Art and Law Dissenting Artists Around the Globe Were Jailed and Killed at an Alarming Rate Last Year, According to a New Report The survey found that governments may be using the pandemic as a pretense to crack down on artists. By Taylor Dafoe, 7 hours ago
Politics A Black Design Collective Will Temporarily Obscure Architect and Nazi Sympathizer Philip Johnson’s Name From a Gallery at MoMA The Black Reconstruction Collective will cover Johnson's name with a 10-by-10 foot textile bearing its manifesto. By Taylor Dafoe, 1 day ago
Art and Law Joe Biden Has Revoked Trump’s Executive Order Mandating Classical-Only Architecture for Federal Buildings, Restoring ‘Freedom of Design’ The "Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again" order is no more. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 26, 2021
Art World Former Tate Boss Nick Serota Says the Louvre’s Renovation of a Gallery Featuring a Site-Specific Work by Cy Twombly Is an ‘Affront’ The artist's foundation is threatening to sue the museum for redecorating the space. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 23, 2021
Exhibitions A Louisville Museum Is Staging a Show About Breonna Taylor With Help From Amy Sherald and Theaster Gates Taylor, a Louisville native, died nearly a year ago. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 23, 2021
Auctions Paintings of King Charles Spaniels and Other Treasures From the Estate of John McCain’s Late Mother Sold for Nearly $100,000 at Auction Roberta McCain, who died at age 108 last year, was an avid collector of objects both expensive and cheap.? By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 22, 2021
Art and Law No Longer Able to Easily Work in Europe, UK Artists Are Urging Boris Johnson to Renegotiate Brexit Terms to Allow for Visa-Free Travel British artists are now having a harder time getting work in Europe. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 18, 2021
On View In a Disturbing and Exceptional New Survey, the American Folk Art Museum Is Defining a New Genre: Outsider Photography "Photo Brut" includes some 400 works from the collection of French filmmaker Bruno Decharme. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 17, 2021
Art and Law A French Court Has Ordered a Far-Right Mayor to Close the Local Museums He Opened Last Week in Defiance of the National Lockdown Perpignan mayor Louis Aliot cannot act outside of the national lockdown decree, the court ruled. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 16, 2021
Art World Hollywood Has the ‘Black List’ for Undiscovered Screenplays. Now, Photography Has a ‘Silver List’ for Up-and-Coming Photographers Some 125 critics, curators, publishers, and academics compiled the list of names to watch. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 15, 2021
Art World Klaus Biesenbach Will Become Artistic Director at MOCA LA, While the Board Brings on a New Executive Director to Steer Finances Biesenbach and the incoming director will split leadership duties at the museum moving forward. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 12, 2021
People ‘I Like the Wetness of the Process’: Artist Torbj?rn R?dland on the Pleasure and Perversion of Analog Photography The soft-spoken photographer says the most important aspect of his work is the image itself. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 12, 2021
Art World Simone Leigh, Glenn Ligon, and Five Other Artists Will Create New Works About the Future of Monuments for Prospect New Orleans The works will be funded by a $2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 9, 2021
Exhibitions A New Show of Leo Steinberg’s Print Collection Reveals the Critic’s Deep Appreciation for the Medium’s ‘Circulating Lifeblood of Ideas’ “After Michelangelo, Past Picasso: Leo Steinberg’s Library of Prints” is on view now at the? Blanton Museum of Art in Austin. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 8, 2021
On View The Brilliant Quilt Artist Rosie Lee Tompkins’s Patron Donated Hundreds of Her Works to One Museum. Did His Generosity Hurt Her Legacy? Shows of Tompkins’s virtuosic artworks are up now at BAMPFA and Anthony Meier Fine Arts. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 5, 2021
