Opinion ChatGPT & Me: Kenny Schachter Tries to Use AI to Write Intelligently About Art. Is It Any Good? Can you guess which parts of this column were written by a human or a robot? Does it matter? By Kenny Schachter, Aug 17, 2023
Law & Politics The Orlando Museum of Art Has Sued Its Former Director for Staging a Show of Fake Basquiats That ‘Shattered’ Its Reputation The FBI raided the museum's exhibition of forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 17, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Meet Real Estate Developer-Turned-Artist Abbott Stillman Whose Abstract Paintings Are Making Their Gallery Debut Stillman's works are on view at "Urban Summer" at Georges Berges from August 17. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 16, 2023
Art & Tech See the Most Distant Star in the Universe—a Million Times Brighter Than the Sun—Thanks to Stunning Photos From NASA’s James Webb Telescope Webb's first year of operation has proved game changing for astronomers studying the origins of the universe. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 15, 2023
Art Fairs Art Basel and Art Miami Have Accused Satellite, an Upstart Miami Fair, of Defamation and Trademark Infringement Satellite bills itself as Miami's most affordable art fair for exhibitors. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 11, 2023
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
