Art World The Massachusetts Attorney General Is Investigating Acts of Discrimination Against a Group of Seventh Graders at MFA Boston The museum has also hired counsel to conduct a separate investigation. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 14, 2019
Art World The Nuclear Bomb Tests of the 1940s Can Help Identify Forged Paintings, a New Study Says Using radiocarbon dating, researchers can now determine the age of a painting from a sample smaller than a pin point. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 6, 2019
Art World After Criticism, Facebook Agrees to Meet With Artists and Curators to Discuss the Censorship of Art on Its Site The development follows a nude performance art demonstration held outside the company’s New York offices earlier this week. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 5, 2019
Art World New York City Is Looking for Artists to Create a Public Monument to Transgender Activists Martha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera The two drag performers were instrumental in the Stonewall Uprising. By Taylor Dafoe, May 30, 2019
Art World In a Bid to Bolster Its Tainted Public Image, Facebook Is Hiring Staff to Commission Art Projects Around the World The company has commissioned 500 art installations to date, with 200 more planned this year. By Taylor Dafoe, May 30, 2019
Art World The MFA Boston Has Apologized to Students Whose Teacher Says Museum Staff Racially Profiled Them The teacher says staff also followed the students too closely. By Taylor Dafoe, May 24, 2019
Art World Chinese Authorities Have Detained an Activist Filmmaker for Posting a Picture Referencing the Tiananmen Square Massacre The country is cracking down on activists like Deng Chuanbin as the 30th anniversary of Tiananmen Square approaches. By Taylor Dafoe, May 22, 2019
Art and Law In a Reversal, the Trump Administration Proposes a 25 Percent Tariff on Imported Chinese Art and Antiquities Art supplies, paintings, drawings, sculpture, and artifacts over 100 years old may all be subject to the import tax. By Taylor Dafoe, May 21, 2019
Art World These 13,000-Pound Concrete Blocks Can Be Moved With One Hand—and They Provide Vital Clues About How Stonehenge Was Made The project may reveal how the mysterious ancient site was assembled—and provide insight into the future of architecture. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 18, 2019
Politics Ahead of the Mueller Report, Donald Trump’s Staff Edited Kehinde Wiley’s Barack Obama Portrait Into a Fantasy of FBI Surveillance The president's reelection committee is selling shirts that depict Obama as a spy. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 17, 2019
Politics The American Museum of Natural History Will No Longer Host a Gala Honoring Brazil’s Far-Right President Jair Bolsonaro Museum staffers had issued an open letter calling on the museum's president “to stay true to its values by canceling this event." By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 15, 2019
Politics Climate-Change-Denying Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Will Be Feted as ‘Person of the Year’ at a Gala at New York’s Natural History Museum Even the mayor of New York is outraged and is calling on the museum to cancel the event. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 12, 2019
Market Athena Art Finance Was Founded With $280 Million in Funding. It Was Just Sold for Only $170 Million The art-finance market draws on a small pool of investors, which may be a sign of trouble ahead. By Taylor Dafoe & Tim Schneider, Apr 10, 2019
Market The Auction Price of an Artwork Is Directly Related to How Much Blue or Red Is in It, a New Study Finds Blue and red actually make green, it seems. By Tim Schneider, Mar 13, 2019
Art World Drawing Helps Us Remember Details Better Than Writing or Taking Photos, a New Study Shows Researchers at the University of Waterloo believe that drawing is perhaps the most effective mnemonic tool. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 8, 2019
