Art World In a Major Shift, US Museums Will Now Be Allowed to Use Restricted Funds to Keep the Lights On in Order to Survive the Economic Crisis The association will now allow institutions to use previously restricted funds to pay for staff and everyday operations. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 16, 2020
Art World Elizabeth Peyton, Amy Sillman, and Other Artists Have Designed Motivational Posters for Healthcare Workers on the Front Lines More than 85 artists have contributed posters to show their gratitude. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 9, 2020
Art World The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Cost American Arts Organizations a Collective $4.5 Billion So Far, a New Study Claims But there’s also room for optimism. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 8, 2020
Art World Singapore’s Museums and Galleries Will Close for a Month as Its Prime Minister Abandons Crowd-Control Measures for a Full Lockdown The city-state had previously been using more incremental measures to protect public health. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 6, 2020
Art World Philanthropists Have Launched a $75 Million Fund for Nonprofit Arts Organizations Put Under Strain by the Coronavirus Meanwhile, galleries and other for-profit businesses are calling on the city for aid. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 20, 2020
Art World The Architecture School Founded by Frank Lloyd Wright May Now Close Entirely After Cutting Ties With His Foundation The fate of the School of Architecture at Taliesin has been in ongoing flux. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 19, 2020
Art World A Mysterious Ice Age Structure Made From the Bones of 60 Wooly Mammoths Has Been Unearthed in Russia How and why the structure was made continues to baffle scientists. By Tanner West, Mar 18, 2020
Politics After an International Outcry, Cuban Performance Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara Has Been Released From Jail But the artist's legal woes aren't over yet. By Taylor Dafoe, Mar 17, 2020
Art World The Auschwitz Museum Is Slamming Amazon’s New Show About Nazi Hunters for Taking Creative Liberties With the Holocaust The show's creator says he didn't want to recreate "specific, real acts of trauma." By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 25, 2020
Art World Hong Kong Quickly Shutters Its Museums and Public Spaces to Stop the Spread of the Deadly Coronavirus The pandemic casts a further shadow over Art Basel Hong Kong, which was already facing a slew of problems. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 28, 2020
Politics The Texas Senate Just Formed a Committee to Decide If It Should Keep a Painting of Confederate President Jefferson Davis In Its Chambers Skeptics think the gesture is meant to diffuse recent controversies rather than create change. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 3, 2019
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 15 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week This week, the annual ARTWALK benefit, KAWS in conversation at the 92nd Street Y, and more. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 18, 2019
Art World Think You’d Make a Great Museum Director? A New Sims-Like Video Game Lets You to Build, Staff, and Run Your Very Own Museum The game, which will be released next year, tasks players with building and curating their own institutions. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 15, 2019
Shows & Exhibitions 6 Breakout Artists From Across America to Discover in Crystal Bridges’s Sprawling Contemporary Art Survey The hotly anticipated group show shines a spotlight beyond the usual art-world centers. By Caroline Elbaor, Nov 13, 2019
Shows & Exhibitions How Fickle Is Art-World Fame? One Gallery Is Now Showcasing the Work of Forgotten Market Darlings Found on eBay and in Garage Sales Mitchell Algus Gallery’s January show will focus on “exceptional art acquired from eBay or other extra-art world sources” as a means of commenting on a fickle art market. By Caroline Elbaor, Nov 12, 2019
