Politics Artist Julia Weist Is Protesting the R Rating of Her New Film by Advertising the Project on a Times Square Billboard The film is inspired by research into historical censorship on the part of New York’s Motion Picture Division. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 16, 2022
Galleries Germany Pumped More Than €30 Million of Public Money Into the Commercial Art Market During the Pandemic. Was It Actually Needed? A report questioned whether galleries like Esther Schipper and Sprüth Magers should have benefited from the government program, which was not based on need. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 16, 2022
Gallery Network Spotlight: Badr El Jundi Gallery Inaugurates New Madrid Space With Exhibition of Iván Forcadell’s Colorful Works Formerly located in Marbella, Spain, the gallery has opened the doors to a new space in Madrid. By Artnet Gallery Network, Nov 15, 2022
Museums & Institutions ‘We Want the Spirit of the Studio to Be the DNA of Our Project’: Fondation Giacometti Director Outlines Plans for a New Museum in Paris The museum will open in 2026 after renovations to the historic Invalides train station, built for the 1900 World's Fair. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 15, 2022
Gallery Network 5 Novel and Noteworthy Artists From the Artnet Gallery Network We’re Watching This Month This month, we've got our eyes on five talented artists at galleries from New York to Düsseldorf. By Artnet Gallery Network, Nov 15, 2022
Art & Tech Meta Has Significantly Downsized Open Arts, Its In-House Art Team, as Part of Its Largest Round of Layoffs Ever At least seven Open Arts employees appear to have been among Meta's 11,000 layoffs. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 15, 2022
Museums & Institutions The German Government Just Bought Back the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum From a Real Estate Company for €170 Million The state of Berlin and the federal government pitched in on purchasing the Hamburger Bahnhof and its adjacent exhibition hall. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 15, 2022
On View An Astonishing Exhibition Shows How Ancient Mesopotamians Not Only Worshiped, But Respected, Women The star of the show is Sumerian priestess Enheduanna, who was the first recorded author in the world. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 11, 2022
Pop Culture 10 Can’t-Miss Art Films to See at the DOC NYC Film Festival, From a Portrait of Nan Goldin’s Activism, to a Family Story of Radical Architecture There are also films on artists David Bowie, Kobra, Robert Irwin, Jonas Mekas, and more. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 11, 2022
Archaeology & History Scholars Have Decoded the World’s Oldest Sentence Written With an Alphabet. It’s a Highly Specific Warning… About Lice The sentence was inscribed on an ancient ivory comb found at the Tel Lachish archaeological site in 2016. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 10, 2022
Law & Politics Swiss Prosecutors Are Now Investigating Russian Billionaire Rybolovlev at the Request of His Nemesis Yves Bouvier Startling new allegations from Bouvier include that the Rybolovlev wanted to "seize" his lucrative art business for the Kremlin. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 9, 2022
Auctions One of the Most Complete T. Rex Skulls Ever Found May Fetch $20 Million at a Single-Lot Sale at Sotheby’s We could have another blockbuster fossil auction on our hands. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 8, 2022
Auctions Here’s Your Guide to the Priciest and Most Sought-After Artworks for Sale During New York’s $2.1 Billion Fall Auction Marathon Led by the Allen Collection, the fall season ahead is set to break more than a few records. By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 8, 2022
Museums & Institutions Inside Meret Oppenheim’s ‘Otherworldly, Witty, Whimsical’ Show at MoMA, the Swiss Surrealist’s First U.S. Museum Retrospective in a Generation “Meret Oppenheim: My Exhibition” proves there's more to the Surrealist artist than her famed fur teacup. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 8, 2022
Crime An Early American Portrait Stolen From a Staten Island Museum Was Recovered When an Eagle-Eyed Collector Spotted It at Auction When the painting turned up at a Bay Area auction, and an eagle-eyed folk art collector had a gut feeling he'd seen it before. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 7, 2022
