Before the Smoke Cleared From the Capitol Riots, Curators Were Out Looking for Artifacts. What Should They Do With Them Now?
A year ago, before the smoke had fully cleared after a group of insurrectionists stormed the Capitol building, curators and…
Artist Simone Leigh Reveals Her Plans for the Venice Biennale, Including a Major Symposium of Black Thinkers and Makers
The title of the U.S. pavilion at next year’s 59th Venice Biennale will be “Simone Leigh: Grittin“—and come fall, the…
‘It Was Quite a Hassle Getting Here’: Artist David Shrigley on Why He Trekked From the U.K. for His First-Ever Art Basel Miami Beach
Can you believe that British artist David Shrigley had never been to Miami Beach before? Still, he felt that after decades…
A Houston Outsider Art Center Beloved by Dominique de Menil Is Expanding Into an Eight-Acre Campus for Offbeat Creativity
For 40 years, Houston’s Orange Show Center for Visionary Art has been the guardian of experiential art environments in the…
The MCA Chicago Has Hired Keyed-In Curators René Morales and Jamillah James to Fill Top Leadership Roles
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago has announced two top curatorial appointments: René Morales as chief curator and Jamillah James…
A U.K. Landlord Tore a Banksy Mural From a Shop Wall. Locals Fear It Will Be Sold to Cash In on Banksy’s Astronomical Market
The owner of a building in Lowestoft, Suffolk, in the U.K., where Banksy painted a mural of a child with…
IDIQ Names Industry Veteran Damian Bushnell Chief Product Officer
The company’s recent growth necessitates new roles and responsibilities for leadership Temecula, California, Nov. 16, 2021 – IDIQ, an industry…
The Largest Documentary Film Festival in the U.S. Is Kicking Off in New York. Here Are 7 Films About Art to Check Out at Doc NYC
Today marks the start of Doc NYC, the nation’s largest documentary film festival, and quite a few of the selections…
The Anonymous Was a Woman Grant Has Selected Its Largest-Ever Cohort of Female Artists Over 40—See Work by the Winners Here
The Anonymous Was a Woman awards are back and better than ever, thanks to new donations—made anonymously, naturally—that will expand the number…
The Real-Life Artists Behind ‘The French Dispatch’ Share What It Was Like to Paint for Exacting Auteur Wes Anderson
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun, the latest effort from noted auteur Wes Anderson, transports viewers to…
Justin Bieber’s Lawyers Tried to Shut Down a Gallery Show by an Artist Impersonating the Pop Star to Sell $100,000 Paintings
When a press release went out from one “Harry Gablowsian,” hundreds of pop fans RSVP’d for the new gallery’s opening…
How a Group of Midwestern Museum Docents Wound Up at the Center of a Right-Wing Media Firestorm
Docents, the kindly volunteers who give museum tours to school children, may not seem like a group prone to setting…
A Cryptocurrency Collective Has Been Revealed as the $4 Million Buyer of Martin Shkreli’s Collectible Wu-Tang Clan Album
After disgraced pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli was convicted of securities fraud in 2017, he was forced to relinquish his assets, including a…
‘The Whole Thing Is an Art Project’: Meow Wolf Cofounders Explain the Grand Plan Behind Their Wildly Popular Immersive Art Universe
Last month marked the opening of Meow Wolf Denver, the third location for the wildly popular immersive art experience company that began…
‘It’s a Carnival Life’: Four Artists and One Art Dealer at New York Comic Con on Surviving Lockdown—and Returning to the Convention Circuit
It was, by fandom standards, a subdued opening day for New York Comic Con on Thursday. Yes, there were guests sporting elaborate…
On the National Mall, The Largest Participatory Art Project in a Quarter Century Makes Tangible the Human Toll of COVID-19
Artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg has planted 695,000 white flags on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.—one for each person in the U.S. who…
You Can Get Your Tarot Cards Read by an Art Witch Channeling the Ghost of Hilma af Klint at the Armory Show
Visitors to New York’s Armory Show, which opened to VIPs today, can catch a glimpse of what the future may…
How a New Class of Investors Driven by Nostalgia—and Flush With Cash—Shot the Video Game Market Into High Orbit
Since last July, the record for the world’s most expensive video game has been broken six times, skyrocketing from $114,000 for…