Art Fairs Frieze Has Awarded Artist, Poet, and Chef Precious Okoyomon With Its Closely Watched $30,000 Commission in New York The artist will also have a solo show at Performance Space New York during the fair. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 25, 2021
Art World Studio Visit: Artist Alteronce Gumby on His Weekly MoMA Visits, and Why Seeing Great Art is Like Reading a Book The artist is currently preparing for a two-part exhibition at Charles Moffett and False Flag in New York. By Katie White, Feb 25, 2021
Art World How the Wide Awakes Art Collective Mobilized a Roving Food Truck to Serve Some of New York’s Neediest Neighborhoods The organizers of the project have served 3,500 meals to date. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 25, 2021
Art World The UK City of Coventry Will Convert a Massive Former IKEA Store Into One of the Biggest Cultural Hubs in the World The center will host thousands of artworks from the national art collection that are currently in storage. By Naomi Rea, Feb 25, 2021
Art World Art Industry News: A New Transmission Study Says Museums Are Safer to Visit Than Grocery Stores and Offices + Other Stories Plus, White Cube launches a secondary market online sales initiative and a British investor is named in the ongoing Inigo Philbrick saga. By Artnet News, Feb 25, 2021
Art World How Museums Use—and Misuse—Corporate Consultants as a Bandaid to Address Diversity and Solve Their Biggest Problems Missteps and voided promises are bringing new scrutiny to for-profit strategies in the nonprofit field. By Zachary Small, Feb 25, 2021
Opinion The Myths About FDR’s New Deal Arts Programs Are Misleading. Here Are the Real Lessons for Struggling Artists Today Commentators have looked the New Deal art projects for lessons for today's crisis. Do we really understand their legacy? By Ben Davis, Feb 25, 2021
Art and Law A French Appeals Court Has Found Jeff Koons Guilty of Copyright Infringement Again—and Hiked Up His Fines The Paris court shot down the Pompidou and Koons's appeal of the long-running case. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 24, 2021
Auctions Treasures From the Blue-Chip Art Collection of Texas Oil Heiress Anne Marion Could Fetch $150 Million at Sotheby’s The late billionaire assembled a collection of 20th-century American masterworks that has rarely been seen in public. By Artnet News, Feb 24, 2021
Art World Most People Can’t Tell the Difference Between Art Made by Humans and by AI, a Rather Concerning New Study Says The study was inspired by news of an AI-generated artwork selling at auction for $432,500. By Brian Boucher, Feb 24, 2021
Politics The Curators of the US Capitol Art Collection Say They Need $25,000 to Fix Paintings and Statues Damaged in the January Attack The bulk of the damage was caused by chemicals from fire extinguishers. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 24, 2021
On View A New teamLab Exhibition at One of the ‘Three Great Gardens’ of Japan Aims to Connect Visitors With the Bounties of Nature Our Show of the Week: Empathy Edition emphasizes the porous boundaries between people and the natural world. By Artnet News, Feb 24, 2021
Auctions A Vincent van Gogh Landscape Never Before Seen in Public Could Fetch Nearly $10 Million at Auction Next Month The painting has been housed in the private collection of a French family for more than a century. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 24, 2021
Art World TikTok Is Donating €5 Million to German Cultural Institutions That Pledge to Create Diverse and Inclusive Content on the Platform The social-media platform is offering 50 grants. By Kate Brown, Feb 24, 2021
Market What a Steal! For Less Than $250, You Can Get a Set of Limited-Edition Artworks by the Likes of Jenny Holzer and Martin Creed Mailed to Your Door The portfolio, a nod to a cultish mail art project from the late 1960s, is available for pre-sale now.? By Artnet News, Feb 24, 2021
