California’s Governor Vetoes State Ban on Driverless Trucks
California governor Gavin Newsom worked late last night, vetoing a law that would have banned self-driving trucks without a human…
Armory Show Director Nicole Berry on Hiring Women Curators to ‘Challenge the Canon,’ and What’s in Store for the Fair Now That It’s Owned by Frieze | Artnet News
The unexpected news that the international art fair conglomerate Frieze would acquire the Armory Show and Expo Chicago in July…
Something Weird is Happening in California | Economics Explained
Try Hubspot’s drag and drop website builder for FREE here: https://clickhubspot.com/ch9 California, the US’s third largest state, ranks as the…
A Los Angeles Auctioneer Who Forged 25 Basquiat Paintings Won’t Go to Jail, a Judge Decided | Artnet News
Los Angeles auctioneer Michael Barzman confessed to creating a suite of 25 Jean-Michel Basquiat forgeries that wound up at the…
Workers at the Guggenheim Museum Have Ratified Their First Union Contract, Ensuring Them Historic Pay Increases | Artnet News
Workers at New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum have voted by a 97 percent margin to ratify their first contract…
The British Museum Has Reached a Settlement With a Translator Whose Work Was Used in an Exhibition Without Her Permission | Artnet News
The British Museum has settled a dispute with Canadian writer Yilin Wang, agreeing to reinstate her translations of Chinese-language poems by…
The National Gallery in Washington, D.C., Has Acquired a Monumental Simone Leigh Sculpture From Her Historic Venice Biennale Pavilion | Artnet News
A new edition of Simone Leigh’s monumental sculpture Sentinel (2022), one of the showstoppers of the artist’s historic U.S. pavilion at the…
Someone Has to Deliver Your Packages in This Scorching Heat
FedEx spokesperson Adam Snyder says the company reminds contractors to closely monitor working conditions. “We encourage our team members and…
Artist Sterling Wells Built a Floating Studio in Order to Paint the View From L.A.’s Ballona Creek. Then the City Demolished It | Artnet News
For years, artist Sterling Wells has made the urban waterways of Los Angeles an extension of his studio, drawn to…
Lynsey Addario, Known for her Searing Images of Conflict, Is the First Photojournalist to Join Lyles and King
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario, known for her work covering conflicts and humanitarian crises in the Middle East and around…
Artist Françoise Gilot, Who Chronicled Her Turbulent Decade-Long Relationship With Picasso, Is Dead at 101
Artist and memoirist Françoise Gilot, known for her tumultuous relationship with Pablo Picasso, has died at age 101 following heart…
Silicon Valley Investors Are Backing a New San Francisco Contemporary Art Institution That Promises to Look Beyond White Men
A new museum is coming to the Bay Area. The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco is set to open…
Judith Scott Defied Stereotypes About Down Syndrome and Became a Famous Sculptor. A Poignant New Children’s Book Tells Her Story
When Joyce Scott was seven years old, her parents sent her twin sister Judith Scott, who had Down Syndrome, to…
Back 2 School? Here’s Why Credit Monitoring is a Must-Have for College Students
As U.S. university and college students look to return back to campus this fall, chances are they have plenty on…