Law TeamLab Is Suing a Los Angeles Museum for Allegedly Copying Its Instagram-Friendly Light Installations for Its Own Display Immersive art is big business. Now, it has the legal bills to prove it. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 27, 2022
Crime Hackers Broke Into Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Official Instagram and Made Off With Nearly $3 Million Worth of Stolen NFTs It's not the first time hackers have targeted apes. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 26, 2022
Law A Diego Rivera Painting Was Among the Assets FBI Agents Seized From Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska The new 'KleptoCapture' task force is ramping up the pressure on Russian oligarchs. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 25, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions The Art Collective Behind the Improvised Kazakhstan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Has a Simple Message: ‘Everyone Is an Artist’ The pavilion, inspired by outsider artist Sergey Kalmykov, has a hopeful and inspiring hopeful message. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 25, 2022
Art World MoMA and the Neue Galerie Join Forces to Acquire a Searing Self-Portrait by Käthe Kollwitz The work is already on view at MoMA, alongside another jointly acquired work by Paula Modersohn-Becker. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 25, 2022
Politics Russian Authorities Threaten Artist Oleg Kulik With Criminal Charges Over a Sculpture He Showed at the Moscow Art Fair Kulik was questioned by Russian authorities after the Moscow fair closed. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 21, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions Jonathas de Andrade Tackles the Body Politic in a Playful Yet Biting Pavilion for Brazil in Venice The artist sees his work as a catalyst for social change in his home country. By Naomi Rea, Apr 21, 2022
Market To Ease Supply Chain Delays, Christie’s and the Shipping Company Crozier Are Teaming Up to Open New Sea Freight Routes The partnership will open routes traveling between New York, London, and Hong Kong. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 20, 2022
Auctions Artnet Auctions Is Teaming Up With Poly Auction to Stage an Online Sale of Blue-Chip Art in China This Summer The sale will appear on the Poly Auction platform. By Artnet News, Apr 20, 2022
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 14 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Joan Jonas in Times Square to Art Inspired by Courtroom Dramas Plus, Kenny Scharf at the Tribeca Ball and a talk on Dorothea Lange. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 19, 2022
Art Fairs A Group of Contemporary Art Curators Set Their Sights on Arkansas as the Home of What They Hope Will Be the Next Coachella Format is set to take place this September and will include artworks and performances by Doug Aitken and Herbie Hancock. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 19, 2022
Museums Francis Bacon’s Former Handyman Was Going to Give a Trove of His Art to Tate. After a Feud, He Offered It to France Instead "I turn my back on the Tate forever," said Barry Joule. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 18, 2022
Politics Israeli Bombings Are an ‘Existential Threat’ to an Ancient Archaeological Site on the Gaza Strip, Forensic Architecture Finds in a New Investigation The collective digitally reconstructed excavations of the ancient city of Anthedon. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 15, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions See Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Boyhood Home, New York Studio, and Unseen Artworks in a Blockbuster Show Curated by His Family The Basquiat estate opens the vault. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 14, 2022
Analysis The Pandemic Battered California’s Creative Economy. Here Are the Sectors That Were Hardest Hit, and Those That Were Most Resilient The latest Otis College report on the creative industries in California shows the disparate effects of the pandemic. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 13, 2022
