatar collect—and wear—replicas from the Met's collection. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 2, 2023