Art World Nearly 100 Firefighters Put Out a Devastating Fire at the Center for Fine Arts in Brussels No artworks were damaged during the incident, the museum has confirmed. By Artnet News, Jan 19, 2021
Art World Cate Blanchett Is Turning an Old Cottage Into a Gallery for Her Art Collection—But It Will Have to Share Space With Some Endangered Bats The collector and actress is believed to own artworks by Guan Wei, Paula Rego, and Howard Hodgkin, among others. By Artnet News, Jan 12, 2021
Art and Law As the Fate of Many Confederate Memorials Remains Undecided, Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Statue Heads to a Virginia Museum The controversial sculpture will likely go on view in a larger exhibition about the evolution of Confederate memorialization. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 23, 2020
Politics A Statue of Civil Rights Activist Barbara Rose Johns May Soon Replace One of Robert E. Lee in the US Capitol Building The new statue would commemorate a key figure in the Brown vs. Board of Ed Supreme Court decision. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 21, 2020
Art and Law Australia Promised Arts Organizations $60 Million in Relief Six Months Ago. Many Say They Haven’t Received a Cent Arts organizations now worry they'll have to wait until 2021. By Artnet News, Dec 21, 2020
Politics Virginia’s Governor Wants to Spend $11 Million to Reimagine a Confederate Monument-Lined Promenade in Richmond The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts would be tasked with transforming Monument Avenue if the budget goes through. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 16, 2020
Art World The Mysterious Utah Monolith That May Have Been Made by Aliens Has Inexplicably Vanished From the Red Rock Canyon Where the object came from remains a mystery. By Artnet News, Nov 30, 2020
Art World A Mysterious Steel Monolith Was Discovered in the Utah Desert. Is It a Work of Art—or the Work of Aliens? Theories about who or what is behind the object have started circulating online. By Artnet News, Nov 24, 2020
Art World From Coast to Coast, US Museums Are Closing Again as COVID’s Second Wave Takes Hold Institutions in Illinois, Texas, Minnesota, Colorado, and Washington, DC, are among those shutting down. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 19, 2020
Art and Law John Hinckley, Who Tried to Assassinate Ronald Reagan, Can Now Share His Art With the World, a Judge Rules The 65-year-old hopes to sell his art on Etsy and upload his music to streaming services. By Artnet News, Oct 29, 2020
Art World A French Tech Entrepreneur Has Seeded a $119 Million Investment Fund for Startups Expanding Access to Culture The fund will invest in entrepreneurial projects that “produce a measurable social impact.” By Artnet News, Oct 23, 2020
Auctions A Pair of Michael Jordan’s Game-Worn Sneakers Sold for $615,000 at Christie’s, Setting a New Record for the Category The auction house's first dedicated sneaker sale brought in $932,000 across 11 lots. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 17, 2020
Art and Law The New Museum’s Union Has Filed Charges With the National Labor Relations Board Over Recent Layoffs The museum acted in a “discriminatory and retaliatory” way in laying off union members, the complaint argues. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 10, 2020
Art and Law Days After More Than 80 Philadelphia Museum of Art Employees Were Laid Off, the Institution’s Workers Have Voted to Unionize The bargaining group will include every museum employee who works at least four hours a week, and will be the only wall-to-wall museum union in the country. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 6, 2020
Art World ‘It’s the Difference Between Staying Afloat and Sinking’: US Art Workers Are Left Adrift as Weekly $600 Unemployment Checks Evaporate One phase of the government's stimulus plan has ended, leaving many self-employed artists and gig workers with little in the way of support. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 4, 2020
