Art & Tech Ai-Da, the Robot Artist Powered by AI, Is Heading to Venice for a Show During the Biennale—and She’s Bringing Her New Painting Arm For its Venice debut, the robot will explore—what else?—the metaverse. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 1, 2022
Crime U.S. Authorities Seized More Than $1 Million in Looted Asian Antiquities From Yale University Many of the artifacts had been donated by the Rubin-Ladd Foundation, which acquired them from disgraced dealer Subhash Kapoor. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 1, 2022
Crime Two Looted Ancient Greek Statues, Including a Stunner That Was on View at the Met, Have Been Returned by the U.S. to Libya The work from the Met, on loan from a private collection, had been on view since 1998. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 31, 2022
Sustainability Anonymous Was a Woman Expands Grant-Making With $250,000 for Environmental Projects by Women-Identifying Artists The new grants are a joint endeavor with the New York Foundation for the Arts. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 29, 2022
Market The Auction Market Is on Fire, But Fairs Are Still Flailing: 7 Takeaways From the 2022 Art Basel Market Report Also, NFTs are definitely a thing. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 28, 2022
Law & Politics The U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Andy Warhol Violated a Photographer’s Copyright by Using Her Image of Prince Without Permission Was the Pop icon's depiction of Prince fair use or copyright violation? By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 28, 2022
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: Hannah Gottlieb-Graham on Trading PR Services for Art to Build Her Budding Collection Gottlieb-Graham tested the waters by buying a Bruce Davidson photograph at Magnum's annual print sale. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 28, 2022
NFTs Police Arrest Two 20-Year-Olds for Allegedly Conning Collectors Out of $1 Million—With Ice Cream-Themed NFT Artworks The pair sold NFTs for 8,888 ice cream scoop characters called Frosties—and then disappeared. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 28, 2022
Museums & Institutions Qatar Announces It Will Build the World’s Largest Museum of Orientalist Art Along With Two Other Starchitect-Designed Institutions Museums for modern and contemporary art, Orientalist art, and cars will augment the country's bustling cultural lineup. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 28, 2022
Museums & Institutions The British Museum Drops the Sackler Name From Its Galleries, Joining a Growing Flood of Institutions Cutting Ties With the Family The museum will rename all galleries, rooms, and endowments that currently feature the names of Raymond and Beverly Sackler. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 25, 2022
Auctions An Unassuming Chardin Strawberry Painting Fetches a Record-Shattering $26.8 Million at Auction, Shocking Market-Watchers The luminous 18th-century still life is the only known instance in which he painted strawberries. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 25, 2022
Museums & Institutions Graffiti Artist Acer Bombed the New Museum Facade in a Brazen, ‘Legendary’ Feat Reminiscent of Decades Gone By How the anonymous graffiti artist pulled off the piece remains a mystery. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 25, 2022
Galleries Upper East Side Mainstay Venus Over Manhattan Will Open a New Downtown Location With a Focus on Young Artists The new space marks the gallery's 10th anniversary and opens with a show by Ana Benaroya. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 25, 2022
Art & Exhibitions Artist Michelle Stuart on Why Her Half-Century’s Worth of Interventions Into the Earth Are More Relevant Than Ever At 89, Michelle Stuart reflects on art, nature, and translating the landscape into art. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 24, 2022
Art Fairs Japan Is Trying to Lure a World-Class Art Fair to Tokyo With Tax Incentives and a Big Open Art Space. Will the Gamble Pay Off? Japanese authorities and some eager dealers believe the country's art market could rebound to its former high status. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 24, 2022
