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
On View Munich Says Its Art Scene Doesn’t Get Enough Attention. Can a New Gallery Share Program Change That? The first edition of Various Others shows promise. By Kate Brown, Sep 18, 2018
