Art World The Director of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Will Explore a String of High-Profile Chinese Art Heists in His Next Film Jon M. Chu looks at the intriguing possibility that the heists are an act of DIY repatriation by the Chinese government. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 26, 2021
Art World See Inside a Beautiful New Coffee-Table Book Celebrating 50 Leading Artists and Curators of Color The book, by Gallery Gurls founder Jasmin Hernandez, is out this month. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 26, 2021
Market ‘It’s All Happening’: As an NFT Artwork by Beeple Sells for $6.6 Million, Market Observers Are Torn Between Jubilation and Alarm Within the space of an hour, a work on offer at Christie's jumped from $100 to $1 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 26, 2021
Art World Art Industry News: Damien Hirst Declares ‘I Love the Crypto World’ and Offers to Sell His Artworks for Robo-Money + Other Stories Plus, Swiss museums can reopen on March 1 and 66 French art-world figures sign a letter in support of artist Claude Lévêque. By Artnet News, Feb 26, 2021
People Art Historian Darby English on Why the New Black Renaissance Might Actually Represent a Step Backwards English is the author of "To Describe a Life" and "How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness." By Folasade Ologundudu, Feb 26, 2021
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: The Haunting History of the Benin Bronzes In part one of two-part series, author Dan Hicks recounts the history of how the Benin Bronzes were looted. By Artnet News, Feb 26, 2021
People The Baltimore Museum Walked Back Plans to Sell Art to Fund Equity Initiatives. Now, It’s Raised $1.5 Million the Old-Fashioned Way The museum's divisive director Christopher Bedford explains how its new strategy is not so different from the old one. By Brian Boucher, Feb 26, 2021
Art World Wet Paint: Frank Ocean Moves Into a Storied Studio Building, Hong Kong Hits Dealers With New Quarantines, & More Art-World Gossip What artist made a video for the new Balenciaga campaign? Who's the latest mega-dealer to open a gallery in Palm Beach? Read on for answers. By Nate Freeman, Feb 26, 2021
Art World New York City Lost Two-Thirds of Its Arts and Entertainment Jobs in 2020, a New Report Finds The job market has remained bleak in the economy's hardest-hit sector. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 25, 2021
On View Awol Erizku’s Strange, Striking Photographs Will Grace Hundreds of Bus Shelters Across New York and Chicago—See Images Here The Public Art Fund is bringing the artist's work to the streets. By Caroline Goldstein, Feb 25, 2021
Art World It Turns Out That an Ancient Painting Known as ‘Egypt’s Mona Lisa’ Actually Depicts an Extinct Breed of Goose The Australian researcher says it’s the only known documentation of the species. By Brian Boucher, Feb 25, 2021
Art World Artist Juergen Teller Took These Weirdo Photos of Celebrities for ‘W’ Magazine and the Internet Thinks They’re Very Lazy It’s not even the first time people are hating on the German photographer’s covers for that very magazine. By Brian Boucher, Feb 25, 2021
Art and Law The Turkish Government Is Trying to Shut Down an Arts Organization Founded by Activist and Political Prisoner Osman Kavala Kavala has been imprisoned for more than three and a half years for specious charges brought by President Erdo?an’s government. By Artnet News, Feb 25, 2021
Art World ‘It Just Keeps Haunting You’: Watch Photographer Richard Misrach Document the Beauty and Horror of the US-Mexico Border As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Feb 25, 2021
Analysis Steep Job Losses in California, Home to the Largest Creative Economy in the US, Spell Trouble for the Rest of the Country, a Report Says The report's authors hope to suggest a path to recovery. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 25, 2021
