On View See Artist Pamela Rosenkranz’s New High Line Plinth Commission: a Hot Pink Tree Planted Amid New York’s Skyscrapers Titled 'Old Tree,' the work is the third commission for the plinth. By Sarah Cascone, May 8, 2023
Museums & Institutions An Arts Group Accused the Queens Museum of Exploiting Its Food Pantry Volunteers and Community Programs. The Volunteers Disagree A group called Arts Union issued a report denouncing the "failure of institutional leadership from the director to the board." By Sarah Cascone, May 5, 2023
Law & Politics KAWS Has Won a Key Victory in His Lawsuit Against a Singapore Counterfeiter Churning Out Knockoffs of His Toys and Art KAWS won $900,000 in damages. By Eileen Kinsella, May 4, 2023
Art History Does the Met’s Vermeer Painting Hide a Self-Portrait of the Artist? Here’s What a New X-Ray Analysis Found The painting, 'A Maid Asleep,' might actually depict an artist's model who had fallen asleep during work. By Sarah Cascone, May 4, 2023
Auctions A British Couple Bought Two Vases for $10 at a Thrift Sale. They Turned Out to Be Art Nouveau Collectibles Worth 150 Times That The car boot sale finds turned out to be Art Nouveau treasures. By Sarah Cascone, May 3, 2023
Art & Tech ‘I Have Sold More Than $30 Million in NFTs’: Iconoclastic Digital Artist Refik Anadol in Conversation With Collector Adam Lindemann The pair discuss NFTs, digital collecting, and the role of A.I. in art futures. By Adam Lindemann, May 2, 2023
Museums & Institutions See Inside the American Museum of Natural History’s Cavernous New Expansion, Complete With an Insect City and a Butterfly Wonderland The Gilder Center, which overcame a lawsuit filed by the local community, was first announced in 2014. By Sarah Cascone, May 2, 2023
Studio Visit In Her Industrial Tel Aviv Studio, Artist Zoya Cherkassky Paints ‘Like Crazy’ While Listening to Talk Radio Cherkassky's solo exhibition "The Arrival of Foreign Professionals" is currently on view at Fort Gansevoort, New York. By Katie White, May 1, 2023
Museums & Institutions ‘He Was Hungry’: A Korean Art Student Untaped Maurizio Cattelan’s Infamous $150,000 Banana From a Museum Wall and Ate It It's not the first time someone has turned an edition of the artwork into a quick meal. By Sarah Cascone, May 1, 2023
Up Next Rising Artist Michaela Yearwood-Dan’s Lavish Flora-Filled Visions Make Beauty Political We caught up with the London-based artist during her second solo show at Marianne Boesky. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 27, 2023
Auctions Want to Own a Piece of Rock Royalty? Freddie Mercury’s Private Collection of Guitars and Artworks Heads to Sotheby’s This Fall Buyers will get to scoop up Mercury's iconic crown and cloak, and works by Picasso and Matisse. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 25, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Smithsonian Is Investigating Claims That Its New Women’s History Museum Director Turned a Blind Eye to Harassment at Her Previous Job Nancy Yao is slated to start at the Smithsonian on June 5. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 24, 2023
Law & Politics The Princess Who Resides in the Roman Villa With the Only Known Caravaggio Ceiling Mural Has Finally Left After a Long Eviction Saga The princess has been embroiled in a legal battle with her stepsons. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 21, 2023
Auctions Sotheby’s Will Offer Four Newly Restituted Impressionist Works by Renoir, Gauguin, and Cézanne in Its Marquee May Auctions The works, which were returned to the heirs of legendary dealer Ambroise Vollard, could fetch more than $17 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 21, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Frick Collection Will Close Its Temporary Breuer Space and Reopen Its Newly Overhauled Mansion in 2024 The museum has lined up a number of landmark exhibitions before it bids farewell to its Breuer space. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 21, 2023
